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Friday, March 7, 1975 5
Katzir Meets President Ford; Talks to UJA, Bonds Events
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Israeli President Ephraim
Katzir met with president
Ford Monday at the White
House in an "informal visit"
as part of his first visit to
the U.S. as Israel's head of
state.
The two presidents chat-
tered amiably in the pres-
ence of newsmen about the
University of Michigan
where Katzir will receive an
honorary doctorate Wednes-
day.
Katzir was accompanied
to the President's Oval Of-
fice by Israeli Ambassador
imha Dinitz, who hosted a
reception for Katzir Monday
night at the Israeli Em-
bassy.
Katzir urged leaders of
the Washington Jewish
community earlier to con-
tinue efforts to interpret
Israel's ideals of democ-
racy, morality, justice and
peace to the general Amer-
ican community.
Katzir also stressed the
importance of Jewish educa-
tion in improving the qual-
ity of Jewish life. A score of
local leaders met with Kat-
zir at Blair House where he
is the guest of President
Ford.
Katzir addressed the lead-
ership of the United Jewish
Appeal and Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds
across the country at a spe-
cial luncheon meeting in
New York Wednesday.
Upon arriving in the U.S.
last weekend, Katzir ad-
dressed the dinner in Miami
Beach inaugurating the
1975 Israel Bond campaign
and hailed President Ford
for the "remarkable stand"
he has taken on the Arab
boycott of Jewish-owned
banks.
He also said that Israel
was deeply grateful to the
President, to Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
and to the American peo-
ple for giving Israel con-
tinued scientific, technol-
ogical, economic and
defense aid.
Katzir denounced the
spread of the Arab boycott
and what he called the new
Arab anti-Semitism. He
warned that "Anti-Sem
itism, which starts with at-
tacking Jews, eventually
turns to the wider aim of de-
stroying human freedom
and modern democracy."
Katzir congratulated the
Israel Bond Organization on
the 25th anniversary of its
founding by the late Pre-
mier David Ben-Gurion. He
noted that the anniversary
also marks the attainment
of the $3 billion mark in Is-
Israel Tax Hike Cut Back
rael Bond sales since their dent and chief executive unions which purchased $215,522,400 in bonds pur-
inception and the beginning 'officer of Israel Bond Or- 'bonds in the amount of chased by 3,940 communal
of the campaign to sell the -ganization, reported that $81,190,100; and another and other institutions.
fourth billion in Israel to date 741 banks have
purchased 51/2 percent in-
Bonds.
Sam Rothberg, general stitutional bonds totalling
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S if ant
JERUSALEM (JTA) — would dismiss about 50
Bowing to a two-pronged at- seasonal workers and pos-
tack from unions and em- sibly an unspecified num-
ployers, the Cabinet Sunday ber of permanent workers
agreed to cut its proposed as well.
payroll tax from 7.5 percent
In both instances, the
to 4 percent, and to begin it impending lay-offs are not
on April 1 instead of March linked to the controversial
1.
sales and payroll taxes im-
Finance Minister Ye- posed by the government
hoshua Rabinowitz recom- last week which many busi-
mended the cut to the Cabi- nessmen fear may lead to
net after a weekend of bitter widespread unemployment.
and, arduous debates be-
The Timna mines cited
tween him and Histadrut high production costs
and the Manufacturers As- which, combined with the
sociation.
drop in the copper market
Both groups attacked the have saddled the company
proposed' tax as recession- with heavy losses.
ary and as hitting particu-
The Haifa Labor Coun-
larly at productive indus-
tries (the government itself cil's secretary, Eliezer Molk,
will be exempt from the em- warned the Port Authority
to delay its lay-offs until
ployers payroll tax.)
The tax cut leaves next after the Passover holiday
year's budget some $83 mil- to give the workers time to
find other jobs.
lion in deficit.
Government spokesmen
Meanwhile, some Israeli
workers are facing lay-offs insist that the government
in two widely separated will be able to cope with
regions—Haifa and the what it calls "pockets" of
Negev. The Timna Copper unemployment should they
Mines, near Eilat, an- develop as a result of the 4
nounced it planned to fur- . percent payroll tax and the
lough about 200 workers 7.5 percent sales tax which
ecause of the precipitous is expected to reduce overall
drop in world copper consumption. Both the Fi-
prices last year—from $210 nance and Labor Ministries
to $8 per ton. The Haifa claim there is no unemploy-
Port Authority said it ment in Israel.
French Cemetery, Walls Vandalized
PARIS (JTA) — Forty
tombstones were overturned
in the Jewish cemetery of
Fontainebleau, south of
Paris. The attack on the ce-
metery is the first act of an-
ti-Semitism in the Fontai-
nebleau area.
Anti-Semitic posters ap-
peared on the walls of Paris
and the suburbs last week,
showing a flag-bearing Is-
raeli being bodily thrown
out of France. They were
printed and hung by a group
known as "The French
Work," led by Pierre Sidos.
Stars of David were also
painted on walls in other
parts of the city..
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