THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 13, 1968 - 3
Israel Is Good Place to Do Business, Advises U.S. Aide
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
United States Department of Com-
merce said that Israel, "now more
than ever, presents a desirable
of Odessa, in the Soviet Union, to climate for U.S. business inter-
rebuild their synagogue, destroyed ests."
by fire several days ago.
Chester E. Norris Jr., the Amer-
The American Jewish Conference ican commerical attache in Tel
on Soviet Jewry, coordinating body Aviv, reported in the current issue
of International Commerce, which
for the 25, made public the text of is published by the department's
a cablegram proffering the aid, Bureau of International Commerce,
sent Dee. 2 over the signature of that "for Israel, the second half
Lewis H. Weinstein of Boston, of 1967 (after the Six-Day War) and
chairman of the conference. It the first quarter of 1968 can justly
be regarded as the turning point
reads:
from self-imposed recession to
"American Jewish community economic stability."
saddened and distressed to learn of
He said that "This has been
destruction of your synagogue by
fire. Our heartfelt wish is to be of successfully achieved by pursuing
all possible help in replacing Holy a strict policy of price restraint,
Scrolls and otherwise facilitate the freezing of wages, selective
continuance of worship. Let us bank credits and stepping up of
know your needs and how we may national saving." The achieve-
ments in the general economic
effectively assist."
field, he said, were reflected by
Weinstein explained that release approximately 14 per cent over
was delayed until the conference
last year while the cost of living
had ascertained that its message has risen by only 2 per cent.
had reached the USSR. A response
Norris described Israel's ulti-
is being awaited, he said.
25 U.S. Groups Offer to Help
Rebuild Odessa Synagogue
NEW YORK — Twenty-five na-
tional American Jewish organiza-
tions have offered to help the Jews
Palestinian Nationalist
Says Nasser Maintains
Confidence in Nixon
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A West
Bank resident who had an audi-
ence with President Gamal Abdel
Nasser in his Cairo home reported
Tuesday that the Egyptian leader
had full confidence that America's
policy toward the Arab states and
Israel will change when President-
elect Nixon enters the White
House next month.
According to Fadua Taucjan, a
poetess and Palestinian nationalist
figure who lives in Nablus, Col.
Nasser "trusts" Nixon and be-
lieves that new American policies
will force Israel to withdraw from
all territories occupied in the June
1967 war. She said that Col. Nas-
ser had also regained complete
confidence in the Egyptian army,
which she said was now at full
strength.
mate goal as "economic indepen-
dence and a favorable balance
of trade." To attain this, he said,
Israel is placing great emphasis
on increased industrial produc-
tivity by the introduction of mod-
em and sophisticated machinery
and equipment.
The American attache noted that
Israel's imports from the United
States reached $176,000,000 in the
first nine months of this year and
were expected to amount to $350,-
000,000 for the year out of an ex-
pected record import total of $1,-
000,000,000.
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