In answer to an urgent invitation from Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice-president of the Israel Bond Organization, left for Israel tonight for important discussions on the country’s post-war economic needs. “Israel’s future depends, to a large degree, as much on its economic health as on the attainment of a just peace,” he said in a statement prior to his departure.
“It will take Israel a long time to overcome the grave financial crisis it still faces today.” he stressed. “It will take a long time for Israel to recover its economic stability. It is the responsibility of the Israel Bond program to assure for Israel a quick and total victory on the economic front.” Samuel Rothberg, national campaign chairman, who also departed for Israel, will join Dr. Schwartz in conferences with the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pinchas Sapir.
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