Tourists Do Not Gain From Israel Devaluation
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Histadrut various shops; the Supersol de-
representatives and government partment store and the Hamashbir
officials launched discussions on cooperative supermarkets, talked
the trade union's demands for can- to housewives and listened to corn-
cellation of the new, higher prices plaints. He did receive some ap-
for basic commodities and modifi- plause, though, from those voicing
cation of other results of the de- admiration for what they called
valuation of the pound. But Fi- his courage in making the devalua-
nance Minister Pinhas Sapir made tion decision.
it clear that there will be no devia-
At the Osem food factory, Sapir
tion from the decision to raise the was met only by the owners; the
prices of such basic commodities workers boycotted him because of
as bread, sugar, milk, eggs, oil his alleged "anti-laborers policy."
and meat. But at the Tadiran electronics
Rush on staple goods has sub- plant. the workers presented him
sided, partly because some stores with flowers.
have run out of goods at the old
The leftist Mapam Party is
prices and partly because some taking the lead in fighting for re-
Israelis have run out of money.
vernal of the decision to impose
Many shops are still selling higher prices on basic commodities.
television sets, furniture and other Mapam representatives have be-
imported products at the old gun visiting working places and
prices, but almost all of them talking with employes. At one such
demand cash and do not grant the place, workers prevented the
usual discounts and credits.
speaker from finishing his re-
The prices of some items have marks. The conflict between the
mushroomed—in a cafe now one government and Mapam on this
is liable to be billed 20 per cent issue is causing tension within
more for a cup of coffee, and in a Histadrut, and possibly within the
restaurant. 15 per cent more for a Labor Alignment, too.
meal. One kiosk here was charging
double the former price for a glass Safir Indicates He May Reconsider
Treasury Move to Raise Prices
of seltzer.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Finance
Dr. Moshe Mandelbaum, chief of
of the new price control authority, Minister Pinhas Sapir has indicat-
said today that cafes and kiosks i ed that he might reconsider the
have so far not been included in treasury's decision to raise prices
the orders to freeze prices or of basic commodities in the wake
increase them only in proportion of the devaluation of the Israeli
to the import component.. If pound and thereby avert workers'
complaints persist, however, the demands for higher wages.
authority may consider including
Sapir, addressing an audience
them and taking action against of industrialists, told them that
violators, he said.
they, too, must make sacrifices for
Tourists are not likely to the benefit of the national economy.
"There is no reason to cry," Sapir
benefit much from the devalua-
tion, according to a survey of said, observing that businessmen
have been doing quite well.
the chief tourist services. The
Sapir's dispute with Histadrut
high-class hotels will not change
their dollar rates, but the guided-
Secretary General Itzhak Ben
tour companies have said that
Aharon over the price rise was
costs had risen 34 per cent even
not settled at his meeting with
before the devaluation, because
Histadrut leaders Sunday. But the
of the increased excise taxes on finance minister.:appeattd ready
to roll back the. . cost of bread to
fuel and snare parts. and they
have asked for a 20 per cent its predevaluation price and to re-
rise in rates.
duce the prices of other essential
The prices of internal flights commodities such as eggs, milk
have gone up, with only on?. excep- and oil.
tion—the airline flying to the Sinai
Ben Aharon, after consulting
has announced a reduction. Many with experts, said that he was
building contractors, too, have convinced there was no need for
raised apartment rentals, but a higher prices on essentials. He
price-control order in this category said if the prices were not re-
goes into effect Sunday and Hous- duced, - Israeli workers would de-
in; Minister Zeev Sharef has said mand full compensation and would
the contractors will be ordered to ; not agree to a wage freeze.
roll back their prices. The two j In another important economic
largest contractors have announced I development, the housing ministry
that their rentals remain un- I published an order freezing the
changed.
' price of apartments until Dec. 31.
Sapir toured this city, visited'
Under the order signed by Hous-
ing Minister Zeev Sharef, an apart-
Golan Heights Population ment may not be sold for a higher
price without special permission
Climbing to 15-20,000
from the ministry.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A Jewish
The price rise is not an im-
Agency settlement official said
that, within the next seven years, mediate result of devaluation but
the population of the occupied has been going on for the past
Golan Heights was expected to two years due to the housing short-
reach between 15,000 and 20,000
Israelis.
The forecast was made by Meir
Shamir, outgoing director of the
Jewish Agency Heights settlement
department, who also reported that
five more settlements would be
established in the area in the next
two years.
Speaking at a farewell party in
I his honor, he reported that all
settlers in the existing 13 settle-
ments in the Heights will be housed
.11 permanent housing. He has
Leen named to direct the Jewish
National Fund development depart-
ment and will be succeeded at
the Jewish Agency post by Yaacov
Arad.
Gentile German Sisters
Give $50,000 to JNF
DUSSELDORF — Two elderly
non-Jewish German sisters have
given their entire life savings—
about $50,000—to the Jewish Na-
tional Fund.
The donation was made after
the sisters read "My People, the
Story of the Jews" by Israeli For-
eign Minister Abba Eban. The
book was a JNF gift to the sisters •
for being regular contributors in -
recent years.
They are now living on their
old-age pensions.
age. Sharef said devaluation
should cause no more than a 4
per cent increase in contractors'
costs.
Meanwhile, the price control
board was at a loss to control or
rollback the prices being asked
for synagogue seats for the high
holidays. Many complaints have
been received that the seat prices
have been hiked from 10 to 30 per
cent over last year although there
is no foreign currency component
involved as in other goods and
services that have been subjected
to price rises. But the board can
find no regulation applicable to
synagogue seats.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
6–Friday, September 3, 1971
Full Education Program
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NEW YORK—Courses covering
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both professional and paraprofes-
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of geriatrics will be offered this
fall by the Frederic D. Zeman
Center for Instruction, teaching
arm of the Jewish Home and
Hospital for Aged in New York
City.
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