is I THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 28 Friday, July 12, 1985 • NEWS /le • OPHTHALMOLOGY Associates, P.C. Specialists in Diseases and Surgery of the Eye Reaction Forces Delay On Economic Measures L.N. Laver, MO R.1. Gans, MD G.D. Bergman, MD 1.S. Katz, MD takes pleasure in announcing the association of Mark H. Rubinstein, M.D. • • • • Cataract Surgery Implant Surgery Laser Surgery Tearing Surgery • • • • Cosmetic Surgery Refractive Myopic Surgery Ultrasound Complete Children and Adult Examinations 3 44199 Dequindre Suite 209 Troy, Mi. 48098 26615 Greenfield Southfield, Mi. 48076 557-1070 879-5770 "A 3. The severe economic measures announced by the government last week sparked riots in Jerusalem's Katamon quarter. Riot police made 15 arrests as a result of the disturbances. Jerusalem (JTA) — The gov- ernment this week put its tough- est economic measures on hold in hope of reaching an agreement with Histadrut and avoiding a second general strike in less than two weeks. Premier Shimon Peres and Fi- nance Minister Yitzhak Modai spent part of the week in meetings with Histadrut Secretary General Yisrael Kessar and his aides. The upshot was that the government postponed invoking the emer- gency regulations by which it planned to implement its eco- nomic austerity program. Last week's announcement also sparked rioting in Jerusalem's Katamon quarter. One of the first measures would have been the dismissal this week of about 10,000 government em- ployees and people employed in government-supported local authorities and public institu- tions, such as the Jewish Agency. Also delayed was the new wage-price freeze that was to be imposed by decree under emer- gency powers derived from the British Mandate regime and re- tained in Israeli law, though never used on the economic front. The intention was to avoid the lengthy process of union negotia- tions and Knesset debate, That, precisely was what infuriated Histadrut. Kessar said that Histadrut could not negotiate under the threat of decrees it considers un- democratic and a negation of agreements signed between the workers' representatives and their employers. Peres said he agreed the negotiations should be held in a free atmosphere. The implemen- tation of economic measures by decree will therefore be postponed to allow talks to proceed, he said. The government apparently yielded on this point because of the immediate danger of labor strife that could paralyze the country. Local trade union lead- era and the rank-and-file workers have emerged as far more milit- ant than the Histadrut leaders and may be beyond the letters' control, The economic crisis has forced cutbacks in the defense budget to the danger point, Defense Minis- ter Yitzhak Rabin said this week. Any further reductions, he warned, will reduce the ammuni- tion supply to a point lower than it was when the Yom Kippur War broke out in October 1973. Israel was forced to depend on an emer- gency munitions supply airlift from the United States to survive that crisis. Rabin spoke at a conference of the United Kibbutz Movement. Peres, in a radio interview this week, also expressed concern over the security effects of defense budget cuts. But, he said, the overall economic situation made the cuts essential. In a related development, Israel has stopped all work on the Mediterranean-Dead Sea Canal for economic reasons, the Engineering News-Record re- ported last month. According to the magazine, Energy Minister Moshe Shachal said the 66-mile, hydro-electricity-producing canal was only marginally feasible due to lower oil prices in recent years. In Washington, Secretary of State George Shultz pledged the "full support" of the United States for the government's tough eco- nomic measures in letters to Pre- mier Shimon Peres and Finance Minister Yitzhak Modal. Shultz stressed that "The key to success will, of course, be the full and vig- orous implementation of your emergency economic package." He noted too that Washington's supplemental economic aid is nearing enactment by Congress and would help Israel toward eco- nomic recovery. Reparations Log Sono (JTA) — The West Ger. man Finance Ministry in Bonn and a German author, Walter Schwarz, plan to publish an ex- tensive documentation on the re- parations paid by West Germany to victims and yellowtail of the Nazi regime,