The Congress authorized $85 million in grants for the resettlement program. It appropriated $50 million. of which $33 million has now been released for the use of voluntary agencies in Israel. Those funds will cover the costs of bringing 22.500 immigrants from the Soviet Union to Israel. They will insure that. on arrival. they receive the language and vocational training. the health care and social services. most of all. the housing they need to rebuild their families and their futures. But just as the bonds you give to build Israel can never equal all the needs. so this first American government grant cannot end our commitment to the refugees. I am hopeful that new appropriations. equal at least to the money authorized but not yet formally allocated. will be approved by this Congress. and I will do what I can to that end. As we resist Arab blackmail. insist on fair treatment of Soviet Jews and support Israels drive to build a better life. we must. of course. also maintain our pledge to the military security of Israel.
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