Some 1000 Unionists, Business, Civic Leaders Attend Annual Histadrut Campaign Dinner

Over 1,000 trade unionists, business and civic leaders paid tribute last night to Hugh Carcella, vice president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and chairman of the Steel Workers Legislative Committee of Pennsylvania at a major fund-raising dinner of labor and industry, as part of the 47th annual Histadrut Campaign, U.S. Senator Richard S. Schweiker, Pa. Democrat, told the audience that Histadrut, the Israel Labor Federation, was preparing the ground within Israel for peace with the Arabs by its policy of integrating Arab workers into the country’s labor movement and raising their living standards. Schweiker lauded the Nixon administration’s move to make $500 million worth of aid available so that Israel could negotiate from strength and not from weakness. He added that the links between Histadrut and American trade unions were strong because of the common heritage of both democratic labor movements. Proceeds of the dinner will go toward the establishment of a Histadrut Youth Center in Israel in the name of Hugh and Elsie Carcella, Carcella said, “working for the cause of Histadrut was like working for my own trade union-we share a concern for human freedom and the dignity of labor.”