Some 250 labor leaders from all parts of the United States met here this weekend at a two-day conference on the role of free labor in the economic development of Israel sponsored by the American Trade Union Council for Histadrut.
In a major conference address, Dr. Leon Keyserling, former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, stressed the need for Israel to “show leadership in social progress and in the renaissance of moral responsibility for people in need.”
The world looks to Israel, he said, “especially the underdeveloped nations of Asia and Africa which regard it as a friend. Israel basically can contribute more to these countries than the American Peace Corps because Israel’s emissaries represent an entire society that is like the countries that are being helped.”
Other speakers at the conference included Louis Stulberg, general secretary treasurer of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union; and Ben Zion Ilan, representative of the Histadrut in Israel.
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