A goal of $30,000,000 in Israel bond sales during the initial phase of the 1967 campaign, leading up to the international inaugural conference in Miami on March 2-4, was announced today by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice-president of the Israel Bond Organization. The total objective for the 1967 drive is a record $115,000,000, to provide resources for the development of every sector of Israel’s economy especially industrial production for export, Dr. Schwartz said.
In the period preceding the conference, Dr. Schwartz added, activity in communities throughout the United States and Canada has been geared to the enrollment of Israel bond subscribers in honor of Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion. The climax of the conference will be an 80th birthday tribute and dinner on March 4 for Mr. Ben-Gurion, who will be honored for his historic role in the founding of the State of Israel, and for his pioneering initiative in the creation of the Israel bond drive as a prime source of funds for the country’s economic development. More than 2,500 Jewish leaders are expected to attend the conference and the tribute to Mr. Ben-Gurion, which will mark the formal launching of the 1967 Israel bond campaign, Dr. Schwartz said.
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