The strike of 50, 000 Palestine Government employees will end at midnight tonight, it was officially announced in Jerusalem. The concessions made by the Government include some wage increases, retroactive pay, upgrading of jobs and review of war-time cost of living allowances.
Troops and police yesterday dispersed a crowd of several hundred Arab and Jewish strikers who demonstrated before the offices of the Palestine Government shouting “We Want Bread.”
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