The South African Treasury increased by 100,000 pounds ($280,000) the amount of foreign currency which the South African Jewish Appeal and the South African Zionist Federation was able to send Israel in the six-month period which ended in June, Jack Hersov, chairman of the Appeal, told the Appeal’s annual meeting here today.
He revealed that the government had also given the organizations permission to continue purchasing for export to Israel goods which are in surplus supply here. Mr. Hersov expressed the organization’s appreciation to the government for its “sympathetic understanding.” It was also reported to the meeting that from the beginning of 1954 to the present the Appeal had sent to Israel 1,200 cases of used garments, footwear and household linens.
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