The Haifa Municipality has received and decided to heed a request from President Ben Zvi against operation of the Haifa subway on Saturdays, it was learned today.
Reports that the subway would operate on Saturdays when it opens next month stirred a country-wide controversy. Religious Party leaders called on both Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and President Ben Zvi to urge that they use their influence against Sabbath subway schedules.
While the activities of the President’s office in such situations generally are not publicized, it was learned that the President had intervened with Haifa municipal officials.
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