A call for volunteers in the industrial and engineering fields to go to Israel on a temporary or permanent basis will be issued by the American Technion Society, Col. J.R. Elyachar, head of the organization, announced the American Technion Society, Col. J.R. Elyachar, head of the organization, announced here today at its third national conference. These technical experts are needed, he stressed, to help establish the new industries so vital for the absorption of the thousands of settlers who are arriving in the new state.
Earlier, at a convention luncheon, James M. Silberman, consultant on industrial production and technological development for the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, recommended that American manufacturers underwrite visits by technical experts to the undermanned factories of Israel and, in return, extend invitations to Israel technicians to learn at first-hand American industrial techniques. Mr. Silberman pointed out that Israel cannot hope to keep its competitive and productive position in relation to new markets in this country, Europe and the Middle East, unless it maintains industrial standards comparable to those which will soon be reached by European countries.
The major speaker at last night’s session was Dr. Harold O. Kroy, atomic scientist and Nobel Prize winner. Discussing President Truman’s “Point-Four Program” for aid to economically underdeveloped, Dr. Urey paid tribute to the Technion and complimented Israel as one of the few countries which needs more technical knowledge, but also realizes that development of a general education system and institutions of higher learning are vital to its technical growth.
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