s Swampland Turned Productive by Efforts of Jewish National Fund ti Mapai Debates Offer of Changes in Cost of Living Allowances TEL AVIV, (JTA) — A sharp dispute over Israel's present system of automatic wage in- creases tied to the cost-of-living index developed here at the national convention of the Ma- pai party between two Cabinet ministers and trade union lead- ers. Finance; Minister Levi Eshkol and Minister of Trade and In- dustry Pinchas Sapir warned against continuation of the pres- ent system and urged that a change to provide for cost-of- living adjustments every nine months or year, instead of the current three-month period, be instituted. .Trade union leaders, headed by Joseph Almogi, sec- retary of Haifa's Labor Coun- cil, demanded that the present system be maintained. At the same time, Mr. Sapir charged that the social advances made by Israel workers were having an adverse affect on the , A project rated second in importance only to the drainage of the great Huleh Swamp is currently taking place at another country's trade. He stressed that these advances had raised the swamp called Wadi Falik. Only 50 acres of the "little jungle," cost of production and had shown above, where there still grow wild papyrus reeds, made Israel goods unmarket- remain unused. The rest has been cultivated through the able abroad because their prices Jewish National Fund, which seeks to render Israel's soil were too high. fertile and prepare for large settlement of new immigrants. in the quick handling of TB By CHARLES PASSMAN patients in Israel by Malben, the year In the course of the Israel government and Ha- dassah specialists and staff, TB incidence has continued to de- cline to the extent that Malben has closed one of its TB insti- tutions and consolidated its entire TB program in its Be'er Yaacov Hospital. The monumental task (still under way) in the old-age pro- gram of Malben was the taking over from the Jewish Agency of the camp of 1,450 old men and women at Pardess Hanna, where for eight years they milled about, listless, unoccupied, sul- len and submissive to the miser- able conditions under which they were diving. As the year closes, the camp, now under Malben's auspices, known as "Neve Avot" (Parents' Home), "Village of the Aged," has a new face. Canvas 'huts have been replaced by simple, pleas- ant buildings, workshops buzz with activity—sewing, knitting, carpentry, cobblery, ceramics, etc.; and the cultural life in many instances is combined with that of the aged citizens of the nearby village of Pardess Hanna. The family of Malben institu- tions in Israel numbers 52, and among those is the new hospital in Nahariya for the chronically ill, one of the four Malben hos- pitals with a total bed capacity of 700, which was opened in the past year with 180 beds, modern up-to-date equipment and a well-trained staff. There is hope that the chronically ill, who heretofore had been bedridden and left to die would, through the efforts of Malben's team of doctors, nurses, social workers, physio-therapists and occupa- tional therapists, be granted some small share of recovery that they might yet taste the sweetness of the good life. Due to the coordinated efforts Sincerest Best Wishes On New Year's WOLVERINE - POULTRY CO. Wholesale Only Live and Dressed Poultry 2831-35 Humboldt TA 5-3790 NEW YORK, (JTA) — Al- dorf, chairman of the though this year's campaign of telephone campaign. the United Jewish Appeal is "far ahead of our campaigns of other years, the UJA must measure its accomplishments by the number of lives it saves rather than by the number of dollars it raises," Edward M. M. Warburg, president of the UJA, said at a luncheon of volunteer leaders of the UJA of Greater New York - in honor of Barney Balaban and Samuel D. Leides- Holiday Best Wishes RYMAR'S HOME HEATING, INC. SISTERS OF ZION MIZRACHI Extend best wishes for a•Healthy and Happy New Year to the entire Jewish Community. We wish also to express - our appre- ciation and thanks for your gen- erous support and cooperation in the past. Lo ac Holiday Greetings FRAN K'S TEXACO SERVICE 10500 West McNichols UN 2-9670 IVAN'S SINCLAIR SERVICE 12904 Joy Rd. 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