A 115-man study mission of the United Jewish Appeal arrived here tonight from the United States to survey refugee and immigrant resettlement needs. The delegation was told that about 400,000 of more than one million immigrants reaching this country since the establishment of statehood still required outside aid for their complete absorption into Israel’s economy.
The delegation, led by Edward M. M. Warburg, Morris W. Berinstein, Dewey Stone and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, arrived at Lydda International Airport in two chartered E1 A1 planes, flying in from Vienna where they had attended a two-day conference on Jewish welfare needs in Europe, Africa and Asia. They were met at the airport by Theodore Kollek, director-general of the Prime Minister’s office.
The mission will prepare proposals for the 1960 campaign goal of the United Jewish Appeal which will be set at the UJA’s national conference in New York, December 11. During their 10-day stay in this country, the members of the mission will meet with leading personalities from all walks of Israeli life and will tour the country from one end to another to see conditions at first hand.
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