Miami Parley Opens Israel- '55 Bond Drive

A total of $177,000,000 in
Israel bond sale. from May 1,
1951, to the end of 1954 was
boosted to $184,000,00e by the
sale of bonds in the amount of
$6,187,000 during January of this
year, it was k.nnounced last Sat-
urday night, at the international
mobilization conference f o r
Israel, at Hotel Fontainbleauf
Miami Beach.
Attending the conference was
a delegation of 20 Detroiters
headed by Phillip Stollman,
chairman of the Detroit bond
drive. The Miami Beach confer-
ence inaugurated the 1955 Israel
bond campaign in 27 countries
in North and South America and
Western Europe.
Faced with growing tensions
that thfeaten Israel, the confer-
ence voted to speed the Jewish
state's economic. development
through 'increased bond re-
sources for industrial and agri-
cultural development. A cable
from Prime Minister Moshe Sha-
rett, who stated that "with tools
provided by Israel bond dollars,
the . people . of Israel do their
share in agriculture and indus-
try," stimulated conference ac-
tion.
Governor G. Mennen Wil-
liams of Michigan, who wired

his greetings to the confer-
ence, commended "the work
you are doing to guarantee the
economic stability of Israel,
the world's newest democracy.
He said that the drive to en- .
list support for Israel's eco-
nomic growth, through the
'sale of bonds, "cannot but
hearten all of us in America
who cherish freedom of op-
portunity and the ideals made
sacred' by our Founding Fath-
ers. I can think of no better

ganizes immigration, and Israel
bonds, which provide capital for
the expansion of the economy,
each other in pro-
Delegates heard a report that supplement
viding
for
these
immigrants.
the- Irish Republic authorized
Israel bond sales and that dis- - Samuel Rothberg was re-
cussions have started concern- elected United States chair-
ing a campaign in. Italy. The man of Israel bonds; Rudolf
conference set up a citizens corn, G. Sonneborn, president;;Hen-
mittee to enlist the participa- ry Montor, chief executive
tion of Christians _ in the Israel officer, and Julian B. Venezky,
bond effort.
One-third of Israel's develop-
ment budget is derived from
Israel bonds, the conference was
told. During the last three-year
period, $53,935,575 in bond funds
were allocated to agriculture
and irrigation; $34;983,916 to in-
dustry, $13,772,123 to transport
and communications, $14,269,934
for immigrant housing, $13,170,-
800 for hotel construction. '
Jewish leaders from Belgium,
Holland, Mexico, Cuba, San Sal-
vador and Canada participated
in the conference. Eduard Spier
of- Holland, Dutch legal expert,
and Paul Philippsbn of Belgium,
financier and chairman of the Paul Philippson Edward Spier
Belgian bond committee, were
among the participating leaders. chairman of the executive
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, chair- committee. Other' 1955 Israel
man of the executive of the bond chairmen are Paul Phil-
Zionist Organization of America ippson, Belgium; Eduard Spier,
and member of the Jewish •Holland; Victor Loeb, Switzer- -
Agency executive, • reported a. land; Osias Frey, Luxemburg.
A Central American Commit-
new mounting wave of immigra-
tion to Israel from countries, tee for Israel bonds was formed
especially - 'from North Africa, at the parley, with Simon Feld-
where the position of the Jews man of Mexico as chairman and
is becoming increasingly precar- Adolph H. Kates __of Cubaf and
ious. He stressed the fact that Ernesto Liebes of San Salvador
the Jewish Agency, which or- as co-chairthen.

Israel Turns Down Johnston Plan
For Lake Tiberias Storage Reservoir

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scheme for the resettlement of
Palestine Arab refugees, it was
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Meanwhile it is known that
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negotiations have been going on
between 'President Eisenhower's
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meeting of the Commercial and
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posed by Ambassador Eric John-
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UJA to Launch '55
Drive Feb. 25-27

- The United Jewish Appeal will
formally launch its 1955 cam-
paign at a three-day national
ina.ugural conference at the
Saxony Hotel, Miami - Beach,
Feb. 25, 26 and 27, it was an-
nounced by William Rosenwald,
UJA general chairman.
The conference will set in mo-
tion the UJA's 17th successive
campaign in support of urgent
programs of settlement, relief
and rehabilitation in_Israel, Eu-
rope, Moslem countries and the
United States.
This year's drive, a coopera-
tive effort by some 5,000 Ameri-
can communities, has a goal of
$99,521,275.

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