Leopold Schen, chairman of Kereth–an organization building houses on Jewish National Fund land in the garden city of Tivon, near Haifa–left here today after a short stay following his visit to New York. He succeeded in interesting a number of leading Jews in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Cakland in investing capital in the Tivon project through the American Kereth Corporation, prior to his return to Israel.
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