Prime Minister Smuts Appeals to Jews to Patiently Await Decision on Palestine
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Prime Minister Smuts Appeals to Jews to Patiently Await Decision on Palestine

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Jerusalem (Dec. 14)

A cable appealing to the Jews of Palestine “to calmly and patiently await the findings of the Angle-American inquiry commission” was received here today from Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, who is well known for his pro-Jewish sentiments on the Palestine issue. The cable was addressed to Rabbi Meier Berlin, leader of the World Mizrachi Organization.

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