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...helped organize the conference after the fire last August in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque, third holiest of Islam's shrines after Mecca and Medina. The summit's aim was to discuss the problem of Al Aqsa and protest Israel's occupation of the Arab sector of Jerusalem. In addition, militant Arabs hoped that they could persuade non-Arab Moslems from Indonesia, Iran and Senegal to join in their campaign against Israel...
...private sector, a group of businessmen led by Cesare Merzagora, former president of the Italian Senate and now head of Assicurazioni Generali, the country's largest insurance firm, challenged Bastogi, a big holding company in which Assicurazioni owns a major interest. Decrying Italian financial companies as "a group of hens nesting on rocks," Merzagora's group demanded that Bastogi try to stimulate private investment rather than keep its capital in the serenity of real estate holdings. Another group, headed by Insurance Executive Ettore Lolli, joined with Tiremaker Leopoldo Pirelli to oust the conservative management of La Centrale...
...minuscule: a cement factory, a brewery, a few railway-repair shops and an assortment of small machine and textile producers. Ho's major asset was coal, and its continuing abundance has provided North Viet Nam with badly needed foreign exchange. Clearly, intensive efforts were needed in the agricultural sector. Ho's first major program, accordingly, was agrarian reform, and his first mass target was the "exploiting landlords." There were, in fact, few landlords of any size. Nevertheless, the order rumbled down from Hanoi: find the exploiters and execute them. Anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 Vietnamese were executed?mostly...
...just before partition, the shortfall was 250,000 tons of rice, and this year's may be four times as much. Ho moved almost as drastically in the industrial sector, only to see most of the results of his nation's efforts in capital investment wiped out by U.S. bombs. Consumer goods are in short supply, and quality has slipped. A thirsty Northerner, for instance, often must queue for two hours simply to quaff a glass of weak beer. Each adult is allowed a scant four yards of cloth annually. At an angry meeting of the United Women's Organization...
...real help from the Nixon Administration, whose programs for black capitalism are mired in confusion, contradiction and delay. The Government has 117 programs for aid to "minority" businesses, but no central clearinghouse to bring together those programs and the people seeking them. "The Government has to lead the private sector," says Adolph Holmes, the National Urban League's economic planner. "One concludes from what is not being done that there is no real commitment in this effort other than verbal...