300 Workers Settle Strike at Ashdod JERUSALEM (JTA) — About 300 workers at the Leyland truck assembly plant in the new town of Ashdod ended their strike last week, and accepted dismissal of 90 of the firm's employes, while Labor Minister Yigael Allon told the Knesset (Parliament) that unem- ployment has risen "considerably" throughout Israel last month. The Ashdod workers had staged a riot during the May Day cele- bration, then followed through with a strike when Leyland an- nounced that 90 workers would be laid off. The company and the workers' shop committee, at a con- ference attended by members of the Ashdod Labor Council, agreed to the layoff. As the Leland work- ers returned to their jobs, the firm, the committee and the Labor Council started to check the offi- cial lists of Leyland workers to determine the names of those who were to be laid off. Allon told the Knesset, which resumed its regular session, after a six-week Passover holiday, that employment in Israel has been undergoing a "temporary lull" which, he said, had been foreseen and made public two months ago, when this year's fiscal budget had been submitted to Parliament. Speaking formally on behalf of the Cabinet, Allon said that, while the country has been enjoying a long period of full employment "and even over-employment," the number of unemployment rose in April to 4,400, compared with 2,300 in April of 1965. The labor minister told the House: "This is a transit period, in which some inefficient plants may have to close down. But the Gov- ernment will not aid inefficiencies, as help to such plants would jeop- ardize the exportability of goods. On the other hand, the Government will direct defense industries and other industries to establish them- selves in development areas. The Government will ask its branches to prefer the development areas through orders. It will also pro- vide greater economic incentives to the diamond industry in those areas. Although unemployment may continue in some localities, there is no cause for panic." who had believed their formula had been accepted. When the Haifa Labor Council met Monday after- noon, however, a majority contend- ed that the Histadrut's proposals were "insufficiently detailed" and that the stevedores would hold out for commitments "in black and white." The demand s, informed sources said, amounted to requests for increases of between 30 and 40 per cent of existing pay scales. * Charges of Fraud Aired at Dimona TEL AVIV (JTA) — Officials an- nounced that charges of fraud by subcontractors at the Defense Ministry's nuclear reactor at Di- mona would be heard in Beersheba District Court soon. An exact date was not given. The charges involve a Tel Aviv painting contractor who is suspect- ed of stealing large quantities of paint, failing to do work specified in his contract, submitting false accounts and bribing Ministry officials. It was reported that several hundred thousand pounds were involved in the case. Four men went on trial on charges of fraud totaling 40,000 pounds ($14,000) in connection with electrical subcontracting at the reactor. ANKARA (ZINS) — The Leban- ese newspaper El Anwar dis- closes that the Arab states, despite their boycott of foreign firms tra- ding with Israel, have not, suc- ceeded in checking the import of Israeli products in their own coun- tries. The newspaper comments, how- ever, that these imports reached their destination by a devious route. It appears, writes the newspaper, that the Israeli wares are found in Cyprus and from there transferred to the Arab countries. Recently Cyprus was compelled to sever this trade link to avoid conflicts with Egypt. Israel Institute for Blind Gets U.S. Govt. Grant TEL AVIV (JTA) — A research grant of 128,000 Israeli pounds ($42,666) has been given by the U.S. Department of Health, Edu- cation and Welfare to the Israel Institute for Orientation and Mo- bility of the Blind. Dr. Rudolphina Menzel, direc- tor of the institute, who made the announcement, said the study, first started in 1963, aims to determine the best methods for provision of mobility to the sightless so that they could be rehabilitated. The methods include the use of see- ing-eye dogs as well as cane tap- ping. Three hundred sightless persons have been studied for com- parisons of their adjustment prior to improved mobility and after they have been aided to get around by themselves, she said. Argentine Jewry Recalls Historian Killed by Nazis BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Cor- nerstone-laying ceremonies were held here May 17 for the Simon Dubnow House of the World Con- gress for Jewish Cutlure in the presence of leading Argentine personalities and Jewish com- munal leaders. Dr. Dubnow, noted Jewish historian, was killed by the Nazis in Riga, Latvia. In a message read to the assem- blage by Arie Bustan, cultural attache at the Israel Embassy, Is- rael President Zalman Shazar re- called his early years as the assist- ant in St. Petersburg, Russia, of Dr. Dubnow. HILLEL DAY SCHOOL • Established in 1958, Hillel Day School is accredited by the State of Michigan. • Hillel's bi-cultural program aims for the full integration of the child into the American environment. 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The ZOA will be represented at this conference by 15 delegates. 6—Friday, May 20, 1966 Israeli Wares Sneak Into Arab Countries to contribute $1,000,000 for addi- tional acquisitions of contemporary art for the collection. Much of the collection is now housed in Mr. Hirshhorn's mansion in Greenwich, Conn. Hirshhorn, who is 6'7, was reared in Brooklyn, where he was taken by his mother, who had emigrated from Latvia with him and his 12 brothers and sisters. son is expected to announce the gift in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Hirshhorn in a few days. Nearly every official gallery and group which knows about the Hirshhorn collection has tried to obtain it. Hirshhorn said previously he planned to give the collection away while he was still alive be- cause he felt it. "belongs to the people." The Smithsonian Institution will administer the collection and Pres- ident Johnson will ask Congress for funds to build the gallery which will house it. Hirshhorn has agreed for the finest intensive Hebrew and Genera! Education at Haifa Stevedores Resume Slowdown THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS WASHINGTON (JTA)—Joseph Hirshhorn, the Latvian-born multi- millionaire, has given his art col- lection, valued at between $25,- 000,000 and $50,000,000, to the Un- ited States, which will house it in a new building and a sculpture gar- den on the Washington Mall. The collection of 5,300 paintings, drawings and sculpture is one of the largest privately owned collec- tions in the world. President John- REGISTRATION NOW OPEN * * * HAIFA (JTA) — An apparent agreement between the Haifa port stevedores and Histadrut, Israel's federation of labor, to restore peace at the port, collapsed Monday night when a committee of the steve- dores unanimously rejected the Histadrut proposals. The stevedores are now in the third week of a slow-down of loading operations. 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