Zionist Laborites Condemn Soviet Anti-semitism; Raise $1,000, 000

Over a thousand delegates representing American trade unions. Labor Zionist organizations, and Jewish fraternal groups, today unanimously adopted a resolution denouncing “the resurgence of anti-Semitism as official State policy within the Soviet Union and its satellites,”‘ at a conference of the National Committee for Labor Israel at the Hotel Astor here. Approximately $1,000,000 was raised for Histadrut at the gathering.

The Conference resolution emphasized that “the overt attempts of the Soviets” to win the sympathy of the Arabs, who still insist on being at war with Israel, must be counteracted effectively by vigorous support of Israel by the western world. “The conscience of the world must speak out, to attempt to stay the hand of the dictators of the Kremlin,” the resolution stated. “The free world must mobilise further aid to the State of Israel in its unparalleled trials, for the State of Israel is the outpost of democracy in the troubled waters of the Middle East.”

A second resolution adopted, drew attention to the serious unemployment situation in Israel following the introduction of deflationary measures. The conference lauded the efforts of the Israel labor federation, Histadrut, which “as the major nongovernmental agency in the country, has swung into action, mobilizing its resources to combat the ill effects of unemployment; it has taxed Its membership with a day’s pay each month; it has enlarged its Employment Fund and activised its cooperative financial institutions for the purpose of creating useful work. “

Principal speakers at the gathering were Berl Locker, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive; Aryeb L. Kubovy, Israel envoy to Poland and Czechoslovakia; Dr. James G. Heller, president of the Labor Zionist Organization of America, Joseph Schlossberg, chairman of the National Committee for Labor Israel, and Nachman Tamir, Histadrut representative.