The Jewish Agency’s plans for alleviating the situation of thousands of immigrants in temporary and semi-permanent work villages throughout the country have been completed and part of the program has already been put into effect, it was learned here today. Some 4,500 canvas huts have been erected in various work centers as have been 5,000 tin structures. Most of the new huts are located in the northern portions of the country.
Meanwhile, a meeting of representatives of the Jewish Agency, the Ministry of labor, Solel Boneh–the Histadrut construction cooperative–and the city of Beersheba was held to consider the construction of new work centers in the Negev, Israel’s southern desert. It was decided that two work villages will be established in the vicinity of Wadi Araba, south of the Dead Sea, with the settlers working in stone quarries and on read construction. Most of the immigrants have been assured of permanent employment.
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