Histadrut supporters in Southern California pledged a total of $1 million toward various projects of Israel’s labor federation at a mass rally here last night honoring Aharon Becker, secretary general of Histadrut who is visiting California on his tour of the U.S.A. and Canada. The rally, attended by 2,000, was addressed by Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska.
A campaign quota of $500,000 was approved by the representatives of some 400 sponsoring organizations toward the national goal of $6 million to help meet Histadrut’s medical, vocational training, cultural and rehabilitation projects among immigrants, workers and youth in Israel. Another $500,000 was pledged toward the $5 million national goal of the American Histadrut Development Foundation in the form of bequests, assignments of insurance, securities and other gifts. The Histadrut conference re-elected Julius Fligelman as Pacific Coast president.
Sen. Gruening, a Democrat and one-time close associate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, chastised Arab leaders as having “forfeited all claims for further support from the taxpayers of the United States.” He also denounced Soviet Russia for its military aid and support of the Arab nations.
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