President Ben Zvi today called upon Moshe Sharett, Acting Premier and leader of the Mapai Party, to form a new Cabinet. Afterwards, the President said that he thought Mr. Sharett the most “suitable” man for the job.
Mr. Sharett tonight began talks with representatives of various parties in preparation for the constitution of a new Cabinet. He has invited the General Zionists and the Labor Mizrachi to send representatives to a conference on Friday. The Acting Premier indicated that he will ask all parties to try to keep the negotiations short, and hopes to see the formation of a stable government sometime next week.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Sharett appeared in Knesset to reply to a demand by a Communist deputy and Dr. Moshe Sneh, leader of a pro-Soviet left party, that Parliament immediately debate the West’s rearmament of Germany. Dr. Sneh insisted that such rearmament has a special meaning for Jews, claiming that it is leading to a rebirth of Nazism in Germany.
The Acting Premier, who is also Foreign Minister, said that the Foreign Ministry was fully aware of the problem and would, in due course, report to the appropriate Knesset committee. He asked that the motions for a debate on German rearmament be removed from the agenda. The majority voted as he requested.
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