Professor and Mrs. Albert Einstein, now visiting California, were the guests of honor at the inaugural banquet of the League for Labor Palestine held Sunday at the Roosevelt Hotel and attended by five hundred persons.
The sum of $3,500 was raised for the League on this occasion and an additional $200 for the Children’s Hospital in Palestine was raised through the efforts of Professor and Mrs. Einstein.
In a brief address, the distinguished scientist lauded the work of labor groups in Palestine.
The workers in Palestine, Professor Einstein declared, are the elite of the entire Jewish nation because of their free, conscientious and unselfish giving of themselves. They are not uneducated laborers who sell their handiwork to the one who offers the greatest return, but are educated, spiritually awakened individuals, whose peaceful struggle with the neglected soil benefits the entire Jewish nation both directly and indirectly.
“It is only this group of workers who are in a position to create a healthy relationship with the Arab nation. This latter function is one of the most important political aims of Zionism. For administrations come and go but human relationships in the final analysis are the decisive forces in the lives of nations. Therefore the support of labor in Palestine also means the furthering of a humane and worthy political policy in Palestine.”
Another leading speaker of the evening was Mrs. Irma L. Lindheim, who is on a transcontinental tour in the interests of the League for Labor Palestine. Mrs. Lindheim, who has recently returned from a visit to Palestine, described the tremendous strides forward made in Palestine in recent years.
Other speakers included Jacob L. Lieberman, president of the Zionist District of Los Angeles and Dr. Nathan Saltzman, secretary of the League for Labor Palestine, Dr. Yehuda Kaufman and Mrs. Joseph Schwartz, president of Hadassah. The dinner was opened by Joseph Shapiro, chairman of the dinner committee, and presided over by I. Irving Lipsitch.
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