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The Canadian Jewish Newt, Friday, Sept. 8, 1961-11
STATESMEN. LEADERS SALUTE YEAR 5722
ROSHHASHANA MESSAGE
FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TORONTO
HIS WORSP MAYOR NATHAN PHIlllPS, Q. C.
Mayor Phillips
The prayer of ROSH HASHA-NA for an "end to aU Iniquity" and for the "reign of peace" under God Is certainly very appropriate when the entire civilized world is faced with the threat of a new holocaust. This prayer is shared by all; it expresses the longings of all.
Toronto has always been proud of the fact that all its inhabitants, hailing fnnn the four comers of the globe," have succeeded in living together as Torontonians and Canadians while remaining loyal to their ipecific, cultural and religious background.
It gives me great pleasure to sxtend to all our Jewish citizens fhe traditional best wishes for a PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR-5722.
CANADA
PRIME MINISTER
NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM H. E. THE AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL TO CANADA
Yet another year merges into the past with a new year taking its place in the pattern of Jewish continuity and eternity.
On the threshold of 5722, the renewal of spiritual consciousness under divine dispensation wliich is of the essence of the Rash Hashanah theme has a particular connotation. In the lengthening shadows of the global crisis the crucial alternative poses itself as never before — of redemption or of self-destnictJon, of a new insight into history's purpose or of oblivion. Rosh Hashanah enshrines the message of spiritual course and coherence, denying the thesis of fatalism, of an amalgam of events, arbitrary and disconnected. Tlie rise of Israel Is a vindication of this message. Universal significance attaches to this index of the eupremacy of the spd ritual over the material factor In human history.
The outgoing years has recorded significant advances in the prooess of renewed statehood. The main lines of development — the continuous flow of immigration and its orderly absorption, economic progress Ij^ding to economio' independence,' the broadening of the network of intemationaJ relationship — have been sustained. Internal cn^ has ser\'ed to emphasise the maturity of democratic Institutions.
Ambassador Hertog
Israel continues to face much danger and difficulty in the future. Peace Is still remote. Yet the progress in the past year must bring it nearer.
After a year's service in this great land of freedom, I wish to pay tribute to the friendship on the part of all segments of the Canadian -people towards Israel. This friendship foimd full expression on the occasion of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion's recent visit to Canada. This \isit. I beliere, also deepened the link of spiritual kinship between the Jewish Community of Canada and Israel.
Ketiva Vachatima Tova,
Taacov Herzoig Ambassador of Israel
To the- readers of The Canadian Jewish
News I am happy to.extend warmest personal greetings
on the celehratlon of the Jewish New Year.
Jewish Canadians, in the_tradition of
their forefathers, "continue to make a very important
comcrihution to our country's progress and to one and
all I expreaa sincere good wishes that this New Year
may be hlessed with health, happiness and prosperity.
ROSH HASHANAH
MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF ONTARIO
I am happy indeed to have the opportunity and privilege ac corded me by the Canadian'Jewish News to greet its readers and all members of the Jewish community on this holy day marking the beginning of their New Year.
This Is a solemn occasion. It is also a time when old friendships, are renewed and new ones established and the destinies of the individual for the coming year sealed~by the great Creator and Inscribed In the Book of Life. —
May full happiness, good health, and success be attendant upon you throughout  the New
Year on the eve of which I ad- frerhier rrost"
dress to you, with deep since- and old-aged greeting:
rity and goodwill, the traditional    "Le shanah tobah tikkatebu".
Prime Minister.
Ottawa, 19    6 1.
PRIME MINISTER DIEFENBAKER'S MESSAGE TO THE CANADIAN-JEWISH COMMUNITY
MESSAGE TO ONTARIO'S JEWISH COMMUNITY
By The Hon. ALLAN GROSSMAN Minister Without Portfolio. M.P.P.
Minister Grossman
I extend to all members of our community my most sincere wish for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
We are fortunate, as Canadians, to live in a country whert our fellow citizens work together with us towards a greater Canada. Today, the mark oil good citizenship Is not only to understand and respect our laws and customs. It is of equal importance that citizens of good sense and good will make It their business to take an interest In world affairs so as to be able more intelligently to add their voices and efforts towards a world of peace.
Our world, which Just a few years ago was such a vast one, has in a short space of time become so small that we must— and quickly—adjust ourselves to the need to luderstand and cooperate with other members at the human family all over the world. To this task we must all dedicate ourselves with fortitude and vigor.
