the decision to sell the "Shalom". publicity — and most of all better
the flagship of Israel's merchant service by the crew - could have
marine, was a double blow. First, increased the number considerably.
it brought home to everyone in a But nobody claims that under the
clear way the failure of Israeli given objective conditions income
labor and management to become could have been raised sufficiently
competitive on the world market. to meet the inordinately high run-
Thus it became a symbol of similar ning expenses.
failures in other industries where
By now it is widely admitted
price controls, import restrictions
that the "Shalom" was probably
and other administrative tech-
the most wastefully run ship on
niques kept the losses hidden.
the high seas. The ship was over-
Second, as if to add insult to in-
staffed, food costs per pas-
jury, the "Shalom" is being sold
senger initially were about twice
to the German "Hanseatic Line."
as high as on some other trans-
What is certainly one of the most
atlantic passenger vessels. An
beautiful ships afloat today will
Israeli paper even reported that
therefore pass from Jewish to Ger-
the k i t c h e a staff sometimes
man hands-and the Germans ap-
simply threw dirty dishes and
parently are certain they will be
tablecloths overboard when the
able to operate her profitably
cleaning load seemed too heavy.
while) the Israelis suffered heavy
(This, by the way, may explain
losse on her operation.
why Zim decided to lay in
It is generally agreed by now
$1,000,000 worth of stock linen,
that the responsibility for the
furniture, tableware and similar
"Shalom" debacle is three-fold:
items for the "Shalom" alone...)
inept management, inefficient
In her two years of operation,
and irresponsible labor, and in-
the "Shalom" accumulated $7,000,-
transigent and unreasonable reli-
000 in deficits, which together with
gious circles.
$4,000,000 write-off for amortiza-
The construction of the ship cost tion brought her total losses to
close to $18,000,000, about $3,000,- $11,000,000. Last February, the
00 more than originally planned. new Zim management took a hard
This represents a 20 percent in- look at the figures and at the pros-
crease in investment and therefore pects for the future and decided
a 20 percent increase in amortiza- to get rid of the ship as fast as
tion and capital-carrying costs over possible. They managed to obtain
and above what has been taken two serious offers: one from Spain
into account when chances of ($12,000.000) and one from Ger-
profitability were calculated. Much many $15.000.000). The higher bid
of the extra cost was incurred be- was accepted, since it amounted to
cause of the notorious squabble more than the initial cost less
over the non-kosher kitchen.
amortization. Thus, as of next win-
From the first minute, it was ter, the "Shalom" will change its
clear to the management of Zim name and sail under a German
which ordered the "Shalom" in flag.
French shipyards, that a vessel of
this size can operate profitably
only as a luxury ship catering to ZOA Aliya Conference
the general public, i.e. not only to Elicits Wide Response
the traditional Jewish customers
NEW YORK — American Aliya
who travel on Israel ships. Such to Israel, ranging from such areas
customers would want to have - as as absorption, housing and em-
they do no American. Dutch or ployment prospects for profes-
Italian ships - lobsters, pork chops, sionals and specialists in various
cheese after dinner and many fields, was reviewed at an all-day
ot her dishes which cannot be session of the fourth annual con-
served from a kosher kitchen. It ference of the Bnai Aliya Fellow.
was therefore planned to have two ship of the Zionist Organization of
kitchens-one kosher and one non- America, held last week at the
kosher with, of course, completely Carnegie Endowment Building.
separate sets of cutlery, dishes,
Panel discussions were ushered
pots and pans and glassware. This with a keynote address by S, Z.
in itself, represented a heavy addi- Abramov, member of the Knesset
tional expense.
and Liberal Party leader, on the
theme "Aliya 1967 — Conditions
When the rabbinate in Israel
and Trends." Abramov as-
and Orthodox circles here heard
serted that "while I do not share
of this, all hell broke loose. Little
the view of David Ben-Gurion in
did it matter that the same
defining a Zionist as one who
rabbis find no fault in traveling
settles in Israel, I maintain that
on Greek or French ships which
a Zionist organization that does
offer kosher food (in addition
not deal with . Aliya cannot be
to non - kosher, of course). On
termed a true Zionist organiza-
non-Jewish ships this is all right-
tion."
hut on Israeli ships, by no means.
Trying to molify the Orthodox,
Zim management added various
S. Africa Jewish Leader
modifications to the ships inner
construction, (special separating
Warns on Anti-Semitism
%vans, extra doors and exits, etc.)
JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — A
further increasing the cost of the
warning that "Nazi and anti-Se-
ship - but of no avail. Finally the
mitic propaganda is entering South
Israeli government, facing a
Africa through various channels,"
coalition crisis threatened by the
and that "vigilance and effective
religious parties in the Cabinet,
action" is needed against it, was
decided to close down the non-
given by Dr. Teddy Schneider,
kosher kitchen and have only
president of the South African
kosher food on board.
Jewish Board of Deputies, at a
this
made
it
even
banquet inaugurating a new locge
As predicted,
more difficult to obtain sufficient of the Hebrew Order of David
numbers of passengers to make here. He said the press had drawn
income cover the high expenses. It attention to the increase of such
cost $24,000 a day to run the ship. material, which usually made
To pay for this, the "Shalom" "wild and unfounded allegations
should have had an everage of about a worldwide 'Jewish' or
600 passengers during each of the 'Zionist' conspiracy," along the
365 days of the year. In fact, on lines of "that notorious forgery,
many trips there were not even the Protocols of the Elders of
half that number of passengers and Zion."

