National Committee for Labor Israel, 1991

see also Histadrut; see also Klein, Adam (Klein & Co.) Annual statement for the year ended December 31, 1990, listing trustees of National Committee for Labor Israel – Israel Histradrut Campaign; agenda of National Executive Committee meeting of May 31, 1991, with related documents brought by Mazur and report from executive vice president Yehuda Ebstein; projection of NCLI obligations to personnel and others at hypothetical dissolution date of March 31, 1991; “extremely confidential” memo to Mazur from Adam Klein, president of Klein & Co., Cambridge, MA, criticizing NCLI executive vice president Yehuda Ebstein’s financial management and accounting, noting that the cost of running NCLI in 1990 was more than had been raised, and that no money had been sent to Israel so far in 1991 because all of it had been used for administrative expenses, almost none going to trade union education, inflated expensing of sale of building, May 30, 1991; related confidential memos to Mazur from Klein, re efforts to reorganize NCLI, meeting with Ebstein, with proposed plans, May-June, 1991; profile of financial resources, prepared by Klein & Co., May 1991; memo from attorneys Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler & Leff re NCLI financial obligations to staff, July 8; confidential memo to Mazur and Ebstein from attorney Sidney Orenstein (Solomon & Rosenbaum, Drechsler & Leff) commenting on preliminary draft legal opinion by Jay R. Butterman re ownership of building at 33 E. 67th St., NY, relationship between NCLI and Histadrut, July 25; proposal from Ebstein for closing NCLI and replacing it with a new, smaller organization to maintain appearance of continuity and complete sale of building, August 5; letter to Ebstein from Baruch Tenenbaum, agent for rebuffed potential buyer, Luis Perelmutter, outlining events, April 25; letter from potential buyer rejecting purchase of Howell, NJ, property, with cover memo from Ebstein to Mazur, August 27; letter re zoning questions from potential buyer of 33 E. 67th St. property, September 4; biographical sketch of Alec Aylat, c.1991; accountant’s statement to NCLI Board of Directors by Joel Popkin & Company, noting that donated property should be assigned fair market value, November 17, 1989, with financial statement as of September 30, 1989; list of funds raised by regional offices, 1984-90; list of contractual obligations to Eliezer Rafaeli, 1989-90; “strictly confidential” memo to Mazur from Yehuda Ebstein, “Reports on Tenure of Eliezer Rafaeli,” noting financial gamesmanship re salary, chronology of cost-sharing agreement with Histadrut, August 7, 1991; memo from Ebstein to Mazur and NCLI Executive Committee, “The Future of NCLI,” arguing against the organization having primarily a fund- raising role, need for professional staff, September 16; correspondence from Detroit Histadrut chair Alexander Blumenberg re closure of office, October 25, related letter to Mazur from Ebstein and draft of reply, October 30-31; letter of resignation from Ebstein, October 22; draft of press release re Ebstein resignation, called retirement, October 30; memo from Ebstein to Jacob Lidar, director of the campaign department, refuting claim of $5.8 million owed to Histadrut Assistance Fund, November 15, with cover memo to Mazur; memo to Mazur from Ebstein re his employment contract, citing differences in pension provisions, December 6; financial statements for Executive Committee meeting, December 6; memo to Mazur from Ebstein re long distance telephone charges by Histadrut representative, December 10; handwritten notes by Mazur re questionable transactions, diversion of funds, Ebstein’s severance