Services were held today for Moe Falikman, a vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and a member and manager of its Cutters Local 10 for more than 50 years, who died here yesterday at the age of 75. Born in Austria, Mr. Falikman was active during the 1920s and ’30s in organizing and improving the working conditions in the cutters’ trade. At the time of his death he was national chairman of the American Trade Union Council for Histadrut and treasurer of the National Committee for Labor Israel.
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