The executive committee of the Jewish National Council met last night in a session lasting until early morning to discuss implementation of the mobilization plans worked out by the Haganah in preparation for Arab violence. The executive also decided to send appeals to the U.N., the U.S. and Britain, asking that order be maintained.
Mayer Oved Ben Ami of Nathanya was today released from the Latrun detention camp, where he had been confined since Aug. 5, when the municipal heads of Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Nathanya were arrested, together with a number of Revisionist leaders. Mayors Rokach of Tel Aviv and Krintzi of Ramat Gan were freed on Sept. 11. Ben Ami was taken directly from the camp to Nathanya. No explanation for his release was given.
One Jew was killed and another injured last night when an Arab band fired upon settlement police at the colony of Dagania. The dead man was Reuben Sneiderman, 22. Earlier, an unidentified Jewish motorcyclist was killed when he failed to halt at a roadblock erected by troops on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road.
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