Show I Paies ine ke keHa Ha alis Mo Most functions JERUSALEM April 16 IS A iP-A D A general strike of ot Palestine's 50 civil service workers halted every government function Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day except water supplies police and health Work Vork stoppages were orderly throughout tho country and there was no picketing The only major demonstration was at the Jewish agency headquarters In Jerusalem Several thousand persons appeared appeared appeared ap ap- In prayer shawls before the building where 15 Jewish leaders arc are In the fifth day of ot a hunger strike In protest against the detaining detaining detaining de de- of or Jewish refugees at La Spezia Italy Tho The strike of civil service Bervice workers included both Arabs and Jews was called to back demands for higher pay and better working conditions condition R Railway workers left their jobs Monday in a demand for higher pay while postal walked out last week At Haifa Palestine's Palestine's Palestine's Pales Pales- tines tine's major harbor stevedores have havo refused to unload ships carryIng carry- carry log Ing ng vitally needed foodstuffs because because because be be- cause of or the governments government's failure lailure to meet wage demands demand |