More than 1, 000 Jewish leaders in the United States and Canada will plan an intensified program of participation in Israel’s economic development at the three-day Economic Mobilization Conference for Israel Bonds, which opens here tomorrow. The conference will inaugurate the fall phase of the 1957 campaign to sell $75, 000, 000 in Israel bonds.
The current situation in Israel will be discussed at the conference by Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, Abba Eban, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Israel Bond Organization. Mrs. Meir will be the guest of honor at the conference.
Other outstanding leaders will also address the three-day sessions of the Israel bond parley. These will include Dr. David Horowitz, Governor of the Bank of Israel; Abraham Feinberg, president of the Israel Bond Organization; Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice-president; Eddie Cantor, who has given outstanding leadership to the Israel bond effort; Herbert R. Abeles, president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds; and Dr. Renana Ben Gurion, daughter of Israel’s Prime Minister.
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