The United Jewish Appeal today set in motion a 60-day nationwide cash mobilization to offset the growing danger of a return by Israel to tent camps for its mounting influx of refugee newcomers from Tunisia and Morocco. William Rosenwald, general chairman of the UJA. signaled opening of the emergency 60-day drive with a special message to all campaign affiliates that warned of “tragic consequences in Israel and North Africa unless the cash need is met promptly and in full.”
At the same time, Mr. Rosenwald announced that the UJA will hold a National Cash Conference June 4 and 5 at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, to assess the dollar drive at its half-way mark and to set the stage for a multi-million dollar finish. The two-month cash drive, which will come within the framework of the Appeal’s year-long campaign, will involve a total of 3,300 communities.
Mr. Rosenwald, in opening the cash drive, told campaign leaders in his coast-to-coast message. “Israel’s tremendous progress of recent years can be washed away if there are insufficient dollars for the reception, settlement and absorption of the present large tide of impoverished newcomers from North Africa. A shortage of funds at this time would mean the collapse of the recently introduced and eminently successful ship-to-settlement program under which the newly-arriving immigrants have been going to specially-prepared agricultural colonies within hours after their debarkation.
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