Extensive belt-tightening measures have been taken by the Jewish Agency to reduce expenditures in keeping with its pared budget and the present economic difficulties in Israel and abroad, the Jewish Agency Executive was told at its weekly meeting yesterday. About 150 vacant jobs have been abolished and a similar number remain unfilled. Temporary employes have been laid off and some permanent staff members have been shifted to more productive work, according to a report submitted to the Executive.
In addition, expense accounts have been trimmed, employes’ allowances for cars have been reduced by 25 percent and proportionate reductions have been made in entertainment, hotel and other allowances, and a campaign is under way to reduce telephone and telex bills. The Executive also learned of the establishment of “saving committees” at the Jewish Agency’s offices in London and Paris and a similar economy drive that is about to be set up at the Jewish Agency’s American Section in New York.
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