A total of $1,000,000 in cash was presented to the National Committee for Labor Israel – which raises aid here for Histadrut institutions in Israel – at an emergency conference held by the NCLI yesterday. More than 1,000 delegates from the United States and Canada attended the conference. The NCLI fund-raising drive for 1957 has a target of $6,000,000.
The delegates were addressed by Cecil Hyman, Israel Consul General in New York, who told the delegates that Israel is determined to go on with its development under all circumstances. The economic hardships facing Israel at the present moment were stressed by Joseph Schlossberg, national chairman of the drive. Other speakers included Dr. Dov Biegun, NCLI national secretary, and Louis Segal, member of the Jewish Agency executive. The conference adopted a resolution appealing to the U. S. Government against voting for sanctions on Israel at the United Nations.
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