$1,285,000 is needed annually to maintain the 121 religious educational and charity institutions of Palestine, which are included in the relief program of the Federated Council of Palestine Institutions, according to budgetary figures compiled by the Council and made today. These institutions are independent of the Zionist Organization and receive no allocations from the various Zionist Funds. America is now the sole source of aid for these 121 institutions, it was stated.
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