Australian Prime Minister John B. Chifley today cited Israeli successes in converting desert areas of Palestine Into crop-producing lands as an example for Australian development of its own arid territory. Chifley made the comparison in a statement in support of a policy of liberalized immigration at a conference of state ministers of immigration.
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