A thousand tents for six persons each and 400 for 60 persons each arrived from the United States today for the Beth Lid Camp, it was announced here. The smaller tents are for families, the larger to accommodate bachelors.
Answering the Jewish Agency’s special appeal for temporary accommodation for children of immigrants in the tent villages of the camps, the Israel Army took swift action in offering shelter for 300 youngsters in a former British Army concrete hall in a nearby Army camp. More than 2,000 families all over the country have thrown open their homes, many offering to accept more than one child.
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