At a meeting held in Jerusalem yesterday between leaders of the Histadrut Campaign in the United States, the Histadrut in Israel, members of the Jewish Agency, the United Jewish Appeal and the Israeli government, all participants recorded their firm conviction that the Histadrut Campaign in the United States should continue and be maintained, it was announced here today by the Histadrut National Committee for Labor Israel. Because of the primacy of the Emergency Campaign of the UJA and its importance to the solution of the problems of immigration, absorption and settlement now facing Israel, the Histadrut Campaign is prepared to mobilize its maximum support behind the Emergency Campaign. Further discussion will take place in New York between the UJA and the Histadrut Campaign to work out a practical program which would ensure the fullest backing and success of the Emergency Campaign. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Leon A, Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency. Participants included: Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, general secretary of Histadrut; Dr. Leon H. Keyserling, president, National Committee for Labor Israel; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, executive chairman, United Jewish Appeal; Dr. Sol Stein, executive director. Israel Histadrut Campaign; Mr. Sol C. Chaikin, chairman, American Trade Union Council for Histadrut; and Pinhas Sapir, Israel’s Minister of Finance.
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