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to provide low interest credits
for settlers in difficult regions.
Rafael of Labor Mizr•chi crit-
icized the Jewish Agency's lack
of provision of religious facili-
ties in new settlements.
During his summation at the
end of the debate, Mr. Eshkol
pointed out to religious dele-
gates that the Agency supplied
settlements with such religious
amenities as synagogues, ritual
baths and cemeteries, but that
the Ministry for Religion was
responsible for the maintenance
of functionaries in settlements.
He told all speakers that unless
there was considerable rise in
income there was no possibility
of fulfilling even a fraction of
the needs outline* by different
members of the Actions Com-
mittee. •
Dr. Giora Josepthal, Jewish
Agency treasurer, reported
that cultural and personal
reasons were more often re-
_sponsible than economic con-
ditions for emigration of Jews
from Israel. A recent survey
revealed, he said, that 40 per-
cent of the people leaving
Israel did not speak Hebrew.
Three - fourths of all emi-
grants, Dr. Josephthal disclosed,
had come to Israel since the
State was established. Twenty
per cent were pre-1948 immi-
grants and the remaining five
per cent were Israel-born. Some
8,000 persons left Israel in 1953,
he said - 5,300 in 1954, 3,500 in
1955 and 3,200 in the first half
of this year.
Among reasons they gave for
leaving Were to rejoin families
abroad, inability to work at for-
mer professions, inability to
find a place for themselves in
Israel society, economic reasons
and lack of adequate living
quarters. Two-thirds of all emi-
g r a n t s went to the United
States, Canada and Australia.
An increase in immigration to
60,000 for the year was proposed
to the Smaller Zionist Council
by S. Z. Shragai, head of the
Immigration Department of the
Domestic Oil to Save
Israel $4,000,000
JERUSALEM ( JTA)—Israel's
domestic oil output, without
reckoning on production from
new wells, will save the coun-
try's economy an estimated
$4,000,000 in foreign exchange
during 1957.
Output of the Heletz wells,
hitherto kept down for technical
reasons, is now being stepped
up. The increased yield will
make it practicable to ship the
oil from the Heletz field to the
Haifa refineries by rail instead
of lorry, thus cutting transpor-
tation costs by a third.
It was disclosed here that oil
has been struck at Heletz VI,
which is to the east of wells
now in production. This strike
indicated that the Heletz field
is wider than had been thought.
Dr. Goldmann Hopeful
of Moroccan Agreement
There is hope that an agree-
ment will be reached through
negotiations to enable all Mo-
roccan Jews who wish to mi-
grate to leave that North Afri-
can country for Israel or any
other land, Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann, president of the World
Zionist Organization, told the
Zionist Actions Committee. He
reported that the experience of
recent months had given ground
for such hopes. He said that the
freedom of exit of Moroccan
Jews is a "principle we cannot
forego."
He noted the hopeful declar-
a.tions of the Sultan and Pre-
mier of Morocco on this matter
and said they would honor their
word. Authorities in both Tunis
and Morocco have kept their
promises regarding Jewish
equality, he pointed out, but
economic conditions have de-
teriorated and the situation of
the Jews — always difficult —
had worsened.
Referring to the situation
in Eastern Europe, he said
that the door to Jewish emi-
gration had been opened
slightly and that the first
group of Jews to be permitted
to go to Israel from Poland in
recent years would start with-
in a few months. He ex-
pressed the hope that this
migratory flow would be fol-
lowed by the movement of
Jews from other states in the
region.
The Zionist Organization, he
reported, had reason to be sat-
isfied by the results of fund-
raising last year, particularly
through the United Jewish Ap-
peal and the Israel Bond cam-
paigns in the United States. Ex-
cellent results were also ob-
tained in South Africa, Brazil,
Venezuela, Finland, and Swed-
en, he said.
Dr. Goldmann warned that it
.
would be a "great mistake" to
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ASHKELON, (JTA)—A "tar-
dy" feather, Sa'adia Yihye, of
nearby Zvadiel, has reported to
the District Health Office here
that his daughter, Zahara, is
missing.
Asked to supply pertinent in-
formation to aid in the search,
he mentioned that she had been
gone for seven years. He added
she had been taken away by
a "hospital nurse" in 1949.
Asked why he waited so long
to report; he told questioners
that he thought he had better
make an official notification be-
cause his daughter's draft no-
Agency.
tice had just arrived in the Jewish
It was announced that immi-
mail.
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Further inquiry revealed a
possible motive for the long sil-
ence—the family had continued
to use the girl's ration card.
gration into Israel during 5716
reached the total of 51,300. This
compared with 32,000 in the
previous year. •
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assume that the same results
would be achieved this year
without a great deal of effort
"because these funds do not
come automatically." Should
needs increase further, he un
derlined, still greater efforts
will be required.
He said that relations be-
tween the Zionist movement
and the Israel government
were "satisfactory and cooper-
ative." He announced that the
government-Jewish Agency co-
ordinating board would prob-
ably meet for the first time
since the Zionist Congress when
Premier David Ben-Gurion re-
turns from vacation. The
Agency, he pointed out, places
great importance in the per-
manent, systematic working of
the • board on problems other
than immigration and settle-
ment. He expressed hope that
tighter and more regular links
would be developed between
the government and the
Agency.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (r:A)—
Arieh Aroch, Israel Minister to
Brazil, installed Leon Feffer,
industrialist and prominent
member of the local Jewish
community, as Honorary Consul
of Israel in Sao Paulo.
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United States has made "very
little progress" toward solving
Arab - Israel difficulties, Presi-
dent Eisenhower told a White
House press conference. He said
general American policies were,
on the whole, being imple-
mented favorably.
In the Middle East, the Presi-
dent stated, the United States
had hoped the Johnston plan for
the Jordan River Valley water
development project might have
helped ease tensions. However,
he said, the Johnston plan has
so far proved itself unaccept-
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Mapai leader Abrahkrn Hartz-
feld expressed the hope that the
Israel government would be
able to obtain a loan from the
United States Export-Import
Bank exclusively for agricul-
tural purposes, and asked that
such funds . be devoted to a con-
solidation of new settlements.
He urged expansion by the es-
tablishment of 30 to 40 new set-
tlements annually, and hoped
that world Jewry would under-
stand that this was the best
means of absorbing newcomers.
General Zionist delegates I.
Golan and Baruch Winstein
criticized the lack of capital
available for new settlers and
the fact that funds were still
being set up along party lines.
Mr. Golan asked that the
agency's settlement staff be in-
creased so that it could offer
more assistance and guidance
to new settlers, many of whom
had no previous experience on
farms.
Machnai of Herut expressed
satisfaction that 22 new settle-
ments had come into being since
the last Zionist Congress and
asked for more assistance for
settlements located in hilly
areas of the country. He asked
that a revolving fund be set up