Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1970-07-09

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VOL. 48 NO. 28
JULY 9, 1970 - TAMUZ 5
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Nurses
TEL  AVIV,   (JTA)   -  A strike of 11,OOO nurses em- ' ployed af.all Israeli hospitals Jbegan July 5 despite  l|t^ hour   attempts    by    tliie Government to aval if. TTie strike  shut  down  all   but emergency medical services, and threatened to destroy ' the wage-price package deal painstakingly worked :oui by the Govenuhent earll%this year to fight inflation";"
llie Government claims that if the nurses' wage- detnands are met the delicate economic balance lietween wages, prices and taxes would collapse. The nurses sayl their demands are not j pu|tside. .the framework of the: package, deal. TTiey say they are not demanding higher wages but that the nature of t^irwdrk entitles them to-be placed in a higher wage category. ^ According to the„,G)Vem-' nient, this would be,ti)ie "first crack" in the ¦carefully maintained status quo on wages. The. Government . proposed to establish a special committee to ."measure" the voluine of work performed by niirses.
Preinier Golda Meir added ' her own weight with a fer- ,yent plea to the nurses not to strike- But the, strike was declared nevertheless, b^inning at seven a.m. local time today.
Tlie- nurses', strike has been threatening for several - weeks along with new wage demands from longshoremen that Finance Minister Pinhas^Sapir has declared inflationary. Mr. Sapir is the author of the so- called package deal in which management and labor agreed to shelve price in¬ creases and wage demands in return for a Government pledge not to initiate major tax rises during the current fiscal year.       "^
Jtibe Governmciu has been
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; wIm|<    Histadrut     whose
' secretary  general   Yitzhak
Ben   Aharon    has   been
backing thc wage demands
by nurses and longshoremen
despite  the  terms  of  thc
package deal.
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The World's Week
BERNE, SWITZERLAND (WNS) - Soviet official's havie reported that Moscow liad vetoed a proposed joint Swiss concert by the prominent Russian violinist- conducto^ Oavid Oistrakh and the American violinist- conductor Yehudi Menuhin - both of whom are Jewish - because of the latter's support for Israel.    -
BOMN,' (JTA) - The Central CJouncil of Jews in Germany charged that despite denials by th6 Munich ' police, the recent desecration of a synagogue there was anti-Jewish and political in nature. It also stressed the danger in what it described as links between German radicals and Arab terrorists. ^,..
BEVERLY HILLS, (JTA) - Harry Lang, wjio^ specialized in labor-movement analyses fpr the Nelvit York-basjed Jewish ^ Daily Forward since 1916^ '\ diedhere of pneumonia at the age of 81. Mr. Lang who 'was bom in Lithuania, came to the United States in 19(04 and was-active in the Jewish labor union strikes of 1914-16.      '^; .
PARIS (WNS)., - Many Jevrish families in Paris' Belleville quarter plan to emigrate to Israel as a result of last month's Arab attack on Jewish-owned shopsl^ i'f. Police 'SHll patrol the quarter's streets and a special ' guard is on duty^ outside the local synagogue which jArabs ti;ied!;t«ii*set on fire during the riots. Most Belleville: Jews are froni North Africa. }:vFQRT KNOX, Ky., (JTA;.). -- A ineniorial light was :i^cated,h«^j(n tribute Mt^^ who
.j^jynfeHed iiiftSEintipe duripg.JVdrldl,JV£ir IL^Such     ¦ memoHails "K^ve l^^ in more, than 500
Jevrish Cehtersof worship, biit Fort I&iox is Relieved to . be the/first military reservation having one.
LUXEMBOURG (JTA) - Israel and the European Common Market countries signed a preferential trade treaty at ceremonies'here. The signatories were Israel's Foreign Minister Abba Eban, ¥lerre Harmel |n*esident of the EOC Commission.'
Arabs ^]ce Angry ^ssians Are Silent
LONDON, (JTA) - Arab government leaders expressed anger over the peace proposals for the Middle East an- noimced by United. States Secretary of State William P. Rogers but not outright rejection of his approach, according to reports here. Spokesmen for the Arab fedayeen groups, however, bitterly denounced the proposals.
At the same time, the Soviet Union maintained a tight silence about its views of the U.IS/ peace initiative. Egyptian sources here said today that President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt will go to Moscow
Meir Welcomes Peace Plan JNol Cease Fire
JERUSALEM, (JTA) - Premier Golda Meir told the factions directly-involved in Knesset today that Israel welcomed the new United States this terrible dispute." Israel, initiative for peace in the Middle East but will never accept a Mrs. Meir said, "welcomes conditional cease-fire with a time limit attached. Ac9()rding any sincere move which tries to unofficial reports from several capitals, a 90-day cease- to influence the.obijntries of fire in the Suez Canal is the first phase of the plan that the area to turn their faces Secretary of State William P. Rogers has proposed to Isf-ael;i toward peace, to stop the and the Arab state. ,_ .,.y''~!:^..   shoitting and start talking,"
Mrs. Meir said she could  ^^^^^m for peace with each    as Jgecretary   Rogers, has not disclose the contents of  and every one of the neigh- lle^Rbgers^. proposals boringArab states. Hence we because  the :U!.S.   govern-  ^°"°*   ""^   ^^"'^y   closely
every    manifestation    of readiness for peace by the
this week to discuss the new American peace initiative with Kremlin leaders. Ac¬ cording .'to the sources, that will be the sole topic of his visit.
