—International Photo Former President HARRY TRUMAN flashes his custom- ary smile as he holds the "Light of the World" award of the World Academy in Jer- usalem, at a ceremony in New York. Award is for his "dis- tinguished service for the spiritual uplifting of mankind and his humanitarian deeds." In his speech, the former President recalled his recog- nition of Israel 10 years ago, said he believed Israel's case is as just today as it was then and urged friendship with the Arab nations and "a future of good relations between Israel and the Arab people." Restitution Law Costs Bonn $4,000,000,000 VIENNA (JTA)—Germany's Federal restitution law will cost the Bonn government 18,000,000,000 deutschemarks (over $4,000,000,000), German Finance Minister Franz Etzel told a press conference here. Etzel admitted, however, that final figures would not be known until the deadline for filing claims under the law, March 31 of this year, is passed. The Finance Minister called 'fantastic" an estimate of over $6,000,000,000 for the restitu- tion bill for Jewish victims offered recently by his col- league, Bonn Justice Minister Fritz Schaeffer. Thus far, he said, some 4,500,000,000 marks have been paid out in claims to victims of the Nazi regime., Conceding that the restitu- tion law had some faults, he insisted nevertheless that Ger- many was holding by its re- solve to do everything possible —within her limited financial means—to assist victims of the Hitler era. For this reason, he emphasized, first preference in claims payments is given older claimants. If You Turned the •tr•gzi• I iipside Down You Won't Find a Finer Wine Than Israel Bond Parley Sets $75,000,000 Quota for 1958 WASHINGTON, (JTA) —The national leadership conference for Israel bonds Sunday voted to sell $75,000,000 in bonds in 1958 to initiate a "decade of eco- nomic independence" for the State of Israel, which was estab- lished ten years ago. The week '- end conference, which called for increased American. economic support of Israel, noted that the bond cam- paign, which has raised more than $320,000,000 since 1951 "represents the most important single factor in the economic de- velopment of Israel." The call for increased eco- nomic strength as the key to Is- rael's capacity to maintain her freedom was made personally in the course of the conference by Ambassador Abba Eban and re- inforced by messages from Prime Minister David Ben Gu- rion and Finance Minister Levi Eshkol. The campaign to sell $75,000,000 worth of bonds will be conducted in the United States, Canada, and 27 Latin American and European coun- tries. In a message to the confer- ence, Prime Minister - Ben- Gurion said "our very exist- ' ence as a democratic nation is assured by our strength on all fronts, and particularly by the vigor of our economy." Citing the vital task Israel must per- form, Mr. Ben-Gurion said: "There are still lots of waste- land to settle, more immi- grants to absorb and integrate. There are more homes to build, more factories to erect, more roads to chart, more power stations to construct. To do all of these things, more Israeli bonds must be sold in 1958," Finance Minister Eshkol's message noted Israel's tenth an- niversary and said the most fit- ting celebration of this mile- stone would be by achievement "of a new high in Israel's prog- ress to economic independence." He said "Israel bonds help to make that possible." Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, exec- utive vice president of the Israel Bond Organization, announced that the 1958 campaign would be officially launched at an in- ternational conference for Israel bonds which will be held in Mi- ami Beach early next month. Stating that "in the present pe- riod of unrelieved tension in the Middle East, Israel must spend Mel Zeliman, Henrietta Hermelin Go to India with Wayne U. Theater Mel Zeliman and Henrietta Hermelin are members of the Wayne State University Theater Group who will leave Jan. 19 for a tour of India, to represent the United States at the Parma International Theater Festival. The group will perform at the festival under the auspices of the President's Special Inter- national Program for Cultural Presentations, administered by the American National Theater and Academy. The Parma International Theater Festival, held each April in Parma, Italy, includes performances by student groups from many nations. The Wayne group will go to Parma follow- ing its 12 week tour of India, and will perform productions from its repertoire. The ' itinerary in India, now completed, includes stops in Bombay, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Banga- lore, Hyderabad, and again in Bombay. During its stay in Delhi, the company will b e brought to Agra for a two day visit. Wayne was selected for this tour by the International Touring Committee of the American Educational Theater Association. huge sums for defense," Dr. Schwartz warned that "contin- ued economic development will be jeopardized unless Israel bonds provide the resources for this vital program." He listed the three major tasks of 1958 bond drive: 1. Economic aid and hous- ing to integrate the 80,000 new immigrants who entered _ Israel in 195'7 and to absorb 70,000 additional newcomers expected in 1958. 2. The development of the port of Elath as the avenue of increased trade with Asia and Africa. 3. The opening of the Ne- gev to mass settlement and industrialization in order to lay the foundation for a popu- lation of 500,000 in this new sparsely settled southern re- gion. Because of tremendous de- fense spending, Dr. Schwartz said Israel "will have little money left for economic devel- opment, unless the Israel bond campaign provides increased re- sources for economic consolida- tion. We can meet this situation only by a concerted effort to in- crease the sale of bonds." - he said, Israel has been of ma- Abraham Feinberg, president jor importance to all nations at of the Israel Bond Organization, a time when the free world is told the assembled 300 Jewish seeking to bolster the growth leaders from the United States of underdeveloped countries. and Canada that a total of $49,- Israel Ambassador Abba Eban 833,950 in Israel bonds were sold told the conference that Israel during 1957. He stressed the will not permit international importance of Israel's decade of and regional tensions 'to para- progress to millions outside Is- lyze her into inertia." He said rael. 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