An appeal to the United Nations and to the Jordan Government to permit Jews to worship at the Wailing Wall and to open the road to the Hebrew University and the Hadassah Hospital was voiced here last night by Shlomo Z. Shragai, Mayor of Jerusalem, at a dinner given in his honor by the New York Council of the Hapoel Hamizrachi, Orthodox Labor Zionist group. More than 1,200 guests attended the affair.
Mayor Shragai pointed out that under the terms of Paragraph Eight of the armistice agreement which was signed between Israel and Jordan access to these points should be given to the people of Israel. He emphasized that it was the prime duty of the United Nations to protect its own honor and the agreement signed in its name.
In a strong appeal for widespread support for the United Jewish Appeal the Mayor called attention to the economic problems which are confronting Israel and the need to rehabilitate and re-settle the constant influx of newcomers. He paid tribute to the U.J.A. for making it possible to settle 750,000 homeless Jews in Israel since the establishment of the Jewish state.
The dinner given in honor of Mayor Shragai also commemorated the 30th anniversary of the founding of Hapoel Hamizrachi in Israel. Mr. Shragai is one of the founders and leaders of this movement which is endeavoring to build Israel “according to the laws of the Torah and social justice.”
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