The United Jewish Appeal 60-man study mission heard today of plans by Malben to double the number of immigrant aged being sheltered in their establishments within the next 14 months, Charles Passman, Malben director general, told the group, who were visiting the Malben camp–Neve Avot–at Pardes Hanna, that his group hoped to transfer the camp’s current population to permanent homes.
Mr. Passman also told the mission, which was joined today by William Rosenwald, UJA general chairman, that decent housing must be provided for an additional 3,000 newcomers at Acre, Haifa and Beersheba. Pointing out that Malben’s rehabilitation workshops had enabled 5,000 family heads whom “nobody considered employable,” to become self-supporting, he told the group that Malben will establish three, or possibly four, new vocational training centers for permanently handicapped immigrants. Most of those in this category, he continued, are now in Malben hospitals, but they will soon be discharged after completion of medical treatment.
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