Trident Press to Publish Dr. Rubin's New Novel

On June 1, Trident Press will
publish "Coming Out," the new
novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin,
New York psychiatrist and author
whose previous books include the
novel, "Lisa and David," and the
best-selling work of non-fiction,
"The Thin Book by a Formerly
Fat Psychiatrist."
Dr. Rubin again evokes the feel-
ings, thoughts and preoccupations
of two young people. The subject
of this new novel is fundamentally
a love story told in the form of
letters between a 20-year-old boy
and the girl he is in love with.
"Adolescence," says Dr. Rubin,
"is a crucial juncture in human
development. It is at this point
that a young person is still close
enough in touch with his basic
childhood structure so that we can
contact him in his unique indivi-
dual substance before he is com-
pletely swamped by the pressures
of cultural and environmental
stereotypes. But also at this time
an acceleration is taking place in
the projection of attitudes he's

TEL AVIV (JTA) — There has
been a reduction in unemployment
in Israel, but the drop is only
seasonal and a further rise in job-
lessness may be expected after
the Passover holidays, Labor Min-
ister Yigal Allon said, addressing
a meeting at the Maritime Club
at Ashdod.
Allon emphasized that, despite
difficulties due to the- present eco-
nomic recession, he supported the
government's current economic
policy. That policy, he stated, "will
avert sufferings of hundreds of
thousands at the expense of sacri-
ficing tens of thousands during
the transitional period." He pointed
out that more than 300 million
Israeli pounds ($100 million) from
the development budget has been
earmarked for projects to increase
productive employment.

Arab in Peaceful
March to Jerusalem

One of those taking part in the
four-day march to Jerusalem,
which ended last week, was a new
immigrant from Jordan. Ab-
dullah Chabiela, an Arab who
arrived shortly before the march
from Jordan under the re-
uniting of families program, is
now at an extensive Hebrew study
course in Natanya in order to
learn the language of the country.
He heard that several of the mem-
bers of the study course were
taking part in the march and he
decided to go as well.

been living with, and has been in-
fluenced by, since birth."
In "Coming Out," Dr. Rubin is
not concerned with neuroses. He

shows us the vital creativity of two
very different young people—ado-
lescents preparing together for the
adult world. The generosity with
which they "come out" to each
other is an integral part of their
gradual emergence into creative
and active members of the society
in which they must live.

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