FIRST INVESTORS SGL P&PPP FOR INVT IN FIRST INVTS GOVT FD IN, 497J, 1997-05-01

FIRST INVESTORS SGL P&PPP FOR INVT IN FIRST INVTS GOVT FD IN
497J, 1997-05-01

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FIRST INVESTORS CORPORATION
95 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 858-8120


                                   May 1, 1997


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.  12  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.   12  was   filed
electronically with the Commission.

                                                Very truly yours,

                                                FIRST INVESTORS CORPORATION


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