The establishment of Israel was hailed here as the “beginning of a new era in human history and organized society” by Walter Clay Lowdermilk, noted soil conservation expert and originator of the plan for a Jordan Valley Authority, addressing a dinner tendered in honor of Yaacov Ben-Sira, chief engineer of Tel Aviv, by the local chapter of the American Technion Society.
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