Friday, July 7, 1978 31
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israelis Are Disenchanted Over
Laxity on Curing Domestic Ills
Trees Will Vacuum the Air
By A. PRIEL
letisk, phillyrea, olive,
Jewish National Fund
JERUSALEM— Of 1,700 carob and blue acacia. It
different types of trees that is still not completely un-
Prof. Israel Gindel has tried derstood precisely how
- to grow in Israel, 300 are the absorption process
now thriving without irri- works, except that the
gation. Some have been pollutants in the air are
found to be suitable for the absorbed through the
timber industry and other leaves and somehow are
commercial uses. utilized for the physiolog-
Prof. Gindel, a forest en- ical needs of the trees.
gineer who has specialized The research showed
in cultivating trees that will that despite the large
grow in the desert, immig- amount of pollution the
rated to Israel from the Uk- trees- were exposed to,
raine in 1935. One of his av- they flourished and re-
owed aims in life is to corn- mained green.
Prof. Gindel recommends
bine the beautiful with the
planting trees close to
useful.
Recently, Prof. Gindel homes situated near fac-
completed a comprehensive tories, and around the fac-
re sea rch project which tories themselves, to act as a
found that 12 types of trees natural vacuum cleaner
growing in Israel act as which would absorb the
natural absorbers of air poi- poisons released into the
lution caused by heavy in- air. Two or three rows of
dustry, power stations and trees in proximity to homes
motor vehicles. would not only help prevent
Some of the trees which damage caused by pollu-
absorb , .pollution . are , tion.but,Wetuici also improve
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MANNY CHM:MOWS
Doctor Advocates Brit Mila
Over Hospital Circumcision
the government was estab- was merged into the Minis-
By UZI BENZIMAN
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A lished. There is no im- try of Commerce and Indus-
year after the Likud gov- provement, either, in the try; the Ministry of Labor
emment took office, Israelis government's performance was annexed to the Minis-
are wondering whether the as a decision-making and try of Welfare; the Ministry
of Communications was
new administration has executive body.
The Cabinet is a collet- combined with the Ministry
made any serious effort to
cope with major domestic tion of individuals whose of Transportation; and a
main purpose is to promote Ministry of Energy and In-
problems.
The Likud government their personal careers and frastructure was formed.
has failed to cope effectively the particular interests of These changes were, in
with the economic prob- the ministries they head. the main, formal and exter-
lems. Economists write There is little solidarity nal. Six ministries are now
about the improvement in within the Cabinet. Minis- administered by three
tars quarrel among them- ministers instead of by six
the foreign currency ba-
selves and ministries COM- as in the previous govern-
lance and in foreign in-
vestments. But the ordinary pete with each other. meat. But nothing has re-
Lately the world wit- ally changed in the internal
citizen, in his daily life, feels
only the galloping inflation nessed bitter clashes be- functioning of the six minis-
which diminishes the value tween Defense Minister tries.
Ezer Weizman and Though they were trans-
of the Israeli pound.
Due to the rapid rise of Foreign Minister Moshe formed into three pairs of
the cost of living, the situa- Dayan over peace policy. ministries the six depart-
tion in the labor market is Some months ago, Weiz- ments continue to function
one of permanent restless- man foiled Agriculture separately. None of their
ness. Almost every day Minister Ariel Sharon's myriad sections and subsec-
another group of workers plans to erect new set- tions has been abolished.
decides to strike or "go slow" tlements in Sinai and on None of their employes was
fired. Moreover, though a
in order to get higher the West Bank.
decrease in the number of
salaries.
The two Ministers-
The negative consequ- Without-Portfolio, Haim ministries has indeed been
ences of the inflation are Landau and Moshe Nissim, effected, the number of
not only economic. Its so- failed in their efforts to Cabinet ministers is the
cial and the moral results wrest powers over subjects same as in the previous gov-
are even graver. As a re- that are within the purview ernment: 19. The same coal-
sult of the rising inflation, of other Cabinet members. ition considerations that
dictated the number then
people reject established
Several -ministries have
criteria by which to mea- been engaged in a public still prevails now.
These phenomena have
sure values and norms. A controversy over which of
profound feeling of lack them evaded responsibility resulted in a steady de-
of stability prevails in for the so-called "archeolog- terioration of the gov-
ernment's image and
many aspects of the na- ical mission" at Shiloh.
credibility. The public
tional experience.
Minister of Housing Gi- remembers the promises
Although
both
Likud
and
Deputy Premier Yigael deon Patt and Sharon can- that inflation will be re-
the Democratic Movement not reach agreement on strained; that law and
for Change (DMC) stressed which of their ministries order will be tightened;
in their election platforms should control the Lands that a hard line will be
the importance of bridging Administration, a gov- adopted to quell strikes
the social gaps, the govern- ernmental agency which in vital services; that new
ment has not as yet made controls the state-owned methods and initiatives
any mark in that field lands.
will be implemented to
either. Meanwhile, infla-
Likud ran in the elec- improve the conditions of
tion worsens the economic tions on a platform that the deprived classes; that
distress of the under- called for a major a major change in the
privileged classes.
shake-up in the organiza- functioning of the gov-
tional structure of the ernment will be intro-
duced. •
Yadin is in charge of direct- government. In practice,
With every passing day
ing national policy with re- however, only minor
public beliefs in the gov-
changes
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have
taken
gards to social affairs but
ernment's
ability to do these
nothing much seems to have place.
The Ministry of Tourism things inevitably weakens.
changed in this field since
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mike (Jewish ritual circum-
cision). Routine circumci-
sion at the hands of doctors
carries a significant compli-
cation rate, as reported re-
peatedly in medical jour-
nals, including hemor-
rhage, infection and stric-
ture. It does not prevent
cancer of the penis or cervix,
and has no proven benefits.
"In the past, the U.S.
Armed Forces advocated
circumcision perhaps be-
cause it gave an opportunity
for young surgeons to prac-
tice, because there was an
excess of hospital beds, be-
cause the procedure pre-
sumably promoted cleanli-
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Fri., July 7th
ness, and, in their view,
prevented venereal disease.
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"The 'brit mila,' in con-
trast to hospital circum-
cision, is performed not
on the first or second day
SPORTSWEAR
of life (when the newborn
BOUTIQUE
has difficulty with his
temperature stabiliza-
tion), but on the eighth
day, long after bleeding
tendencies (hypoprot-
hrombinemia) have dis-
appeared.
"It is done under a very
effective and safe analgesic
(a wine-soaked piece of
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Poles to Drop
ADL in Name
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NEW YORK — The
Polish Cultural Society of
America has agreed to
change the name of one of
its subsidiary organiza-
tions, the Polish Anti-
Defamation Leigue, at the
request' of the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith.
Raymond H. Paluch,
president of the society,
said that effective Oct. 1,
the "Polish Anti-
Defamation League" would
assume the name "Polish
Anti-Discrimination Un-
ion" so as to avoid confusion
with. ADL.
The ADL request was
based on previous court de-
cisions in favor of ADL on
the use of the term "Anti-
Defamation League" in a
name.
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