Nasser also attempted to maintain oversight of the country's civil service to prevent it from inflating and consequently becoming a burden to the state. New laws provided workers with a minimum wage, profit shares, free education, free health care, reduced working hours, and encouragement to participate in management. Land reforms guaranteed the security of tenant farmers, promoted agricultural growth, and reduced rural poverty. As a result of the 1962 measures, government ownership of Egyptian business reached 51 percent, and the National Union was renamed the Arab Socialist Union (ASU). With these measures came more domestic repression, as thousands of Islamists were imprisoned, including dozens of military officers. Nasser's tilt toward a Soviet-style system led his aides Boghdadi and Hussein el-Shafei to submit their resignations in protest. COUNT 5
QSN1 What percentage of business did the Egyptian government own in 1962? ANS1 51 QSN2 What was the new name for the National Union? ANS2 Arab Socialist Union QSN3 What was the expression of Nasser's reforms on the street? ANS3 repression QSN4 What group was targeted with imprisonment? ANS4 Islamists QSN5 How did two of Nasser's top aids respond to the new measures? ANS5 submit their resignations in protest