Walter Reuther, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, was presented yesterday with the Histadrut’s 30th anniversary award. The award was made in recognition of Mr. Reuther’s efforts to foster understanding between the American and Israeli labor movements.
Addressing the meeting at which the award was made, Mr. Reuther told delegates representing 400 organizations supporting the Israel Histadrut Campaign on the West Coast that American labor pledges to use its influence to persuade the United States Government to take the lead in bringing about Arab Israel peace negotiations. The objectives of such negotiations, the American labor leader suggested, include guarantees to Israel of full use of the Suez Canal, access to the port of Elath and elimination of military bases from the Sinal Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.
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