A decision to raise $500,000 among its members for constructive emergency projects was adopted today at the mid-winter convention of the Histadruth, Palestine Jewish labor federation. The drive, it was stated, will be used as a springboard for a world campaign by Jewish national institutions for the same purposes.
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