An important change in the internal structure of the Histadruth, the Jewish Federation of Labor in Palestine, was decided upon today at a conference of Histadruth leaders here. National trade unions will be established to replace the present system where each individual worker is directly affiliated with the Histadruth.
The recommendation to organize national trade unions, offered by David Ben-Gurion, was adopted by 221 votes to 177. Those opposed included the Hashomer Hatzair and the opposition group within the Histadruth which calls itself the “Movement for Labor Unity.”
Addressing the conference on the position of the surviving Jews in Europe, Eliahu Dobkin, head of the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, estimated that to feed the survivors will require $80,000,000 a year.
“Eighty percent of the remnants of European Jewry demand immediate immigration to Palestin,” he said. “But we are facing an absolute stoppage of immigration, since only 1,300 certificates remain of the last immigration schedule and no new schedule is yet forthcoming. We must urge the world not to let the surviving Jews in Europe perish and to enable them to proceed to Palestine. We ask for ships from England and America,”
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