Pincus Predicts Large Immigration to Israel for Next Five Years

Immigration to Israel will continue at a high level for the next five years and at least 200,000 newcomers are expected from distress areas, Louis A. Pincus, chairman and treasurer of the Jewish Agency, told the United Jewish Appeal study mission here today.

He warned that a “second Israel” of permanently poor and unitegrated immigrants could become a grim reality unless special efforts were made to accelerate absorption of the newcomers. He reported that a recent survey made for the UJA indicated that 21 development towns needed stepped-up assistance and promised that an effort to help would be made.

A 56-student dormitory contributed by the Detroit Friends of the Hebrew University was dedicated today during a visit to the campus by the UJA study mission. Also attending were officials of the university, representatives of student organizations and of the Jerusalem municipality.

The three-story $250,000 structure has a foyer, social rooms and other facilities. Each room has large desks, bookshelves and a small refrigerator for each of the two students in a room. Max M. Fisher of Detroit, general chairman of the UJA campaign, spoke for the UJA. Nate Shapero spoke for the Detroit chapter.

Later a 17,000-seat Jewish national and university stadium was dedicated to Charles Grosberg, also of Detroit, in honor of his 80th birthday. Mr. Grosberg was unable to attend because he was recovering from an accident suffered in Rome en-route to Israel. The stadium, built to Olympic standards, serves for track and field events. The Asian cup soccer finals were held in the stadium. Irwin Cohn, honorary chairman of the Detroit Allied Jewish campaign, addressed a meeting of the study mission in the stadium, as did Albert Park for the mission members from New York.

U.J.A. MISSION BREAKS GROUND FOR $1,000,000 ‘DENMARK’ SCHOOL

Mission members also attended a groundbreaking ceremony today for the $1,000,000-Denmark high school and cultural complex named in honor of the heroism of the Daish people in saving Denmark’s Jews from the Nazis during the war.

The school, with a capacity of 1,000 pupils, is one of the many financed by the UJA’s Israel Education Fund. It will serve the Katamon section of Jerusalem, the residence of recent immigrants from backward African-Asian countries. The ceremony was addressed by Education Minister Zalman Aranne, Danish Ambassador Poul Steenberger, Jerusalem Mayor Mordecai Ish-Snalom, IEF President Charles Bensley of New York and Mr. Fisher.

At a press conference today it was reported that more than $9,300,000 in cash and firm pledges had been contributed to Israel secondary education through the Israel Education Fund of the UJA. It was also reported that 12 high schools were already under construction in Israel with IEF funds and that a 13th school, sponsored by the Rodman Foundation of Washington, was already operating in Kiryat Yam. They said that additional funds were already available for six more high school buildings.