The Israel Parliament today passed, by an over whelming majority, a vote of confidence in the government’s economic and fiscal policy.
A Mapam delegate, Berl Repetur, opposed a suggestion by the Mapai that the vote of confidence cover the program as a whole. He demanded that a separate discussion and vote be held on the possibility of a wage freeze. Premier David Ben Gurion intervened to insist that the vote be held on the policy as a whole.
Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan, discussing the recently announced American loan of $35,000,000 for the expansion of Israel’s agriculture, assured the parliament that the loan had been granted without any political strings.
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