Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party joined today with Israel labor organizations in sending congratulations to the two American maritime unions for boycotting the Egyptian cargo-passenger vessel Cleopatra, now tied up in a New York berth.
Joseph Almogi, Mapai secretary general, expressed the party’s “full appreciation” in a telegram to New York for the participation of the Seafarers’ International Union and the International Longshoremen’s Association “in the struggle against piracy and for the ensuring of free navigation. Justice and peace.”
Pinhas Lavon on behalf of the Histadrut, Israel’s Federation of Labor, sent a cable to the New York port workers, saying: “Your courageous action in picketing the Egyptian ship reveals how much the spirit of freedom is inherent in the American people. We hope your action will encourage all those who are faithful to the principle of freedom of the seas through out the world.” A similar cable was sent also by the Herut labor unions.
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