A resolution urging the American Government “to take all measures at its disposal to aid the gallant and deserving people of Israel,” was adopted here at the convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
The resolution also asks the United States Government “to use its best offices through the medium of the United Nations to bring about a final peace between Israel and the Arab States of the Middle East, so that normal relations can be restored among those countries at this vital juncture of history.”
The convention endorsed the sale of Israel bonds in the United States and expressed the hope that the Israel bond drive “will get the success it merits.” It extended “hearty fraternal greetings to the Histadrut in Israel and paid tribute to the late Israel President Chaim Weizmann.
“In spite of their frugal existence, and exemplary sacrifice, the Jewish people in Israel can live only with external support.” the resolution said. “No where else on earth have so many people found sustenance, precarious as it is, from so small an area and so unfriendly a soil. Our government and our people have done much, but much remains to be done.”
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