A total of $100, 106, 700 has been raised through the sale of State of Israel Bonds in the New York metropolitan area since the inception of the Israel bond campaign in 1951, Ira Guilden, general chairman of the Greater New York Committee for Israel Bonds told a capacity audience of more than 13, 000 persons at the final performance of the Chanukah Festival for Israel in Madison Square Garden tonight.
He said that the 1959 city-wide drive resulted in the sale of $11, 341, 550 in Israel bonds. Admission to the Chanukah Festival was free to persons buying State of Israel bonds.
Abraham Feinberg, president of the Israel Bond Organization, called for a pledge “that 1960 and the coming years will see our continued devotion to the cause of Israel’s economic development.” He said that “Israel bond dollars are interwoven in the strands of every section of Israel’s economy, in every corner of the gallant State.”
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