Work will start within a month on construction here of Jersey Homesteads, a Federal rural factory project designed to provide 200 Jewish garment workers with employment and homes.
Among the trustees is Prof. Albert Einstein.
The project will be ready to swing into operation by Autumn, Max Blitzer, manager, reported today. Other trustees include Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of New York, Morris Rothenberg, president of the Zionist Organization of America, and J. L. Murphy of the Department of the Interior.
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