GREATER FACILITIES FOR PROTECTING JEWISH SETTLEMENTS WERE DEMANDED AT THE OPENING OF THE HISTADRUTH’S THIRTY-SIXTH CONFERENCE BY MOSHE SHERTOK LAST NIGHT–BEFORE THE MURDER OF THE FIVE JEWISH COLONISTS.
IN A REPORT ON THE PALESTINE SITUATION IN WHICH HE DEMANDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT “CONSTRUCTIVE ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST OUR PRESENT NEEDS,” MR. SHERTOK SAID:
“SECURITY STILL TAKES FIRST PLACE. WE DEMAND THE POSSIBILITY TO INTENSIFY THE PROTECTION OF OUR PROPERTY. THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION PROVES HOW RIGHT ARE OUR DEMANDS.”
MR. SHERTOK ALSO PROTESTED AGAINST THE NEW IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, DEMANDED “QUICK LIQUIDATION” OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND EXPRESSED PESSIMISM ABOUT IMMEDIATE POSSIBILITIES OF PEACE WITH THE ARABS. THE CONFERENCE WAS OPENED BY DAVID REMEZ, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE HISTADRUTH.
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