Maximum efforts must be devoted to solving the problem of Israel’s unemployed, Mordecai Natnir, general secretary of the Histadrut, today told a meeting of the Mapai Party Council which was attended by representatives of the party’s organizations throughout Israel.
Mr. Namir expressed confidence that Israel would be able to overcome both internal and external difficulties. Among the latter, he listed the Communist attacks on Israel, the threats by Israel’s Arab neighbors and the “perplexity and hesitation” of the Western Powers toward Middle East problems.
Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett devoted the major portion of his address to a discussion of education and youth problems. He said that education in Israel would continue along a “trend” basis, but that there will be no special administration for each type of party or movement school, as heretofore. He demanded that pioneering be emphasized in the education of all youth. Mr. Sharett, who recently returned from a tour of Far Eastern capitals, stressed that Israel must “increase her achievements” in order to increase her influence with the other Asiatic countries.
Meir Argov, chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, reported that the Mapai Party had 128,000 members as compared to 53,000 for the General Zionists and 43,000 for the Mapam.
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