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.