יומנים > יומן - מלא 13/01/1949
Thursday, January 13, 1949
I clarified the election arrangements with Gruenbaum. According to him, up to two days ago, 40,000 cards were distributed in Tel Aviv, 95,000 remained to be distributed, 25,000 cards are being distributed daily by 200 distributors. Tomorrow he’ll assess whether they’ll manage to complete the distribution – if not he’ll declare a curfew on Monday. In Jerusalem up to two days ago, 22,000 were distributed, 18,000 remain. In Haifa – 25,000, 45,000 remain, in the Sharon 29,000 were distributed, 15,000 remain. In Petah Tikva 10,000 were distributed, 4,000 remain. In the south and the Negev, 10,000 were distributed, 2,000 remain. In Rishon LeZion 6,000 [and] 3,000 remain, in Ramat Gan 3,000 [and] 22,000 remain, in Nazareth 10,000 [and] 13,000 remain. In total, as of the 11th of this month – 172,500 were distributed [and] 229,000 remain. In the army 38,000 were distributed as of yesterday, 37,000 remain, about 20,000 weren’t photographed, 6,500 were re-photographed, 13,500 remain to be photographed. Photographs will continue to be taken in the army until the 19th of the month. He complains about the appeals and the fact that they’re handling them like a regular trial and demanding a government appearance; he promised to speak with Rosenblüth about canceling the representation fee. He requests the participation of Gadna [Youth Battalions] on Monday at 7 p.m.
I raised the question of a passerby; he promised to install a special voting booth. He’ll look into the matter of a few voting booths in a room.
– Clarification of the police budget, Sheetrit, Kaplan, Sahar, in a proposal for 1949: 3,637 policemen, 200 of them officers, 3,100 other ranks, 200 (civilian) administrative staff, 70 cleaning staff. 7 technical crew, budget for six months P£ 1,899,836, of which 9,632 [is for] the minister’s bureau, police 1,765,798, prisons 124,406, 200 administrative staff P£ 23,964, 2,740 policemen P£ 265,110, 200 B sergeants – P£ 75,290, 160 A sergeants 25,050, 131 inspectors – P£ 27,018, 66 A inspectors 14,340, 33 district assistant inspectors 9,504, 20 deputy assistant inspectors 6,480, 7 district inspectors 2,712, 1 assistant inspector general 432, 1 deputy inspector general 528, 1 inspector general 900.
The salary for an unmarried policeman begins at P£ 34 per month, maximum P£ 60 (for a wife 1.5[,] for each child 1.5). A policeman studies for 3 months (law, procedure, weaponry) [and undergoes] 3 months of practical experience.
Sheetrit thinks that studies should be 6 months and experience 6 months, but not Sahar. He disagrees. The dispute over [wage] increases [?] has to do with the trial period – 6 or 12 months? During the trial period a policeman will receive P£ 34; after 6 months of experience P£ 39 (at minimum).
The treasury proposed P£ 110,000 per month for the Ministry of Police; he’s prepared to add 45,000 per month – Sheetrit requests P£ 315,639 per month (Kaplan claims that the entire government budget is about 1 million per month). The difference is in the number of policemen: 3,700 per Sheetrit’s request, 2,200 per Kaplan’s proposal. Sheetrit claims that during recent months (September) there were 2,065 policemen. Since then the Yishuv has grown and its territory has expanded. In Tel Aviv there are 208 policemen, in Jerusalem 350; there are large areas without police – in Jaffa there are only 35 policemen, in Nazareth, Acre, Shfar’am, and Jaffa there are Arab policemen (about 45), receiving the same salary.
– In the afternoon State Council.
– After managing to catch the closing of the party council, I went up the hill [to the General Staff]. I found a cable from Moshe Dayan [saying] that Wilhelm [Abdallah al-Tall] invited him and Reuven to come to Shuni [?] to appreciate the sincerity of their desire for peace – for a half-hour conversation with the king. In the meantime Moshe arrived from Jerusalem. The invitation is for Sunday [January 16].
Moshe asked him about the significance of the Legion being ordered to be on standby. Wilhelm said that it doesn’t mean anything; it’s just the outcome of clashes in Beit Surik (a patrol of ours encountered an error patrol and they fired on each other). Moshe asked him about the English being invited – Wilhelm: “They weren’t invited; the English just came. Officially it’s framed as us inviting them.”
– A cable came from [Walter] Eytan, [saying] that the following agenda has been agreed upon for Rhodes: A) Assurances regarding military attacks and national security. B) Implementation of the November 4 and 16 resolutions, including: 1) Faluja, 2) Demarcation of the armistice lines, 3) Withdrawal of forces, 4) Reduction of forces. C) Formulation of an armistice agreement, D) Signing initials to an armistice [agreement]. They began an informal discussion of Item A.
– Yesterday M. Dayan suggested to Neuville [the French consul in Jerusalem] that he be the father of this proposal: Jerusalem [the Old City] would be divided. The Jews would have the Western section with the university and the Jewish Quarter and the Mount of Olives. In the latter two we won’t maintain armed forces. The road north of Jerusalem and the road in the south, to Bethlehem [would be] international. Neuville agrees to this. Neuville agrees to a corridor, is prepared to go to his government to persuade it to accept this.