Reports on the security situation in Israel were submitted to a Cabinet meeting today by David Ben Gurion in his capacity as Minister of Defense, and by Brig. Yigal Yadin, Chief of Staff of the Israel Army. Several amendments to the present national service bill were approved.
The Cabinet decided to submit to the Knesset a bill which would fix the minimum age for marriage for girls at 17. No such law exists at present. The measure is intended to discourage the marriages of girls under 17, which are common among recent arrivals from Oriental countries as well as among the Arab population here.
The Cabinet today appointed a ministerial subcommittee, consisting in part of Eliezer Kaplan, the Minister of Finance, and Moshe Shapira, Minister of Immigration, to draft a bill on Dead Sea concessions, which will later be submitted to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Knesset.
The Knesset Finance Committee decided today to reorganize the Amidar Housing Company, concentrating all activities connected with the shelter of immigrants in its hands. The company will consist of two shareholding partners–the Government and the national institutions. Each participant will invest $7,000,000.
The Ministries of Finance and Labor confirmed today a plan for the erection of 2,000 housing units in the kibbutzim, ## 120 allocated for each unit. At present 2,100 units are being built in the kibbutzim, in accord with a plan adopted last July.
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