May the New Year bring to the world the true peace for which we have all so long prayed.
AliLAN GROSSMAN, Minister,
LOOKINC AHEAD
By AVRAHAM BAR-EL
LEADERS OF ONTARIO JEWRY ISSUE NEW YEAR MESSAGE
Canadian Jewish Congress Calls for United Effort
ISRAEL'S MARCH FORWARD IN 5721
This yeiar Israel celebrated Its 13th Independence Day, marking its Bar Mitzvah year. Though chronologically young, it nmy truly be said that this nation has reached full maturity. Bom in turmoil and nurtured In bloodshed, Israel has rapidly achieved sufficient strength and stability to plant its future growth.
The first years of the State, the early 1950's, were years of desperate hope and rigid austerity. Immigrants poured into Israel at a rate of 100.000 a year.
The coimtiy had to tighten its belt in order to share the limited food supply and other resources with the great wave of newcomers.
An Immense housing problem existed, compounded by a scarcity of skilled labor and the fact that most building materials had to be Imported with financial resources already stramed to the breaking point. _
Agriculture was the mainstay of the economy yet, even here, land was Just beginnning to be
developed after centuries of neglect. Most food was imported. Rationing and price controls were strictly enforced.
Consumer goods were practi cally unobtainable and industry was virtually non-existent. Roads, railways, power, housing were in-capable of absorbing the tremendous economic expansion which was needed to accomodate the eVer-IncreasIng population. There was no merehant navy. Natural resources had not been tapped. Enormous investments were re-
J. I. Oeibaum
The Jewish .community in Ontario enters the New Year with earnest hopes that the year ahead will- bring with it a resolution of those y:oT\d tensions and stresses ^yhlch are threatening ■ the future of all mankind. We know we share this hope with all Canadians In looking at the. days- ahead.
: As Jews, we also are encouraged, by the achievements oi the past year- in our assessment of theprbspects ahead for our country, our community and for each of us as. Individuals. We have seen advances onmany fronts the past 12^. months. In areas of serious concern. and Interest to all of us.
''Wie are'ha:ppy that in our province there has. been measurable progress in the attitudes of our fellow Cianadians in; reducing discrimination .and prejudice between religious and ethnic groups; :progress which has been register-^ in both legislative acUoh and the support given: by wide sections of the public to,, measures Jimt^rbiilld' equality and mutual respect. V-
We are p>leased that within our .communities the. visible manife-statiOD of Judaism and Jewlsh-ness — - Whether in V terms of schools, synagogues and other communal institutions, or through' the support elicited for. major causes and .liistltutions whose continuance signifies   a firmer
M. W. Gasner
foundation for Jewish life — tJjeee demonstrations of our concern for our heritage have continued to receive the effective, even though voluntary, backing of the, Jewiish public.
Our concern for our brethren in need In Israel and abroad — made tangible through contributions to the major instrumentalities of aid, through the United Jewish Appeal — this concern has again been expressed In constructive fashion.    ,        " ~
The Canadian Jewish Congress In the Central Region, as the central representative body,of the Jewish community, is certain it expresses the confidence of the overwhelming majority of the communlt;^ in looking forward to -greater, achievements in our Jewish life in this province, as In all Canada, to a deepening of Jewish awareness land learning among all ages and sectors of the community, to greater efforts and accomplishments by our coiri-munities on behalf of the causes and institutions on whose bedrock we build Jewishness and Judaism for ourselves and the generations to come.
The Canadian Jewish Congress wishes the Jewish conununlty a New ' Year of Peace, Progress and the Happiness that comes from good works.
J; Irving Oeibaum National Vice-President >5 Meyer W. Gasner Dhairman, Central Region
Th« Sounding Of Th« Shofar At Mount Zion
quired to begin exploitation in oil drilling, copper mines, iron ore, natural gas, phosphates.
In order to meet all those problems and still be able to organ ize its army and equip it with the most modem arms available for Jis^defense, Israel had to lean heavily upon support from abroad. Appeal Funds, Grants-ln-Aid, reparations, other forms ot gift dollars during the first decade of Its existence.-
Gift dollars (Including Canad-dian contributions) were allotted towards the flow of Ihimi-grants and refugees into Israel and to their absorption and integration ipto the country's economy. Reparation ftinds and proceeds from the sale of Israel Bonds were allocated by the Israeli government for establishing basic, longterm, indlspens-10)16 services and facilities wliere lack of immediate and visible returns on the Investment ear-marked It as ispending of a distinctive public nature.
