Hadassah officials in New York indicated today they were eager to continue negotiations regarding the transfer of Hadassah facilities in Jerusalem to the Jerusalem municipality.
The information was contained in a cable to the Hadassah Medical Organization here in reply to a compromise proposal offered by the Israel Health Ministry and Jerusalem Mayor Mordechai Ish-Shalom. A controversy over the transfer was touched off earlier this year when, after months of negotiation, Hadassah sent dismissal notices to staff workers of its health and welfare stations in the city.
The compromise offered by the Israeli officials envisaged the municipality taking over the facilities in April 1964 or after three years, with Hadassah sharing the cost of the facilities at different levels for each facility. Initially, Jerusalem officials said the city had no funds to meet the operating costs of the services.
In their cable, the Hadassah officials said they would submit counter-proposals. Initially, the American organization had declared its intention to relinquish operating and financing of the facilities in April.
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