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Mr. and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz and David Ben-Gurion (Right)

Ben-Gurion Recalls Visit
and Thctnks City for Aid

Philip Slomovitz, editor
of the Detroit Jewish
News, and Mrs. Slomovitz,
are visiting in Israel. While
there the editor is prep4r-
ing several special reports
for the Free Press.

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Editor, The Jewish News

TEL AVIV, Israel — Isra-
el's Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion r e c a 11 e d with
fondness his visit to Detroit
in May of 1951.
Ben - Gurion spoke with

gratitude of the cooperation
given to the people of Is-
rael by the Jews of America
in the resettlement of tens
of thousands of immigrants
from Eastern Europe, many
from Iron Curtain countries,
and from Egypt.
Recalling his Detroit vis-
it, when he launched the
Israel Bond drive there in
1951, he reiterated the
hope that response to fu-
ture Bond drives will : -e
similarly as generous as
they were when the eco-

A Policy Statement

Made in 1953
By ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER DAVID BEN-GURION
"Unlike other nations, we have not centuries at our dis-
posal. Israel must accomplish in a few years what has
taken others generations . . . Probably no other country
in the world can show such rapid progress and dynamic
development as our young state. We have not yet over-
come the great difficulties in our path, but the two sources
of strength on which we have leaned have not failed us—
the creative ability of the citizens of the state, and the
attachment of world Jewry. I am fully convinced that it
is possible to achieve in their entirety the aims we have
shouldered.

nomic aid program to Isra-
el first was launched.
He also commended De-
troit's aid to the United Jew-
ish Appeal, through the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation's Al-
lied Jewish Campaign.

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THE PRIME MINISTER
especially remembered the
activities in Israel's behalf
in Detroit of Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Schaver, Abe Kasle,
Max Osnos, Phillip Stollman
and Max Fisher who, with
their hundreds of associates
in the Detroit pro-Israel ac-
tivities, provided- relief for
the needy, and economic op-
portunities through invest-
ments.
Israeli government officials
emphasize that, while aid to
Israel through the United
Jewish Appeal comes first on
the agenda of assistance to
Israel, economic investments
are urgently needed and that
the Israel Bond sales assist
in the development of ne-
glected areas by establishing
industries which are begin-
ning to thrive in the Jewish
State.

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