Histadrut Official Says National Unity Will Put a Stop to Spiraling Inflation
NEW YORK (JTA)—Yeru-
ham Meshel, the new secre-
tary-general of Histadrut, at
a press conference during his
first official visit to the
United States, said that the
Histadrut is demanding ac-
tion on the part of the gov-
ernment to stop inflation in
Israel.
"Inflation," Meshel said,
"is a national problem and
can only be stopped by na-
tional unity."
Meshel was asked by the
JTA what the labor federa-
tion is doing to stem the tide
of the inflation that has
caused such economic and
social stress in Israel. Meshel
replied that the Histadrut is
making demands on the gov-
ernment to "take away from
the rich parts of society and
to diminish profits."
He also said that the gov-
ernment must collect taxes
from companies, manufac-
turers and the self-employed
in order to even out the tax
structure so that all pay their
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Meshel advocated. higher
taxes on what he termed
luxury items and urged a
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realistic view of Israel. "We
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must face the reality that we
a poor country. Israel
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will be better understood if
we live in a style that we
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can afford," he said.
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Commenting further about
the economic situation in
Israel, Meshel said that
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manufacturers cannot con-
tinue to foist their increased
& more
cost of production onto the
consumer. Solving the prob-
lem of inflation will be pain-
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ful, he noted. "The problem
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is to divide the pain."
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At a luncheon-meeting of
the board of directors of the
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"all necessary assistance" to
Israel.
"Israel, the only viable
democracy in the Middle
East„ faces economic prob-
lems possibly more threat-
ening than the military at-
tacks upon her by her neigh-
bors," the council said in a
statement issued during its
two-day meeting here.
"No nation, however large
or small, can survive eco-
nomic hemorrhage indefin-
itely without the unstinting
support of free nations every-
where. To do less is to en-
courage the military . and
economic aggression of Is;
rael's tormentors, a motley
although wealthy band of in-
ternational brigands."
Speaking in Detroit Tues- .
day night, Meshel was asked
about the role of women in
the Israel labor force.
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"We must get more women
into t h e industrial labor
force," he said. "We must
increase the percentage of
women (in the work force)
by not less than 10 per cent.
"There is a possibility of
bringing women into sophis-
ticated industry, but we can't
ask women to join the work
force if we don't provide
kindergartens for their chil-
dren."
Meshel explained that it
wasn't enough to provide
women with a tax reduction
to give them an incentive to
work. He said it was more
important to have a place
where their children could
be cared for while their
mothers worked.
Amos Eiran, former labor
attache to the Israel Embassy
in Washington and chief as-
Egypt Denies Search for Missing
Until Israel Releases Terrorists
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is-
rael has refused to exchange
convicted terrorists in return
for an Egyptian consent to
allow the continuation of the
search for missing bodies in
the Sinai front, the news-
paper Maariv reported.
The paper quoted Prof.
David Meisler, the father of
a missing soldier, who said
this was explained to him by
the army officer, in charge
of the search activities.
Maariv added, however,
that several dozen terrbrists
who did not actually partici-
pate in sabotage acts — but
merely belonged to terrorist
organizations —i- as well as
an Egyptian intelligence offi-
cer, were handed over to the
Egyptians in return for the
continued search for bodies,
in a secret deal with the
'Egyptians.
Maariv quotes an official
security source who con-
firmed that there was such
a deal, but, the source was
quoted as saying, there was
no exchange of the prisoners
who had actually participated
in terror acts.
Even\if Israel were to meet
the Egyptian conditions, the
paper said, the Egyptians
are limiting the search area
to places where there is no
probability of finding missing
bodies, and they refuse to
allow searches in the areas
where Israel believes there
may be bodies.
The paper also quoted
members of three families
who said they saw photos of
their sons in propaganda
leaflets the Egyptian army
published. They said the
photos showed clearly the
bodies of their sons lying
near their tank.
However, the Egyptians re-
fused to allow any search in
the area where that tank was
hit. They said they them-
selves would look for the
bodies of the three, but then
reported they found nothing.
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powers to allow Israel and
her Arab neighbors to build
.a "bridge of unity" in the
Middle East. "Then you will
see," Meshel said, "Israel
and her neighbors will create
a strong and united front
through the creation of a Mid-
dle East Common Market."
Meshel told the meeting
that Israel relies ':on the
the freedom loving people of
the world to understand our
problems and stand by us."
In particular, he added, Is-
rael greatly appreciates the
help of the American labor
movement under the AFL-
CIO president George Meany
"who again proved their
friendship with expressions
of aid during and after the
Yom Kippur War."
In Chicago, 'at the invita-
tion of Meany, Meshel heard
the executive council of the
AFL-CIO urge the United
NEW YORK — Charges of
defamation of character and
invasion of privacy brought
by the sons of Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg against au-
thor Louis Nizer were dis-
missed in Federal Court here,
According to Judge Harold
R. Tyler Jr., the Rosenberg'
sons had failed to show "ac-
tual malice" in the publica-
tion of Nizer's bestseller,
"The Implosion Consairacy."
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of the Rosenbergs, who were
executed on a charge of sell-
ing atomic bomb secrets to
the Russians.
However, the charge for
copyright infringement was
ordered to stand. The sons,
Michael and Robert Meero-
pol, filed the $3,000,000 suit
against Nizer last year.
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sistant to Meshel, said that
women make up about 15 per
cent of the labor force.
Attending the Detroit meet-
ing were representatives of
the AFL-CIO service work-
ers union and the Teamsters
Union.
While in Detroit, Meshel
met in closed-door sessions
with Leonard Woodcock,
president of the United Auto
Workers Union, and top la-
bor officials.
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