Israel Celebrates Army Day;
Living Cost Index Drops
THE JEWISH NEWS-3
Friday, July 22, 1949
Wertheim Appointed
HIAS Head in Israel
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and her Arab neighbors. "De-
spite our victories, we must
pledge ourselves always to . be
prepared and to train our Army
with the latest military techni-
cal developments." Mr. Ben Gu-
rion emphasized that "fate
ordered and history proved that
large-scale immigration and col-
onization are imperative for
checking enemy encirclement."
He appealed to Israel's youth to
devote their lives to the defense
of the homeland.
Spectators were deeply
moved when an Israeli hero-
'Gena Simantov—who lost both
his arms and legs was carried
to the platform to be decor-
ated for his valor by President
Weizmann.
Posthumous decorations
were awarded to: Zvi Siebel,
born in Israel in 1925 and
killed in the Negev; Itzhak
Armoni, born in Israel in 1929,
Emanuel Landau, born in
Poland -in 1928, killed near
Haifa; Zerubavel Horowitz,
born in Luthuania in 1929,
killed in the Galilee. Living
recipients of the awards were:
Abraham Avigdorov, Y o n ai
Ben Nun, Emil Brig, Aryeh
Marcovitch, Ron Feller, Yair
Rakheli, Gena Simantov and
Ben Zion Leitner.
in June to 350, or 21 points from
the April record high of 371
when the last agreement be-
tween the Histadrut and the
Manufacturers' Association was
signed. The drop in the cost-of-
living index reflects, according
to an official spokesman, the
preliminary success of the gov-
ernment's austerity program
which was inaugurated in May
and was intensified last month.
The government's campaign
against inflation and for' eco-
nomic stability, however, calls
for reduction of wages, in ac-
cordance, with the reduction in
the cost of living.
While this policy of the gov-
ernment -has the support of a
majority of the members of the
Histadrut executive, the left-
wingers, who are members of
the Mapam and the Communist
Party, strongly oppose any wage
reductions at this time. Their
arguments are leveled against
the official cost-of-living index
which, they assert, is based on
"food-basket standards" that no
longer apply. TWo weeks ago,
the Communists threatened a
series of strikes against wage
cuts, and the Mapam started to
collect funds for the prospective
strikers. It appears, however,
that they have reconsidered
Israel celebrated Army Day that step.
throughout the country, with
festive observances marking the-
occasion in most urban and Soviet Agency Looses.
rural areas. In an Order 4if the
Day broadcast over the official Anti-Israeli Barrage
"Voice of , Israel" station, Brig.
Gen. Yaacov Dori, Army chief
LONDON, (JTA) — British of-
of staff, urged the strengthen- ficial sources are watching with
ing of the Jewish state's de- great interest the barrage of
fenses as a means of ensuring anti-Israeli propaganda being
peace for the new nation.
disseminated through the Soviet
In Jerusalem, Israel's chief news agency Tass in a series of
delegate to the United Nations, 'dispatches from Moscow.
Aubrey S. Eban, addressing a
A dispatch from the Soviet
military parade held "some-
where in a Jerusalem camp," capital emphasized that there is
declared that the "Arab world unemployment and "demobiliza-
has not yet reconciled itself to tion unrest" in Israel. It reports,
the idea of defeat and is con- that the Israeli Government has
templating revenge. Political concluded "a binding agreement"
pressure against our claim to with the Standard Oil Company
Jerusalem is lessening and every whereby Israel paid a fee more
soldier can do much by helping than three times as high as
to observe the sanctity of the prices current in Haifa.
Holy Places."
The Order of the Day issued
by Chief of Staff Gen. Dori was
read out to the Jerusalem troops
by Col. Moshe Dayan, command-
er in the Jerusalem area. The
troops observed 10 minutes of
silence in memory of those who
fell during the war.
.Observers here, explaining the
small-scale observance of Army
Day in Jerusalem, pointed out
that it was inopportune for
Israel to display its military
strength while the mixed armis-
tice commission was in Jerusa-
lem to discuss the reduction of
forces in the Holy City.
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SOFIA, (JTA) — About 10,000
Jews still remain in Bulgaria
following the emigration of
37,000 to Israel during the last
two years, it was reported here
at a conference of representa-
tives of Jewish communities at-
tended by about 50 delegates.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The bal-
ance of a fund which the Joint
Distribution Committee deposit-
ed with the late Dr. Judah Mag-
nes to be used for grants to
scholars, students and educa-
tional institutions was turned
over to the Hebrew University
by 'the JDC. The fund now 'to-
tals $7,500.
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ISTANBUL, (JTA) — Jewish
schools which, since 1937, have
been under the supervision of a
Moslem official of the Depart-
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hereafter not be subject to
government scrutiny. Jewish and
other minority educational in-
stitutions now have complete
autonomy of administration.
ISRAEL
AIR FRANCE
New York — The appoint-
ment of DAVID WERTHEIM,
Zionist leader for the past
quarter-century, as director of
HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society) in Israel, effective
Aug. 1, was announced by
Samuel A. Telsey, president of
the society. Wertheim will re-
organize the HIAS offices in
Israel and institute an aug-
mented HIAS program of ac-
aicities in the nation.
Wertheim was born in Ro-
mania in 1897, was educated
at the Odessa Yeshiva, and im-
migrated to the United States
in 1923. His wife, and daugh-
ter, Miriam, a graduate of
Brooklyn College, will accom-
pany him to Israel.
Wage Cuts for 150,000
Despite threats by ' left-wing
groups of widespread strikes, the
wages of about 150,000 organized
industrial workers in Israel were
cut as of July 15, following the
quarterly revision of the cost-of-
lilting agreement between the
Histradrut, Israel's Federation
of Labor, and the Manufacturers
Association.
At a stormy meeting of the
Histadrut executive it was de-
cided to support the signing of
an agreement under which the
manufacturers will cut the al-
lowance to workers for the high
cost of living in proportion with
the drop in the cost-of-living
index. The slash in wages will
be approximately $7.20 weekly
for each worker.
Representatives of Mapam,
the left-wing United Workers
Party,- abstained from voting on
this issue at the Histradrut
executive's session. They de-
manded the establishment of a
special committee to verify the
index figures and suggested the
holding of a referendum among
Workers on the entire question.
However, their demands were
rejected by the majority of the
executive, composed of members
of the pro-government Mapai
Party.
Drop in Cost-of-Living Index
The Israeli government an-
nounced that the cost-of-living
index has dropped nine points
10,000 Jews Still
Remain in Bulgaria
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