George Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, tonight urged an American policy in the Middle East that would guarantee Israel the maximum security and opportunity for development. The statement was made at the Histadrut Humanitarian Award dinner sponsored by the National Committee for Labor Israel at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. (Israel Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir was scheduled to address the dinner, but had not spoken when the Bulletin went to press.)
David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, was chairman at the affair. Twelve hundred guests attended the $50-per-plate dinner, proceeds of which went to support the medical, vocational training, cultural and rehabilitation services rendered by Histadrut to over a million pioneers and new immigrants in Israel. Other speakers included Moshe Bar-Tal, American representative of Histadrut; Isidore Nagler, vice president of the ILGWU; and Harry Uviller, chairman of New York State Mediation Board.
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