The first campaign for Israel Bonds in the Netherlands was launched today at a meeting in Amsterdam at which James G. McDonald, first United States Ambassador to Israel, was the guest of honor. The launching of the campaign marks the inauguration of Israel’s new Development Bond Issue in Western Europe.
While in the Netherlands during the next two weeks, Mr. McDonald will visit principal cities to participate in the launching of Israel Development Bond campaigns. Among the communities he will visit, in addition to Amsterdam, are Rotterdam, Utrecht, Groningen and The Hague. Final arrangements for the opening of the Israel Bond drive in the Netherlands were completed during the past week, when the Nederlandsche Bank issued the license necessary for the sale of the Bonds.
Eduard Spier, chairman of the Board of Deputies of the Jewish Community of Holland, is chairman of the Israel Bond drive for his country. The executive committee includes leading Dutch Jewish personalities, among them the following: Hon. M. Franken, Judge of the High Court; Martin Levie, chairman of the Jewish Community of Rotterdam; Dr. R.A. Levisson, president of the Liberal Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, and Dr. E. A. Rodrigues Pereira, chairman of the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam.
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