On the EVe of the New Year and upon the fourteenth year of its existence, Israel can present a picture of remarkable:progress In the development of its economy. Israel's, pppulatibn has risen to 2.2 millions from 650.000 in IMS. Industrial and agriculture production has increased at an annual rate of over 10%. Exports, iiave reached 360'^miill6n dollars from a mere 45 million dollars In 1949. The gross national production has .increased yearly at an average of 11% at fixed prices, thus making Israel's economy thfe fastest-grpwing in the Western world.
Also of importance, Israel has honoured all its financial commitments on time. We have paid back 80 million dollars of the 100 million dollar loan granted by the- American govemiiient so'jn after the establishment of the StatOi This loan will be fully repaid by February; 1963. Israel has already redeemed 100 mlUIon dollar bonds before their maturity. At the same time, It has been laying aside, sufficient dollar, funds to meet the regular redem-tion which vrill start in May, 1963, iat the rate of 3 million dol per month. f
What then are Israel's for 1965? Our population expects to reach twb^md-a-half milU(>n souls although the economy could absori) more In the coming years than at any time betore,
The Jordan River Irrigation project will have been completed, ElectricityT^ great indicator oJ'
production capability, will have risen from 560,000 k.WJH; to one million K.W.H. Agriculture production should be sufficient to cover the needs of the population and provide for Increased exports up to a sum of 120 million dollars per year. Industrial production may reach about two-and-a^uarter billion dollars with the increase of one billion dollars over the present output going either for export or for curtailment of import. Industrial export will reach 350 million dol-lars Indirect export, 280 million dollars so that, the total figure, including agriculture and expbrt, will be 750 million dollars as against an import of 900 to 950 million. In other words, we hope that the exports will cover 80% of the Imports by 1965 as compared with 45% In 1960. Reserves in foreign currency would be about half-a-bllllon dollars. Probably the adverse balance of payments will decline from 46'!'o in 1960 to an estimated deficit Of 20% In 1965. ;
To .meet the increased trade with Europe, the North American Continent and Afro-Asiari countries, the Haifa Port will be expanded and the Port of Elath will h^ve been built. The new harbour of Ashdod will be in construction.
The, Israeli economy, will reach another turning' point in 1963 when German reparations terminate and repayment of Israel Bonds starts. While, for many years yet, the support of Appeal Funds and other fonns of gift dollars, must, continue to come from the Jewish people the w:orid over to help every Jew wishing to emigrate to Israel, the Government of Israel has realized that stress should be placed on econonilc develop-ment resulting from Direct /n-vestments to speed economic to-dependence. Recognizing that extensive, economic tnitiative and a steady flow; of capital from both. domestic and'. foreign sbuixes are essential to the development and economic consolidation of the country, the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Jnvestm„ent was formed in - 1959 for' the^itrp^Ose of .encouraging Investors and providing them With a sound basis for their ventures. The behefits accorded by the Law to "Approved Investments" include many attractive incentives, such as complete repatriatloh%f ^^th capital and profit^ In foreign c\irren(^; total, -exemption from income /tax on
dividends and total exemption from estate taxes; accelerated depreciation up to 200% of the normal rate; a ceitog of 28% on the corporate profit tax for five years, starting from the first taxable year which shows profits; exemption from customs duties for all materials and equipment used In building a new plant as well as for material needed during the runnlng-In period; participation in the cost of training labor; expbrt premiums; many others.
Since tiie .Introduction of this law, approved foreign Invesi-nients have, increased sharply. In 1960 ,approved enterprises totalled 105 million dollars, three times the total for 1959. Private enterprise And foreign Investment is the recognised keystone of the Government policy.
This, then; is the State of Israel, which sends you greets ings on the Eve of the New Year. None of these achievements cotild have been attained without, the . efforts and support of Jews all over the world,' particularly Jews in such countries as Canada. .
With warmth and hope In our hearts, I Join the people of Israel in extending, to the readers of The Canadian Jewish News best wishes for the New Year.
AVRAHAM BAR.EI.
Is Israeli Consul for ^_
Affairs and Director of I^fael's Investment -\ulhority fpr Ca-.lada. He Is commencing with '.his issue a series of yartlclee. Questions submitted 'to The Canadian Jewish^ News by readers Interested in economic problems of Israel will be answeied In Mr. Bar-El's column. .
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