Ben-Gurion Urges Modernization of Dr. Levine Re-Elected Export-Import Bank Denies
President of JNF
Warfare and Immigrant Absorption as Demonstrating
the spirit of israers $75 Million Request

TEL AVIV—Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion told a grad-
uation parade of officers and
cadets Tuesday that while the
achievements of Israel's army
in the war of liberation and in
the Sinai campaign had been
"significant and glorious," Is-
rael could not fight—"if we
shall have to—with the same
means we used then."
Declaring that "revolutionary
changes in armament" have
taken place in the last decade,

the Prime Minister said "we
must strive to modernize our
weapons and special stress must
be placed on developing our
soldiers."
He warned that one factor
in Israel's victories in the two
wars had been "the inferior
quality of the enemy," adding
that it was imperative for Is-
rael to improve the quality of
its armed strength. He also
called on the new officers to
help absorb newcomers serving
out tours of duty in the armed
forces and to prevent any dis-
crimination among troops.

American Jewish Committee Breaks
Ground for $2,000,000_ Building

NEW YORK — Governor W.
Averell Harriman warned here
this week that "continuation and
worsening of the current eco-
nomic recession in this country"
may bring a "sharp increase" in
discrimination and group ten-
sions at home and magnify "the
challenge of Communist im-
perialism" abroad.
He spoke at the groundbreak-
ing ceremonies of the American
Jewish Committee's Institute of
Human Relations, being erected
here on the northwest corner
of Third Avenue and 56th
Street. Projected as a $2,000,000,

Roaosin Reverses
Reversal; Rayon
Mill to Continue

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Ameri-
can industrialist, Israel Rogo-
sin, has again reversed himself
and will resume work on a
$20,000,000 rayon mill located
in the town of Ashdod, on the
Mediterranean coast. His deci-
sion came after a flying visit
to Israel and a conference with
Finance Minister Levi Eshkol.
In a formal statement, Rogo-
sin attributed his most recent
change of mind to Eshkol's
enthusiasm which, he said, had
persuaded him to wind up the
project, despite his previous
decision to discontinue it. The
industrialist, who at the time
he announced cessation of the
project, promised to make good
every cent invested in the
project by anyone other than
himself, expressed the convic-
tion that the plant was a
worthwhile industrial project,
as well as most useful to Is-
rael's economy. He contrasted
the skepticism and jealousy he
had encountered among Jews
in America with the Pdynamic
confidence" he had found
here.

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eight story structure, the Insti-
tute, which will also serve as
the committee headquarters, is
scheduled for completion by
Spring, 1959.
Irving M. Engel, president of
the American Jewish Commit-
tee, said that the Institute would
be "dedicated to improving
man's understanding of his fel-
low man and removing the road-
blocks of ignorance and bigotry
which stand in the way of such
understanding."
A. M. Sonnabend, of Boston,
president of the Hotel Corpora-
tion of America, announced that
the Development Program for
the Institute has raised more
than $1,200,000 from private
sources.
The Institute will be divided
functionally into five major cen-
ters of human relations study
and operations.
Officers of the National De-
velopment Program serving with
Sonnabend include Leo M. But-
zel of Detroit.

Exhibit Ferrara Bible
at Philadelphia Library

complete harmony, which char-
acterizes the partnership of all
American Zionist groups in the
task of the Jewish National
Fund, the board of directors of
the JNF of America, at its an-
nual meeting,
held at the
JNF House,
New York, re-
elected Dr.
Harris J. Le-
vine as presi-
dent, for his
tenth term.
Placing him
in nomination,
Judge Albert
D. Schan z e r,
chairman of
the nom i n a-
tions commit-
tee, paid high
tribute to Dr. Dr. Levine
Levine for 25 years' service to
Zionism and the JNF, a "de-
voted service which he began
as a youth and which he con-
tinues till this nresent day. His
leadership in the Zionist cause
and for the Jewish National
Fund has been an inspiration to
all of us, as well as a shining
example," Judge Schanzer said,
amidst tumultuous applause.
Re-elected with Dr. Levine
was Dr. Israel Goldstein as
honorary president, in addition
to other officers and directors.
Mendel N. Fisher was re-
elected executive director and
secretary to serve his 24th term.

