the general zionist party supported private enterprise, the suspension of state support to collective institutions, and the termination of the histadrut's control of the economy. however, it favored leaving the histadrut with state control over several aspects of economy and welfare. it also supported a unified system of education (as it contributed to the passage of the 1953 state education law) and a written constitution to enshrine democratic freedom and civil rights. it was secularist, though not as vocally so as the progressive party.