Tlif.. gETROLTI JEWISH , NEWS Germans Protest Golda's Presence BERLIN — Hundreds of demonstrators protested the visit of former Israeli Premier Golda Meir and Foreign Minister Yigal Al- lon Saturday. The two were attending an international socialist conference. The demonstrators said that only the Palestine Lib- eration Organization had the right to speak for both Jews and Arabs in Israel. Israel Levies Sales, Payroll Taxes, Basic Foods, Necessities Unaffected Friday, February,28, 1975, 15, Americans Oppose M.E. Arms Sales . JERUSALEM, (JTA) — According to the finance noted that Israel must con- Israelis were staggered by ministry, some items will tinue to spend massive sums the announcement of new go up in cost immediately on defense while struggling taxes, the effects of which and others within a few to pay off the debts of the Yom Kippur War which, he will be higher prices, lower months. The new sales tax does said would take a decade of living standards and the prospect of increased unem- not include basic food items, growth to pay for. Rabinowitz stated that , petroleum, electricity, wa- ployment. - the austerity economic mea- ter, public transportation The new tax package, au- thorized by the Cabinet at a and industrial equipment. sures taken by the govern- Israelis, who had ex- ment last fall were begin- tense five-hour meeting and formally presented to the pected a breathing spell ning to show positive Knesset by Finance Minis- after the 43 percent devalua- results, mainly an increase ter Yehoshua Rabinowitz, tion of the Israel pound last in the government's foreign includes a new 7.5 percent October forced prices up by currency reserves. Financial experts and sales tax on top of the exist- 56 percent, were stunned by ing ones and a 7.5 percent the new measures. The 7.5 economic theoreticians payroll tax, payable by em- percent payroll tax brought tended to agree with the fi- IS THE GUY a furious reaction from His- nance minister, although ployers. they conceded that the new The tax increases, com- tadrut and employers alike. bined with a 20 percent hike Peleg Tamir, director gen- measures will be a blow to in the cost of postal services eral of the Israel Manufac- the average citizen who is which include telephone and turers Association, de- still struggling to adjust to last year's austerity mea- telegraph, will help finance clared, "This is a very heavy IS THE BUY a record IL 56 billion (about burden on manufacturers sures. You Get More Buick $8.05 billion) budget for fis- who are in any case faced - The largest single portion of Israel's new budget is cal 1975. The new levies are with a serious liquidity cri- For Less Money ! calculated to extract an ad- sis. The (payroll) tax will re- earmarked for defense— IL 2 billion from the sult in higher prices for some IL 22 billion (about AT MORRIS ditional $3.5 billion). Israelis are Israeli public, already bur- commodities, fewer buyers used to this but the impact dened by one of the highest and, consequently a de- BUICK of the new taxes only four crease in employment." tax rates in the world. months after the devalua- 14500 W. 7 Mile Yeruham Meshel, secre- Economic experts esti- AT LODGE X-WAY tion of the pound created mated that the new mea- tary-general of Histadrut, stunned disbelief. sures will lead to a general who just returned from a 342-7100 Smokers and buyers of 5-7 percent rise in prices. visit to Scandinavian consumer durables will be countries, said he was the hardest hit following the "surprised" by the gov- new tax impositions, ac- ernment's action. cording to economic ana- But other Histadrut lead- lysts. ers claimed they were "misled by the government." In the Knesset debate fol- They noted that the govern- lowing Finance Minister ment and Histadrut had an Yehoshua Rabinowitz's agreement that there would budget speech, opposition be no new taxes until labor spokesmen cast doubts on One of Allied Van Lines Largest Haulers contracts expire next July. the government's income estimates. They said that Rabinowitz said the pub- 2253 Cole Street 1300 N. Campbell Road despite the new taxes, in- lic had to realize the severity Birmingham Royal Oak come would not meet ex- of Israel's economic situa- MI 4-4613 penditure, forcing the Bank tion and adjust itself to LI 1-3313 of Israel to print more lower living standards. He money and thereby further said "The past year was one e•oc0-,r0-,4":t.x0x0-u-0-,e0,e0JKS-KON-ONOP(0-,K% fueling the flames of Israel's of the most difficult in our 45 percent-plus inflation. • history" economically. He NEW YORK — By almost 2 to 1, Americans in an opin- ion poll conducted for Time magazine oppose United States arms sales to either Israel or Arab states. The survey of 1,046 adults, conducted by Yanke- lovich, Skelly & White, Inc., showed that 63 per cent of those polled were against such sales, according to an article in this week's issue of Time. On the single question of American military support for Israel, 41 per cent fa- vored a cutback, 37 per cent favored continued support at present levels and 8 per cent favored an increase. IF YOU TURN THE •v • do . (--, 6 7. '5 UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T FIND A FINER WINE THAN Milan Wineries. Detroit, Mich. MORRIS BUICK POTTER MOVING & STORAGE CO. . PASSOVER SEDERS AT CONG. BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL 5075 W. MAPLE (Bet. 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At the 1971 probation sentence Judge Weinstein made it a special condition of the sentence that Kahane could have nothing to do "directly or indirectly" with guns, bombs, dynamite or any other weapons. Last Friday, the judge said he was handing down a one-year sentence be- cause four years of the original probation sen- tence had expired. He said Kahane had "willfully and intentionally" violated the- condition of his probation. Kahane admitted the vio- lation, saying, "I did what the government says I did. I violated probation." Kahane also said that he was being persecuted for his political views, asserting that "we know that if a de- tente" with Russia "was achieved," Soviet Jews were doomed. "Our only leverage was to prevent a detente." Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas R. Pattison said Rabbi Kahane had violated the terms of his probation twice while he was in Israel. 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