Argentian Jewry's Fears Allayed by Government
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of Dr. Goldenberg, Vice-president
extremism of the left or right Gregorio Caigon, Dr. Simon Cohen-
which could menace the pacific Imach, another vice - president,
Egon Glucksmann, president of the
life of the citizenry."
It was noted that this was Bnai Brith Council of Argentina,
the first time the new govern- Dr. Tobias Kamenszain, president
ment had condemned rightist of the Buenos Aires Jewish Com-
extremism. According to t h e munity, and Chief Rabbi David
communique, t h e delegation Kahane.
greeted the President and wished
him "great success in his ef-
forts for social peace and na-
tional progress." The delegation
members reaffirmed to t h e
President a decision adopted in
ay by the DAIA manifesting
the "solidarity" of Argentine
Jewry with the 150th anniver-
sary of Argentine independence.
The delegation expressed the
"fervent wish" to the President
that "Argentina, inspired in its
best values, shall continue distin-
guishing itself in the fullness of
authentic freedom • and will admit
and stimulate fully the different
religious and cultural manifesta-
tions of all its inhabitants." Finally,
according to the. communique, the
DAIA leaders expressed concern
"regarding the persistence of ex-
tremist groups which do not mask
their menace in trying to provoke
artificial divisions in the Argen-
tine family, distorting the nation's
image."
The delegation was composed
It was learned that during
the meeting, President Ongania
told the Jewish leaders that he
was aware. of some "versions"
of the actions of his -government
in its first few days and that he
had been worried about the con-
cern of Argentine Jews over
some of these actions. He indi-
cated that he was very satis-
fied over his talk with leaders
of the Argentine Jewish com-
munity and that it had occurred
so soon after his taking office.
Delegation leaders responded
that "we did not worry as Jews,
but as Argentinians, fearing that
certain irresponsible people could
create problems." The President
stressed that he considered it
fundamental that the "Argentine
family" be united.
It was learned that the Jewish
leaders asked the President to
emphasize that his government
would not tolerate aggression or
extremism. He replied that he
would not tolerate harm against
any group of the nation and that
Israel Finance Minister Urges
Three-Year Austerity Program
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JERUSALEM ( JTA ) —A second
special session of the Israeli Cabi-
net has been scheduled to study
the three-year austerity program
for Israel proposed by Finance
Minister Pinhas Sapir to set the
- country's economy on an even keel
and eliminate its $500,000,000-a-
year - unfavorable trade balance.
The Cabinet considered the Sapir
plan at its regular meeting Sun-
day and again, in special session,
that night.
Leaders of the left-wing Mapam
Party warned Premier Levi Eshkol
Tuesday that Mapam would not
be able to continue in the coali-
tion, if Sapir's three-year program
was adopted without major
changes.
The Sapir program, as outlined
to the Cabinet, seeks stabilization
of the country's economy over
the next three years chiefly by
improving the efficiency of indus-
try and by curbing the inflationary
spiral by binding wages to pro-
ductivity.
Sapir reportedly warned the
Cabinet that unless the government
took a firm position toward both
industry and labor and fully im-
emented all phases of his plan,
rael's economic situation would
ntinue to deteriorate and un-
mployment would grow.
Sapir's program, as presented
o the Cabinet in the two sessions
,Sunday, was based on, the follow-
ing key points:
1. No wage increases over the
three years unless tied to in-
creased productivity.
2. Payment of the cost-of-living
allowance to be fixed only once
a year over the next three years
instead of every six months, as
in the past.
3. Special legislation . to prevent
strikes such as those which re-
cently tied up the Ashdod and
Haifa ports and seriously inter-
ferred with Israel's exports.
4. Encouragement of industry
to increase its productivity and
penalization of industry for fail-
- ing to increase its efficiency and
its output.
Monday, Haaretz, a newspaper
- which represents centrist views,
and the English-language Jeru-
salem Post editorially supported
Sapir's program as the route to a
viable Israeli economy.
-At the same time, Al Ha'Mishmar
organ of the Mapam Party, attacked
the finance minister, accusing him
. of sacrificing the interests of the
workers without demanding equi-
valent sacrifices from industry and
big business.
Mapam leaders Yaaeov Hazan
and Israel Barzilai were reported
to have- warned the premier that
they could not accept "sacrificing
the workers' interests" without
similar steps being taken for in-
dustry and business. The premier
reportedly promised them that
before the government would act
on the Sapir plan, it would be
discussed informally by the coali-
tion partners.
Meanwhile, they central com-
mittee of Histadrut, Israel's labor
federation, approved Sunday by
a vote of 68 to 56 renunciation
of a cost-of-living payment due
July 1. The vote was in support
of a decision by the M a p a
Ahdut Avoda alignment to fore-
go the payment and provide in-
creased welfare benefits instead.
The average for the 'cost-of-liv-
ing index rose by 7 per cent dur-
ing the first six months of 1966.
Normally, such a rise, totaling
more than 3 per cent, would re-
sult in an increase in salaries of
700 pounds ($233) per month or
less, retroactive to July 1. About
650,000 employes will have to
waive their increases in cost-of-
living due to the under escalator
clauses in wage agreements.
The Histadrut decision followed
appeals by Sapir, Minister Yigal
Allon and other Cabinet ministers
who asserted that cost-of-living al-
lowance payments would undercut
the government's program for eco-
nomic independence.
Only the Mapai and Ahdut Avoda
representatives on the central com-
mittee voted to renounce the pay-
ment. It was opposed by former
Premier David Ben-Gurion's dis-
sident Israel Workers Party
(Rafi), the Arab and Jewish Com-
munists and Mapam. The Liberals
abstained. Mapam's vote could pro-
voke a slight coalition unease, it
was indicated. Premier Levi Esh-
kol will confer this week with
Mapam leaders to straighten out
differences and agree on a common
policy.
The same day, 90 employes of
the Jerusalem Religious Council
started a strike to protest nonpay-
ment of their June salaries and
arrears in payment of retroactive
pay differentials.
A spokesman for the employes
said they would remain off the
job until they received their full
salaries and 75 per cent of their
back pay. ,
The garden of lust has fiery
flowers, but they bear no fruit.—
Russian proverb.
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when a Jew or a Catholic was
punished by the government, it
would be for a misdeed and not
for being a Jew or a Catholic.
President Ongania said he would
be available to the DAIA to deal
with any problem but stressed
that there would not be any prob-
lem. Dr. Goldenberg t old the
newsmen that the DAIA interpreted
the President's statement as an
official definition of government
policy on this problem.
The Buenos Aires Herald, the
only English-language newspaper,
said in an editorial that in the
light of criticism against the 'new
regime voiced in the United States
by Senators Robert F. Kennedy
and Jacob Javits "it seems unfor-
tunate that the Interior Minister
shobld meet a member of Tacuara,
an organization with a record of
terrorism." Interior Minister - En-
rique Martinez Paz received Pa-
tricio Errecalte Pueriedon, secre-
tary general of the Tacuara, on
Monday.
(In Washington, the State De-
partment declared on July 14 that
the report submitted \ by the
American embassy in Buenos
Aires proves that the arrest of
people connected to the credit
union cooperatives, among whom
were a number of Jews, was not
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caused by anti-Semitic trends. Of-
ficials in the American Embassy
had talks with members of the
Jewish community in Argentina
who supported the conclusion that
there were no anti-Semitic motives
in the arrest of Jewish merchants,
the State Department communica-
tion said.)
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