A national conference on civil defense, headed by Premier David Ben Gurion, decided today to begin preparations immediately on the organization of a national civil defense network. Present at today’s meeting were mayors and heads of councils of every major city, town and village in the country as well as their civil defense advisors.
Among the subjects discussed were: plans for building shelters in private and public buildings, in schools and industrial plants; plans for acquiring first aid and fire-fighting equipment, and the raising of funds for these preparations.
The Knesset Finance Committee unanimously approved today a request by Finance Minister Levi Ehskol for increasing the Israel defense fund from 25,000,000 pounds to 50,000,000, in view of the grave need for arms for Israel’s defense. The committee’s action must be approved by Parliament before it becomes binding.
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