The Israel Cabinet last night decided to launch immediately a large-scale construction program to help alleviate the increasingly serious unemployment problem. The decision followed two meetings of the Cabinet both of which were largely devoted to consideration of the problem of mounting joblessness.
It was decided to start construction immediately on the buildings of the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical School with its associated laboratories and hospital at Ein Kerem. The remainder of the University’s buildings will be concentrated in the area where the Parliament and Ministries will be housed in Jerusalem and where the President will have his official residence.
The second construction project which was given the green light yesterday was the building of a new railroad station in north Tel Aviv. An allocation to permit the start of the project was authorized at the meetings. A decision was postponed on a proposal to extend the main rail line south of Tel Aviv across the Musrara River. One of the major projects on this job is the diversion of the river itself.
The Cabinet also decided that the international “Conquest of the Desert” exhibition would be held between July 16 and August 17. The Israeli pavilion at the fair will consist of two sections: the first will be devoted to exhibits by the government and the national institutions, while the second will be set up by private industry. Eighteen countries from Europe and the Western hemisphere will participate.
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