$1,000,000 Raised for Histadrut Activities in Israel at 17th Annual Third Seder

Over $1,000,000 was raised here last night for Histadrut activities in Israel at the 17ta annual Third Soder sponsored by the National Commnittee for Labor Israel. More than 5,000 persons attended three simultaneous dinners in. separate ballrooms at the Astor and Commodore Hotels, while over 2,000 persons were turned away because of lack of space.

Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, one of the main speakers, avoiding politics, appealed to his audience to support the United Jewish Appeal and the Histadrut campaigns in America. “Israel has already fulfilled more than it has promised,” he stated. “It promises to fulfill even more,” but the aid of American Jews is essential for the carrying out of these promises, he added. Praising American Jews for what they have already done to help Israel, the Israeli Minister called upon them to redouble their efforts.

Ambassador Eliahu Elath, a featured speaker at the Astor affair, declared that the “state of Israel stands firmly established” and that this achievement was made possible by the united effort of the people of Israel and the Jews of the world. “Military victories alone do not build a healthy and prosperous state. We must fight as vigorously for peace so that our state nay develop and make a constructive contribution to the family of nations.”

A message from Israeli President Chaim Weizmann, who is now visiting in this country, which was read to the three banquets, Appealed to American Jews to sustain their efforts in behalf of Israel and to help in the settlement and integration of hundreds of thousands of new immigrants to Israel, Other speakers at the Seder included Aubrey Eban, Israeli representative to the U.N., Barnett Janner, Labor Member of Parliament, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, acting chairman of the executive of the American section of the Jewish Agency, and Jacob Potofsky, head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of American.