FIRST INVESTORS SGL P&PPP FOR INVT IN FIRST INVTS GOVT FD IN, 497J, 1996-05-01

FIRST INVESTORS SGL P&PPP FOR INVT IN FIRST INVTS GOVT FD IN
497J, 1996-05-01

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   FIRST INVESTORS CORPORATION
95 Wall Street
New York, NY  10005




                              May 1, 1996



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549

          Re:  First Investors Single Payment and Periodic Payment Plans for
               Investment in First Investors Government Fund, Inc.
               File Nos. 33-3732 and 811-4609

Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), First Investors Corporation, sponsor of First Investors Single
Payment and Periodic Payment Plans for Investment in First Investors
Government Fund, Inc. (the "Plan") hereby certifies:

     (1)  The form of Prospectus that would have been filed under Rule 497(b)
of the Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 11 to the Plan's Registration Statement, the most recent Post-
Effective Amendment filed with the Commission; and

     (2)  The text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 was filed
electronically with the Commission.

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      FIRST INVESTORS CORPORATION




                                  By:  /s/Larry R. Lavoie                       
                                      Larry R. Lavoie, Secretary

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