Grants Only $24,200,000

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WASHINGTON — President
Samuel C. Waugh of the U.S.
Export-Import Bank Tuesday
officially announced a loan to
the government of Israel in
the amount of $24,200,000 for
expansion of water supply,
irrigation and other facilities
for agricultural development.
The $24,200,000 credit repre-
sented the bank's response to
Israel's long pending applica-
tion for a $75,000,000 loan.
The credit announced Tues-
day will assist part of the four-
year program proposed by
Israel to. develop a large area,
including new wells, stream
diversion and water distribu-
tion for enlargement of farm-
lands.
A bank mission visited Israel
in the summer of 1957 to
examine the Israeli application
and proposed the project. It
was subsequently decided by

PHILADELPHIA, (JTA)—A
copy of the rare Ferrara Bible,
the first edition of a Spanish
language Jewish Bible pub-
lished in Ferrara, Italy, in 1553
for the use of Jews exiled from
Spain and Portugal, was put on
exhibit here at the Free Library
of Philadelphia.
The Bible, as rare as a Guten-
berg Bible, was donated to the
library by a group of Philadel-
phians including Lessing J. Ros-
enwald, Seymour Adelman, Da-
vid Bortin, Albert M. Greenfield,
Frederic R. Mann, Louis Stein General Zionists
and Morris Wolf. The library's Hold World Parley
copy, one of two dedication
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Dele-
copies, was originally dedicated
to Dona Gracia Naci, a wealthy gates from countries throughout
Jewess of Italy who paid the the world 'will convene in Lon-
don March 9 and 10, for a
cost of publishing the Bible.
world conference of the re-
organized Confederation of Gen-
N.Y. Attorney General
eral Zionists on a Diaspora
Exempts $2,250,000 Stock
basis, it was announced by Dr.
Issue, Aids Israel Tours
Israel Goldstein and Mrs. Rose
Attorney General Louis J. Halprin, co-chairman, in New
Lefkowitz, of New York, issued York. Attending will be repre-
an exemption from the filing sentatives from the United
requirements of the New York States, Canada, England, India,
State Securities Law to the 12 Central American countries
State of Israel for a $2,250,000 and 16 European and North
issue of stock of the Tourist African countries.
Industry Development Corpora-
tion Limited, a firm organized
and fully controlled by the
State of Israel, for the purpose
of financing tourist enterprises
We sell at Manufacturers
in Israel.
Suggested Prices!
Under the General Business
Law of New York State, the At-
torney General is given discre-
tion to grant exemption from
filing requirements of the State
Securities Act to foreign gov-
ernments with which the United
SEE or CALL
States is, at the time of the
offer for sale of the particular
securities, maintaining diplo-
at
matic relations.
According to information on
Buick Factory Branch
file in the office of Attorney
6164 CASS AVE.
General Lefkowitz, the tourist
Near G. M. Bldg.
industry is the largest source
of dollar credits of any indus-
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try in Israel except the citrus
30th Year with Buick
industry.

No Damage Caused
by Fire at UN Building

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Ar-
chives containing important in-
ternational documents were un-
damaged in the fire which broke
out at the headquarters here of
Israel's delegation to the United
Nations.
Considerable damage was
caused elsewhere in the build-
ing during the brief blaze which
broke out in the office of Ar-
thur C. Liveran, counselor to
the delegation. A secretary,
Mrs. Nehemiah L e v y, was
trapped briefly but rescued by
firemen.

JOHNNY LEBOW

IS NOW
GENERAL MANAGER
OF

Ben-Gurion Denies
Invitation to U.S.

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A re-
port that Premier David Ben-
Gurion has been invited to pay
an official visit to Washington
has been denied by the Prem-
ier's office here.
The information originally
was contained in a statement
in the New York Herald Trib-
une that Leonard Hall, former
Republican National Chairman,
was soon_ to be named the offi-
cial American representative to
Israel's tenth anniversary cele-
bration this spring.
The report added that Ben-
Gurion would return to the
United States with Hall, and
that the latter would make
some appearances with the
Premier while he was visiting
the U.S.

the bank not to grant the.
$75,000,000 asked by Israel, but
to authorize a far smaller sum.
The repayment of the $24,- -
200,000 will be in 24 semi-
annual installments beginning
in 1961.

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