No date was disclosed. British sources said the new British' government will not announce any specific reaction to the American plan, beyond welcoming .the initiative, until .Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas- Home has an opportunity to' talk to Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban.' Mr. Eban is due here tomorrow. What purported to be par¬ ticulars' of the Rogers plan were leaked to the press- in Lebanon and Paris last week.
According to the reports, the first phase of the American initiative calls for establishing a cease-fire in the Suez <^anal zone for at least 90 days and. to create a demilitarized zone 12 miles deep on each side of the waterway.
The hiatus in fighting would be used to reactivate
the peace mission: of United Nations envoy Gunnar ^V. Jarring, the reports said. '(Israeli sources claimed the "leaked" reports were inaccurate but made no. other comment But fear was expressed in some quarters here today that a cease-fire of limited duration could be - used by Egypt and its Soviet allies to install SAM - 3 anti-aircraft missiles in the Suez .C^nal zone from which they have been excluded soi far by constant Israeli bombardment.)
The newspaper of the leftwing Syrian Baathist party called the American initiative a "bloody, malicious declaration against thc Arab nation's future." But the main Syrian complaint was that, ac¬ cording to leaked versions, the plan did not provide for Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights. ' (President Nasser, lo whom Mr. Rogers primarily, addressed his appeal to "stop shooting and start talking," said al a rally (continued   on    page   4)
. ment did not desire "their publication at this time.She referred to the temporary cease-fire offered by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Egypt, in a television interview broadcast in the U.S. two weeks ago.
"ShW claimed that a cease¬ fire of .limited duration would only ¦serve Naisser's ^waraimsjIqfrgfvingtll&Hlplh'' interval to strehgmeh Egyptian fortifications in the canal zone andcspecially to install Soviet ;SAM-3 anti¬ aircraft missiles along the waterway. "Were • his (Nasser's) proposals ac¬ cepted, the resumption of shooting after expiration of the cease-fire.wouid be given the seal of legality in ad¬ vance," she Said.
Mrs. Meir declared- that ^hat Israel wanted was a general cease-fire with no time limits to serve as a stage in the transition from war to peace. Meanwhile, as long as the present cir¬ cumstances persist, Israel will continue to employ i(s present methods of self defqise. "We will not desist froni(Our efforts to pre'vent the installation of missile systems in the canal zone," she said.
Mrs. Meir's statement non-commital as it was on the Rogers proposals, wa? approved by an 88-5 vote in the Knesset. Only the two Communist factions and the leftist Haolam Hazeh voted against the government. Israel's full reply to.<~the, Rogers plan is expected to be conveyed to Washington by Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin when he returns to his post in two or three days.
Gen. Rabin was called home for consultations last week. Mrs. Meir spoke as President Nasser arrived in Moscow on his second visit this year to the Soviet capital, presumably to discuss the U.S. peace initiative - with Kremlin leaders. The Israeli Premier charged in her Knesset speech that Soviet operational involvement in the Middle East has "breathed new life into aggression there." She said there were no signs that any of the Arab states were prepared to make peace.
"Israel's policy," she said, "is  founded on  constant
said, but there is no sign that any of the Arabs want lo do this.      .
Mrs.   Meir   accused   the (continued   on   page   4)--
Obelation Israel Mini-Missions To €ontinue
Norman Meizlish, Liaison for, the United Jewish Fund and
council with the United Jevi^sh Appeal Study Missions
to Israel, has announced that >the Operation Israel'Mini-
Jj^ipns which were «> successful^astisjear wilMje^Tion-
tfniied this fall and winter. ,   .'
According to Mr! Meizlish , ther&will be greater flexibility in the 1970-71 Missions, and instead of all of them being seyen days in length, some vrill.be for 10 days^ and others will depart      bn       Saturday
evenings, returning on: the following Sunday, . to" give extra time in Israel.
A special itinerary is being' developed for these Mini- Missions, most of which are limited to men only. Special briefings will be given to all groups prior to departure and high government of¬ ficials' and military per-, sonnel will meet with them daily, to give them an ac¬ curate picture of whai is happening in Israel.
The success of the t.. Operation Israel Missions is illustrated by the fact that the 1969-70 Missions showed a 57.3 percent increase in participation, and a '78.5 percent increase in total funds raised by those who went on the Mission. This, included the Rabbinical; Mission, and .Women's Missions, as well -as-ihose scheduled for Men only.
In   response   to   popular (Continued   on   page   4)
Israel Bonds Holds Emergency Session
At a recent emergency session covering the present pressing needs for cash in Israel, a special call was broadcast to those involved in Israel Bonds sales.
Highlight of the call was a moving explanation by Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin of' the tremendous pressure facing the economy in Israel today,. He stressed the fact that at this time the need for cash is exceedingly great, and presented the dramatic and drastic cutbacks in vital services that could prove necessary if the money is not available.
Present at the meeting were left to right: Front; Frank Nutis, Mrs. Joseph Schwartz-. C!enter: Maeier Haber, Lou Berliner; rear: Mrs. -Frederick Luper, ifving Baker, and Al Shames.
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