The Israel Cabinet at a meeting today, in which David Ben Gurion participated for the first time since his return to the government, decided to send Finance Minister Levi Eshkol to the United States to deal with the dispute which has developed in Detroit between the Jewish community there and the national office of the Israel Bond campaign.
Director general of the Finance Ministry Pinchas Saphir left for the United States yesterday for the same purpose. Davar, leading pro-government paper, reveals today that Henry Montor, executive head of the Israel Bond campaign in the United States, has ignored a request from Israel’s shores,” the paper adds.
Severely criticizing Mr. Montor, Davar, which is the official organ of the Histadrut, asks whether there is no authority which could impress upon Mr. Montor that he should not contravene instructions regarding the necessity of coordinating timing between the bond campaign and other campaigns that are important to Israel. “The situation cannot last and must be checked,” the editorial says.
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