An unauthorized two-day slow-down strike by Haifa dock-workers in support of demands for a reduction of their income taxes, which had severely hampered loading of citrus fruits at the peak of the season, was ended today.
Four ships in Haifa and two in Jaffa were loading citrus for export while more ships waited in the harbor to be loaded. Streams of leaded trucks and freight cars jammed the roads and rails leading to the ports. Officials reported that up to the present time, more than 5, 500, 000 cases of citrus have been exported and that Israel expects to export about 8, 000, 000 cases this season.
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