Two government-operated food stores, one in Haifa and one in Tel Aviv, were opened today as part of the combined drive by the Palestine Government, the press and the consumer organizations to sad the drastic rise in prices of essential commodities.
In Jerusalem the press campaign against rising prices continues unabated with editorials demanding that the Government intervene to normalize distribution and to impose severe penalties on speculators. The Haifa municipality and consumers organizations there demand the introduction of ration cards.
In Tel Aviv, the rising cost of living was the subject of a special meeting today of Municipality officials at which it was decided to send a delegation to the authorities to demand a normalization of the importation of supplies and guarantees that sufficient stock would be kept on hand. At the same time a special committee was set up headed by Mayor Rokach to organize a central bureau to acquire and distribute essential food products, which would be financed by the community should the necessity arise.
Meanwhile the Vaad Leumi announced that it will shortly call a nation-wide conference of mayors, heads of local councils, and representatives of the chambers of commerce and of the merchants associations to combat speculation.
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