Radio Hessen symphony Concert - Ida Haendel  violonist, played the Brahms violin concerto
The concert  took place in Frankfurt am Main on 5/3/1952

Meir Bineth wrote about his feelings and impressions straight after the concert

Sometimes I stand in front of a little sapling which just has been planted and feel somehow the urge to stroke it - to defend it: to stand opposite the wind that it may not be blown to death.

                                 A proposition to create synthetic wood from cotton and rice waste

 Dip-Ing  Max Bineth

11 Friedrich-Wilhelm  strasse, Bonne, Germany

                Egypt's "Hidden Forests"

This is not a joke. Egypt has "Hidden Forests" large enough to provide a substantial part of the country's demand in timber immediately. However much of this sounds like an absurdity, this "hidden forest" in Egypt is a reality. As a matter of fact the "forest" which exists already in Egypt is inexhaustible because it regenerates itself year by year. Well here is the solution for the puzzle.

Scientists have developed a system whereby any kind of fibrous material  such as cotton stalks or rice straw can be transformed by ingenious way into synthetic wood strong and hard as oak .Machinery has especially been developed whereby such wood can be produced in boards exceeding five meters in length and one meter in width.

  The system is relatively simple: on one side of the machinery the fibrous raw material goes into the processing machine. Then it is subjected to 300 or more atmospheres and finally the ready made boards appear on the other side of the machinery.
 
Such boards of synthetic wood have since long ago have made their reputation on the world markets. Egypt alone imports each year for a few hundred thousands pounds the so called "hard boards". Now, this imported building material is made of bagasse, rice straw, cotton stalks etc. All these materials are plentiful in Egypt and are considered as waste. But in fact there is a double waste: the raw-material itself and the money which is spent on something that could be entirely produced in Egypt.

Cotton and rice regrow every year; therefore the raw-material supply is unlimited.  There are 3 to 5 times as much cotton stalks in weight as the cotton itself. Egypt is one of the greatest cotton producers in the world, but up till now stalks have been overlooked as to their industrial value. Easily they could be collected, pressed into transferable bales and transported to the site of the factory producing synthetic wood.
Lately a method developed by German scientists has made it possible to produce synthetic wooden-boards which are in no way inferior to boards made of real oak.

The time has come where hitherto neglected resources of Egyptian national wealth should be unlocked and brought forth to the people of the nation. Maybe in not so far a future Egyptian home will be built using Egyptian "oak" produced by an Egyptian enterprise.