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...port of Elath on the failure of Premier Levi Eshkol to develop the Negev, then gave a two-hour evening lecture on other Eshkol shortcomings. In prep aration for Israel's general elections on Nov. 2, Ben-Gurion has founded a new party called Rafi and is seeking to wrest the balance of power in the Knesset (Parliament) from his hand-picked replacement for Premier...
...September balloting for control of Histadrut, the 860,000-member trade-union federation that also owns factories, synagogues and publishing houses, and provides medical insurance for 70% of the nation's workers. In the Histadrut election, with 40% of the Israeli electorate voting, Ben-Gurion's Rafi party won 13% of the vote, while Mapai's share of the total dropped from...
...Rafi does as well in the Knesset elections, under Israel's proportional representation system of voting, Ben-Gurion will command between 15 and 20 seats in the Knesset. This will not make him Premier again, but it will mean he holds the balance of power between the moderately socialistic Mapai, the right-wing Gahal, and the half a dozen smaller, religious, and Arab parties that must be used to form any coalition. It will also mean he is in a good position to dictate a Cabinet to Levi Eshkol...
Nehru tried to dress up his surrender to Tandon as a gesture for "unity," but his followers were not fooled. Last week two of his cabinet ministers, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai (Communications) and A jit Prasad Jain (Rehabilitation) resigned from the Congress Party, but stayed on in the cabinet at Nehru's plea. (Their remaining in office, jeered Tandon, created an "impossible situation.") Other dissidents are sure to follow them. Said a veteran Congressman: "Nehru has no guts. He dislikes all that Tandon stands for, but he will campaign to get Tandon's nominees elected to Parliament to insure...
Leatherbee has the part of the romantic Rafi, King of the Beggars, whose extraordinary career furnishes the main theme of the play. Leatherbee is president of the Dramatic Club, and has been in several of its productions as well as in plays presented by other organizations of Greater Boston...