There are 153 Zionist leaders who had been imprisoned still living in Rumania, Dr. Benjamin Haber of Transylvania, said here today upon his arrival from Vienna.
Mr. Haber, who at one time was under a 12 year prison sentence in Rumania for Zionist activity, expressed the hope that all Zionist prisoners would soon be allowed to emigrate. Mrs. Haber, their two children, Mr. Haber’s mother and seven old people from the Soviet Union and Hungary were also on the plane from Vienna.
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