Haifa Harbor Facilities Expanded Shragai Praises Polish Policy on Israel Immigration
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The 'Jewish News)
LONDON—The Polish gov-
ernment was praised here by S.
Z. Shragai, head of the Jewish
Agency's immigration depart-
ment, for showing an under-
standing of the desire of many
Jews in Poland to emigrate to
Israel.
Addressing a press conference,
he said that some of the recent
immigrants in Israel come from
areas where Yiddish culture
was unknown and where there
had been no Zionist propaganda
for decades. He pointed out that
-they constitute "excellent ma-
terial," but, at the same time,
their lack of education in
Rains Cause Damage in Negev
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Heavy
rains in the Beersheba area of
the 'Negev have caused consid-
.erable damage to harvested
crops. Beersheba has had 12
inches of rain since the first
of the year, about 50 per cent
more than normal. At Elath
a rain storm was accompanied
by lightning and 45 mile per
hour winds. Rains as late as
this may have set a mark for
the last century's weather. his-
tory.
As a result of Israel Development Bond investments, Israel's _
seaport of Haifa continues to undergo a program •of expansion
and modernization. Israel Bond funds, which were utilized to
increase Haifa- Harbor's annual capacity from 1,300,000 tons
to 4,000,000. tons, are now being used to improve the facilities
along the waterfront, including warehouses, storage tanks, dry
docks, repair shops, and special loading wharfs. One of Haifa
Harbor's most productive Israel Bond projects is its floating
dry clock (seen here servicing the Israel freighter "Gefen"),
which has become a steady source of revenue for Israel. The
huge dry dock, which can be tied up to any pier along the
shore, is capable of taking care of vessels up to 12,000 tons of
loading capacity. During the past two years, the floating repair
base has handled a gross tonnage of more than 290,000 tons. By
servicing Israeli and foreign ships on a round-the-clock basis,
the dry dock plays a vital role in maintaining Haifa as the
best natural port in the Middle East.
,
"Jewishness" raised many spiri-
tual problems in Israel.
The immigration chief re-
vealed that at this moment
200,000 Jews would like to
come to Israel, but that no
more than 100,000 could be ac-
cepted because of a lack of
facilities.
Shragai said that since last
October 60,00,0 Jews had come
into Israel.- He predicted that
only about 5,000 Jews would
remain in Egypt and asserted
that for "all practical purposes"
an organized Jewish community
no longer existed in that coun-
try.
Although he expressed hope
that Romanian Jews would be
allowed to -come to Israel to
join members of their family
already there. He was pessimis-
tic about the likelihood.
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