יומנים > יומן - מלא 12/11/1948

Friday, November 12, 1948 The number of cannons [and heavy mortars] of all types: we took 59 as booty, we bought 237 – total 296. Of these: 75 mm – 94; 65 mm – 50; 37 mm (Hotchkiss) – 6; 20 mm – 78; [mortars] – 120 mm – 11; 6” – 33; 20 mm [anti-aircraft] – 53; 75 mm (naval) – 6; 120 mm (naval) – 6; all these were bought. Booty: 75 mm – 4; 47 mm [anti-tank] – 1; 37 mm [anti-tank] – 3; 20 mm – 1; 3.7” howitzer – 7; 25 pounder – 4; 17 P. [pounder, anti-tank] – 2; 6 P. [pounder, anti-tank] – 14; 2 P. [pounder, anti-tank] – 23 – total 59. – Winter clothing: winter coats, 102,000 bought, 10,000 arrived in the country, 20,000 en route, 72,000 will arrive by the end of the month; combat jackets 98,300 bought; 5,700 arrived, 42,000 en route, 50,600 will arrive, combat trousers 98,300 bought, 5,700 arrived, 42,000 en route, 50,600 will arrive; combat jackets for women, 9,822 bought, 5,807 arrived, 4,015 will arrive, wool skirts: 9,822 bought, 5,807 arrived, 3,000 en route, women’s trousers 8,000 bought, 8,000 will arrive; winter jackets for women 9,800 bought, 3,500 arrived, 6,200 en route, shoes 56,600 bought, 16,600 arrived, 40,000 will arrive. 70,000 meters of woolen khaki cloth were ordered in-country for 30,000 combat uniforms that will be sewn at a rate of 3,000 uniforms per week, if the workers are released. [There’s] an order from Australia [for] 200,000 pairs (?) [of shoes]. – [Pinchas] Rosenblüth and [Y. S.] Shapira – regarding the committee of three on acts committed against Arabs [in the operations of October and November]. Rosenblüth asks whether to use the existing Mandatory law or to create a special law. Shapira has already prepared a proposal – to give the committee legal validity. I objected to the law – it’s not necessary, and if it is necessary – the committee will have a different composition. Either Rosenblüth by himself, or a different committee. I expressed my sorrow that so far the committee hasn’t done anything, and I gave Rosenblüth material; I also promised him Haim [Laskov]’s report. – [Aharon] Singalovski came to see me. He’d been here 46 years ago, as a child of 9 or 10, and he remembers Jaffa, Rishon LeZion. He came to promote craft [i.e, a vocation, a trade] in the country. In Europe 34,000 are learning a craft, youths and adults, including 13,000 refugees. The annual budget is $5 million, this year 2½. What does he want to do in the country? First to complete the vocational training of immigrants who didn’t finish their studies abroad – they number about 3,000. B. To give the youth an enhanced vocation, quality! The vocational schools he saw – the Shevah School (he didn’t see the [Max] Fein School) – their teachers are not modern enough (they were schoolchildren in Grodno), there’s too much industry, the principal isn’t an expert. In Geneva he established ORT [an institution] to train educators. I told him that if the objective of ORT is to teach and enhance work – well, this is one of the state’s main objectives. – [David Zvi] Pinkas asks about [a job for Zelig] Rosetzky [a former member of the Haganah’s National Headquarters]. I told him: He’ll work in oversight [auditing] in the financial department, as before, although not at the previous rank. He also asked about Even-Sapir – I told him: I don’t know details, but I was told that he isn’t Maccabi but rather ETZEL. I asked that today the [Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee] discuss elections in the army and if there’s time – garrison recruitment as well. He also wants to discuss NAHAL [No’ar Halutzi Lohem – Pioneer Fighting Youth, a combined military service and agricultural settlement program]. – The Defense Committee, as I suggested, discussed election arrangements in the army and for the army. – In the afternoon I left for Haifa.