On the heels of Emir Abdullah’s call yesterday to Arab workers in Palestine to withdraw from the strike of 50,000 government employees, Transjordan railway employees walked out today in sympathy with the Palestinian strikers. The ruler of Transjordan made his appeal at a reception tendered him in the Arab city of Hebron.
The postal workers’ walkout, which precipitated the country-wide strike wave, is entering its twelfth day, while the sympathy strike of railroad, utility, telephone, telegraph and other civil service workers is now in its sixth day.
It is understood that emergency measures to deal with the disruption of services resulting from the strikes were discussed yesterday at a meeting of the Palestine Government’s executive council. Discussions between Government officials and strike leaders are continuing, but neither side would make any comment, although the Government is believed ready to make some wage concessions.
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