More than 5, 000 guests attended twin sessions of the silver anniversary “Third Seder” of the National Committee for Labor Israel held last night at the Hotels Commodore and Waldorf-Astoria. Principal speakers included Itzhak Haskin, Histadrut leader from Israel; Dr. Dov Begun, national secretary of the NCLI; Isaac Hamlin, director of the American Histadrut Center in Tel Aviv; and Israel Ambassador Abba Eban.
Ambassador Eban told the audience: “The Gulf of Akaba and the Strait of Tiran are open, and open they will remain whether, as we hope, through the concerted will of the maritime powers, or through the exercise of maritime powers of their inherent right of self-defense, which attaches by the Charter not merely to the territory of nations but also to their ships which embody their territorial sovereignty.”
Mr. Haskin declared that “Israel today is grappling with a serious unemployment problem, afflicting thousands of families. Histadrut has mobilized 17, 000, 000 Israeli pounds, from the workers’ saving funds and through direct contributions, to create work opportunities. Labor has loaned money to private employers, who are caught in the tight credit squeeze.” However, he stated, before the year is up, “we expect the immigrants to become productive factors in our economy, and thus strengthen our industrial and agricultural foundations.”
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