Prominent leaders of West European Jewry, as well as some of Israel’s outstanding experts on that country’s development plans, will hold a two-day conference in Paris next week, devoted to Israel’s major economic needs in the near future, Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, executive vice-president of the Israel Bond Organization, announced here today. He detailed the plans prior to departing from the international airport this morning for France.
In addition to himself, Dr. Schwartz said, the presiding officers at the parley will be Emile Roche, of the French Committee for the Economic Development of Israel; Dr. Erich Walter Lotz, president of the West German Committee; and Professor A. Mey, president of the Dutch Committee.
Among the speakers and discussants at the session will be Baron Edmond de Rothschild, president of the Israel bond drive in Europe; David Horowitz, Governor of the Bank of Israel; Walter Eytan, Israel’s Ambassador to France; and S. Yallon and Dan Avny, of Israel, experts on development plans, on the projects for Israel’s Negev area, and on Israel’s technical assistance programs for newly emerging nations.
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