Israel Announces LiraDevaluation JERUSALEM (JTA)—The devaluation of'Israel's pound (lira) by 20 per cent was reported this week by Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir. ^ • The pound today is worth slightly less than 24 United States cents as against 28 cents, last week. The new official-exchange rate is- 4.20 Israeli pounds to the dollar compared with th'e previous rate of 3.50 to the dollar. . Along with the devaluation, Sapir announced a series of sweeping economic controls designed to keep devaluation from ballooning Israel's domestic prices. He said every price increase domestically could not be more than 20 per cent of the foreign currency factor involved in its costs and that all price increases 'will have to be approved by a special board. Sapir also listed a series of other regulations as part of the new economic program.- He said no new taxes would be imposed and that planned tax reforms .will be implemented on schedule. All existing stocks of products In Israel are to be sold at predevaluatlon prices or be subject to a tax equal to any price increase. He said bank credit was being frozen at present levels. Labor unions are being asked not to present any., new wage demands before expiration of existing collective wage pacts, next year. Later today, Sapir announced new rates for grants to lowincome families. .
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State Department Rejects Proposal Emergency Visas for Soviet Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The One hundred and 18 Repre- Koch said of his-.,visa bill. State Department has refused sentatives have co-sponsored ''They don't give a damn about to endorse the' bills in both the visa measure introduced by the Jews," who he said were •branches of Congress to pro- • Rep. Edward L Koch, Demo- . vide 30,000 emergency visas for • crat of N.Y. on March 4. Thirty- "on the block'>in the Soviet Jewish citizens of the Soviet five Senators support the upper _ Union. • Los Angeles—The Union of States Air Force Academy in Union who wish to leave that house version/ Regarding Absbire's conten-; «iL.I, ..» ' UntiHAm Pnnifrnr<*\ _ •• PntApn^/v In 1OR7 KO IKftiSlA fn Colorado in. 1957-59. While in American' Hebrew Congregacountry and settle in the United Rep. Koch said he was "In-" tlbn^Battheieglslatlort was untions has named Rabbi Anie Colorado, he opened the nation's States. . . , ,',.-•:• censed" at. the JState Depart- necessary because the Attorney G. Kaiman to the newly-created first Jewish Religious School The Stnte'Departmcnt claims ment's decision. He was = es- General has parole authority to post of associate director in for Special Children. that the~U.S. Attorney General pecially angry, he said, at the let inlncreased numbers of refHe has served cohgregatipns has the authority to admit "a comment in a better to him ugees, Koch Temarked.:th4t "I in Philadelphia, Pa. and Larch- substantial number of Soviet from Abshire, that the State don't know if the Attorney Gen-* mont, New York and has»served Jews" and "(here.-.Is -.'therefore Department was "reluctant'to eral will in fact do.it" for Soviet on the faculties of'"Villanova little technical need" for the single; out one Soviet minority, • Jews as has been done for Cu- • University* Gratz College arid proposed legislation. The De- in spite of its special problems, bans and Hungarians.: Marymount College. partment's -position was re- as the subject of such a re- . The, State Department policy Ho currently serves on- the vealed in a letter to Rep. quest." •.;:%• ' i •: •' . ..-•in this: Js*ie,-Koch said.—rereligious education committee Emanuel Celler, Democrat' of Koch said the position indi- minded him of 1940, when: Jews of the CCAR and as a' member New York and chairman of the cates the Department does not escaping Nazi Germany sought of the editorial board of the House Judiciary Committee, want to "antagonize the.'Soviet refuge in the U.S. '"and the whose office made it public. Reconstructionist magazine. Union. "They really don't give State Department turned them David M. Abshire, Assistant a damn about this problem," away." of State for Congres6 Israelis Invited Secretary sional Relations, signed the Departrnent's letter, to Celler. To Visit USSR . While "deeply' isympathetic to Tel. Aviv (JTA)—Six Israelis the humanitarian, aims of the have been invited by the So-- proposed legislation," Abshire "viet Committee for Peace, a said, the ^ Attorney General has government-sponsored unit, to acted in a' number of em,ergcome to the USSR for a two- . enicy refugee situations to take week visit. Five of the six Is-, refugees into the U.S. when Rabbi Arne Kaiman Jerusalem (JT^\) —A leader the United States said the delay raelis are members of the Is- .'•'existing machinery and visa its Pacific Southwest Council, raeli Committee for Improv- and conditional-entry numbers of one of Israel's BJack Panther had" -been approved tp give serving; 50 Reform temples in ing Relations with the Soviet were .insufficient to meet the. groups said this; week that the American Jewish leaders time group had postponed a planned to "fulfill their promise" to as4 states. :. , v ; Union, and only one of them demand."-,' ''.'"•' sure Iow-costhdusing for Orien, The" 6dri of Mr. arid Mrs. belongs ffr a political- party. Abshire elaborated: ' T h i s visit to the United States in- tal'Jews. • .'•'.•". • William Kaiman of Omaha, None of the six has an official means was used to assist large tended-to dramatize for American Jewry-and • Its .leaders the Panther leaders Reuben AbRabbi Kaiman is a graduate of position in Israel. *;;.; ' numbers of Hungarian refugees Panther charges of discrimina- ragill, Charlie Bitton and SaaCentral High School. He attendJacob* Rosenthal, one of the after the 1956 uprising in. Huned Yale University and grad- six, said the six-member mis- gary, and is presently being tion against Israel's generally dia Marclario denounced the government's alleged discrimiuated magna cumJaude from sion will meet many Soviet used for large numbers of Cu- poor Oriental Jews. The annduncement was made nation against Oriental Jews the University of Cincinnati, Jews in its contacts with "au- • ban refugees. You may be cerwhere he was elected to Phi thorized .representatives of the tain the [Department would during one of several speeches which they compared to the ' Beta Kappa. He was ordained, community," whom he~fefused strongly support the use of pa- by Panther leaders at a rally Soviet Union's treatment vi to name. He said he regarded role by the Attorney General in Zion Square in Jerusalem. Russian Jews. They declared a rabbi in 1957. Rabbi Kaiman was the first the invitation as a gesture of •for a substantial number, of Despite Panther predictions of that Israel's devaluation of1 the an "unprecedented demonstra- pound \vould bring "more, suf. •'•' ' | v Soviet Jews." " Jewish chaplain of the United friendship. ( tion,'' only about 250 members fering" to those Israeli Jews showed up. Steel-helmeted po- ateeady suffering. They warned lice used batons and.water can- that the recent inaction of tho non to clear Zion Sware after Panthers was "the quiet before it had been occupied for almost the storm" and said ^whatever * Des Moines — A number of- Pair this week." The multi- Jewish Welfare Federation. two hours by thePanthers and was being done was inadequate volunteers are helping with tho media module, located' on the ."Mrs. Ralph Gopple was ap- an audience of about 2,000 curi- because the "basic problem" United Jewish Appeal module second floor west under:, the, pointed by the Women's Feder- ous onlookers.. The Panther was the "feeling" that they on display at the Iowa State , grandstand, is sponsored by the ation, to be in charge of volun- leader who announced postpone- were being d i s c r i m i n 4l^d r teers for the display. 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