Foreign Minister Golda Meir, Development Minister Mordecai Bentov and Minister of Communications Moshe Carmel are expected to join Finance Minister Levi Eshkol, who is already in the United States, in touring American cities in behalf of the special United Jewish Appeal fund to finance the transportation and reception of 100, 000 immigrants from Eastern Europe, mostly from Rumania, it was learned here today.
In addition, the UJA has asked the representatives of parties in and outside the government to choose outstanding members of Parliament to join the speaking tours. The possibility exists that one or more ranking military men will also tour the U.S. on this mission, and the name of former Chief of Staff Gen. Moshe Dayan has been mentioned.
The doubling of immigration estimates for 1959 makes mandatory a doubling in the allocation for new housing in the new Israel budget, Mordecai Namir, Minister of Labor, said today in requesting that the allocation be boosted from 100,000,000 pounds to 220, 000,000. He noted that the original allocation had been based on a projection of 40, 000 immigrants this year and that such estimates now anticipated the arrival of 100, 000 persons. The possibility was noted that even this larger figure may be exceeded.
It was also announced that the 20, 000, 000 pound immigration loan proclaimed December 8 had reached a total of 8, 000, 000 pounds in subscriptions. The campaign may reach its objective by the end of February, officials said.
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