Israel “introduced the concept of democracy to an area that had no experience until then of that system of democracy,” George Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, said yesterday at a luncheon tendered by AFL-CIO leaders in honor of Abba S. Eban, who is retiring as Israel Ambassador. Mr. Meany declared that Mr. Eban would carry with him the good will of American labor and of the American people.
Mr. Eban paid tribute to the constant support which Israel’s cause had received from the American labor movement.
Labor leaders who extended greetings to the Ambassador included George M. Harri-son, president of the International Federation of Railway Clerks, who presided; David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Jacob Potofsky, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union.
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