DETROIT JEWISH

;day, April 15, 1949

srael Seeking
mate Funds

Israel is engaged in a major ef-
fort to develop its economy by at-
tracting foreign capital, acquiring
machinery in the United States
for the development of industry
and agriculture, facilitating tour-
ist trade and developing export
markets, writes Paul Tobenkin,
in the N. Y. Herald Tribune.
Lacking basic resources such as
coal and steel, Israel hopes to be-
come the Switzerland of the Mid
dle East, eventually basing its ,
economy on light industry, tourist
trade and export to Europe and
elsewhere of its highly prized cit-
rus crops.
SI FT ARAB ALLIANCE
Under this program basic foods
such as grains and meat would in
the main be imported from near-
by • Arab states with which Israel
hopes to become closely allied.
Israel's main source of basic
heavy equipment is the United
States. Conversely, however, the
United States is not considered a
major potential purchaser of
Israeli products.
Apart from citrus fruits: for ex-
ample, Israel's major exports up
to now have been diamonds,
dentures primarily to other Mid-
dle East countries, textile pro-
ducts, drugs and light metal pro-
ducts such as kitchenware.

Builds in Israel

I Israel Studies
Medical Plan

JERUSALEM—(MN13)— Rabbi
NEW YORK — Indignation Meir Berlin, World Mizrachi Or-
against record manufacturers ganization president, and all
members of his household have
NEW YORK—(Z0A)—Israel who produce so called Yiddish
officially Hebraized their sur-
too may soon have its "Bev- and Anglo-Yiddish records hardly name, which is now Bar-Ilan.
suitable for the Jewish home was
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eridge Plan."
The government of Israel has expressed by many angry par-
appointed a special cabinet sub- ents who attended an executive
HAPPY PASSOVER
committee to draft proposals for board meeting of the National
a government social welfare plan, Association of Hebrew Day
to be put into operation as soon School PTA's held recently in
as possible.
New York.
Delegates also protested against
The special committee will
Better Made
study in particular the "Plan for camps which appeal for campers
on
the
grounds
that
they
are
Social Insurance in the State of
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FURS
Israel" which was drawn up and Jewish, and whose camp pro-
'
L submitted to the Histadrut execu- gram of activities "does not pos-
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tive in May, 1948 by the director sess a shred of Jewish content
and
significance."
A
committee
of the recently established gov-
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ernment institute for social re- to investigate the camp situation
Ian
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was
appointed.
search, I. Kanievsky. Kanievsky
is also one of the heads of the
ALFRED LEVITT, Long Island Kupat Cholim, Workers Sick
builder, whose firm will erect Fund.
Passover Greetings .. .
5,000 American-style dwelling
Kanievsky's
plan
includes
the
units on a 300 acre strip in
Israel, six miles south of Haifa. following main points:
The project to be completed in
1. Free medical aid, including
July, 1950 is the largest invest- hospitalization, to all citizens of
ment of private American cap- Israel.
ital in Israeli housing,
2. Compulsory social insurance
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trucks, automobiles, buses and members of the free professions,
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. The government finance, partic-
According to the original plan,
ularly in so far as it deals with the insurance will be financed
foreign trade, is divided in Israel by contributions by employes,
into four parts: the amount the employers and the State. These
•
government can raise directly by contributions would total 18 per
taxes; what money the immi- cent of the employe's wages, five
GREETINGS
grants bring in (this is now per cent to be contributed by the
negligible); foreign investments employe, eight per cent by the
in the country by corporations employer and five per cent by
and private individuals; and by the State.
foreign government loans.

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Babbi Berlin Changes
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PTA Groups Hit
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BOUGHT U. S. TOOLS
Even when Palestine was under
British control, Jews through the
Jewish Agency for Palestine, a
world body, purchased in the
United States materials and tools
, 3111K ADC:1W ..01G* •1•04
for factories and farms.
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In pre-independence days most Ben Gurion Requests
immigrants to Palestine had fi-
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nancial resources and were able Workers to Forget Raise 0,
$
TEL
AVIV—(Palco•)—Prime
to pay for their needs.
Peerless Cleaners
Today, however, the thousands Minister Ben Gurion told a dele-
.,
& Dyers
of persons pouring into Israel are gation of building workers that
$
for the most part destitute. They a "heavy financial burden" would $
Home of
must be clothed, housed, fed and be placed on the State if the
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"Lusterized"
Dry
Cleaning
wage raises demanded by work-
given jobs.
0
ers
were
granted
now.
This, coupled with the costs of
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Dexter,
S.
of
Davison
He called on all workers to
war, has made it essential. that
Israel get financial assistance not cooperate with the government
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only to carry on the task of in- in the struggle against the high
4.4e.
living
and
inflation.
fe.411.:
tegrating the newcomers but to I cost of
continue snd accelerate the pur-
chase of needed supplies.
BUYING MISSIONS
Apart from Jewish Agency pur-
chases in the United States, which
are continuing, the Israeli goven-
ment ha§,..a permanent purchas-
ing mission in Washington and
a number of specialized missions
with headquarters at the Jewish
Agency, 16 East Sixty-sixth street,
New York City.
One of these specialized mis-
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sions is for the purchase of farm
equipment. Millions of dollars
worth of tractors, combines, pipe
and other materials are now on
their way to Israel for the de-
velopment of large co-operative
farms.

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