THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS VOLVO Israel Fears Timna Mine Closing May Turn Eilat Into Ghost Town JERUSALEM (JTA) — Fear continues to mount in Eilat that Israel's southern- most city and, sole outlet to the Red Sea would become a ghost town after the Timna copper mines are closed down and its dismissed em- ployes are forced to find jobs elsewhere. Minister of Commerce and Industry Haim Barley, who flew to Eilat last week 'ter a general strike pro- _ Aing the shut-down para- lyzed the town, told the Knesset that there was no hope of getting the money- losing copper works out of the red for the next five years. The Timna mine workers won a reprieve of uncertain duration when Barley prom- AZF Launches Ideology Group /- NEW YORK (JTA) — An American Zionist Federa- tion Commission on Zionist Ideology has been launched and its first conference will be next Wednesday, it was announced by Faye Schenk, AZF president. Rabbi David Polish of Chicago, president of the Chicago Zionist Federation, will be chairman of the com- mission to which 31 Zionist scholars and leaders have been invited as members. The commission, Mrs. Schenk said, will meet sev- eral times during the year for a aeries of high delibera- tions designed to develop an- swers to such questions as what is the contemporary character of Zionism, is the ideology of Zionism of 1976 essentially the same as the Zionism of, 1945-1956, how does one distinguish be- tween Zionism and pro-Is- rael activity, and does Zion- ist philosophy need Updating and revision? Among those invited to participate in the commis- sion are Prof. Howard Adel- son, Dr. Judith Diesen- druck, Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, Charlotte Jacob- son, Philip Klutznick, Rose Matzkin, Rabbi Alexander Schindler, Dr. Judah J. Shapiro, Dr. Joseph Stern- stein, Kalman Sultanik, Prof. Marie Syrkin, Jacques Torczyner and Rabbi Mor- dechai Waxman. The 31 in- vitees represent all group- ings in the Zionist movement. ised that the copper mines would not be shut down un- til alternative jobs are found for its 700 employes. But he hedged his promise on fur- ther consultation with his colleagues on the minister- ial economic committee which had recommended to the government that the deficit-ridden industry be shut down. New job prospects also are uncertain. Labor Min- ister Moshe Baram prom- ised that the dismissed mine workers would be employed building a new airport seven miles north of Eilat, a project already approved by the Cabinet but not scheduled to start for three months. Israel Aircraft Industries was reported planning to lo- cate a new metal plant in Eilat but that will not be ready for at least three years. Baram conceded that even those projects would not provide jobs for all of the• laid-off mine workers. Moreover, those projects are in the construction field and Eilat residents were wondering what would be- come of the scientists, engi- neers, lab technicians and copper specialists employed in office jobs at Timna. Barley told the Knesset that the government had no choice but to shut down the mines in view of the contin- uing depression in copper prices on the world market. Canadian Envoy to Visit Mideast OTTAWA (JTA) — Secre- tary of State for External Affairs Allan McEachen left last week for a 10-day trip to the Middle East. He will meet in Cairo- with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and the lead- ers of the Arab League. He will then go to Saudi Ara- bia, Jordan and Iraq before going to Israel for three days. The object of McEachen's visit is to increase economic relations with the oil-rich Arab countries which did not attract the interests of the Canadian government up to now as did Israel. McEachen declared that Arab countries are showing increasing interest in devel- oping bilateral relations with Canada. He is being ac- companied by high officials of the Department of Corn-. merce and of the Canadian Agency for International Development. McEachen said Canada is looking for a tripartite coop- eration, such as Saudi Ara- bia paying the cost of Cana- dian technolOgy and training for a third country. He said Canada needs Arab investments in order to di- versify its sources of capital. He said that while he is in Israel he will go into an in- depth analyses of the politi- cal and economic relations already existing between the two countries. January 16, 1976 19 Meanwhile, a special committee has been set up in Eilat with the participa- tion of Histadrut's Trade Union Department and various government agen- cies to explore the job problems with Eilat au- thorities. The hope is to find employment in the Eilat area for as many of the laid-off workers as possible. 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