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There was full press cover- age of the comings and the going and the conference which took place in Jerusalem. So great was the interest in every aspect of this mission that the press did not fail to take note that between his busy rounds of discussions with govern- ment leaders, Harriman found time to step into a men's clothing store to pur- chase a suit. The act was hailed by some as a tribute to the skill of Israel's tailors, Averell Harriman and by others as a gesture of good will to Israel. There was more to it than that. The story actually began some years earlier when David Hacohen was a member of the Israel dele- gation to the United Na- tions. In New York he sought out a well- recommended tailor and or- dered a suit befitting his station. Though accustomed to double-breasted suits, he bowed to the tailor's firm pronouncement that Isratech '84 Continued from preceding page revolutionized the pre-press process. • All-electric robots with microprocessor control sys- tems and a range of finger sensors, developed by Shar- noc Electronics. • A compact system that brings telex communication capabilities to standard office microcomputers. De- veloped by the Haifa-based Sintel company, it uses a single software disk and a unit the size of a small radio to monitor a telex line, store incoming messages, dial and re-dial automatically and perform other com- munication tasks. • Rhinotherm, developed at the Weizmann Institute, which cures symptoms of the common cold without drugs. It is a portable unit that blows humidified hot air directly into the user's nasal passages, creating an environment inhbspitable to the rhinitis virus, the culprit behind most colds. These products reflect Is- rael's technological and industrial creativity, its continuing commitment to research and development (in which it ranks with the U.S. and Japan) and the outstanding quality of its skilled workforce. Particularly heartening is the growing acceptance of Israeli products on the world market. With no metal resources to speak of, ,A171.0,g91:00.$900 million in metal products last year and expects to do $1.1 bil- lion this year. With no elec- tronics industry in 1960, Is- rael sold $470 million worth of advanced electronics ware in 1983 and expects to raise the total by $100 mil- lion in 1984. In this ancient land, a new industrial geography is emerging. Alongside the vineyards of the Carmel are the high-tech industries of Haifa and the sophisticated electronics workshops of the Galilee's kibbutzim. Near the ancient port city of Jaffa is a concentration of ad- vanced industrial com- panies: Scitex, Vishay, Tel- rad, Tadiran, Motorola and dozens of others. Around Ben Gurion Air- port is the aviation industry complex. Nestled in the orange groves of Rehevot are the R&D-intensive in- dustries associated with the Weizmann Institute. On the terraced hills of Jerusalem is the science-based indus- tries campus of Hebrew University. In the Negev sands is the new industry- belt connected with Ben- Gurion University. Alongside the Dead Sea sparkle the solar ponds, using the power of the sun to create electricity. Exporting all this inten- sive science-based indus- trial activity is what Is- ratech is all about. Copyright 1984, JTA Inc. double-breasteds were not in fashion. At a final fitting in the tailor's rooms Hacohen chanced to note a copy of a New York paper, on th front page of which was picture of the the President Truman in th company of the then Gover nor of New York State, Av erell Harriman — and bot were wearing double breasteds. When he calle this to the attention of th tailor he received a shar reply. "Don't look at them for fashion. They are two of the worst-dressed men in America!" Cohen wilte into silence. The years went by. When Harriman stepped off the plane in Israel early in 1965, David Hacohen was on hand to receive him. And he noted with more than passing interest that Har- riman was wearing a double-breasted suit. It was not until shortly before Harriman's scheduled departure from the country, and dur- ing a moment of utter rela- xation, that the Israeli told his visitor the story of hi experience with the Ne York tailor. He repeated th latter's vigorous assertio of opinion on fashion. Harriman laughed hear- tily. Then, his manner be- coming more serious, he leaned forward in his chair: "Do you mean that double breasted suits are really no • in style?" The next morning h stepped into the men's stor and bought himself a stylis garment made in Israel, an single-breasted of course. One thoughtful Anierica journalist, David Schwartz pondered the fact that th local press had made such big thing of the purchase Hebrew is a sacred tongue he wrote. Should such 'trifling thing as a man' • buying a suit of clothes b written about in a Hebre newspaper? He asked himself: Woul . the Bible have done it? H replied at once, of course and indeed the Bible did d . it. Jacob bought a coat o many colors for his son Joseph, and a most signific ant purhase it was. His mis take was in not buying similar coat for his othe boys. They would not the have plotted agains Joseph, would not have sol • him to the Egyptians, an the Israelites would neve have taken up, residence Egypt, where they got in bondage but eventuall made their exodus. The whole of Jewish his tory might have been differ ent, all because of Joseph' • coat — single or double breasted.