The Government of Israel wishes the Jewish National Fund to "carry on its constructive work" and "will lend it all assistance," Premier David Ben Gurion declared in a message he cabled to the 24th annual conference of the Jewish National Fund in Great Britain now taking place in London.
"With the establishment of the state of Israel, the significance of the Zionist Organization and of its Funds has not been decreased but increased," the message said. "The great possibilities for immigration and land settlement in Israel cannot be carried out without the full cooperation of the Jewish people at large. The historic task of the Jewish National Fund to root the Jewish masses in the soil of the homeland can now be carried out in full.
"The Government of Israel will lend all assistance to the Jewish National Fund as far as acquisition of land, its reclamation and development for close settlement are concerned. It is incumbent upon the Jewish people to provide the Jewish National Fund with the necessary financial means so that it may be able to carry on its constructive work. The J.N.F. will remain, as hitherto; the link between the Jewish people in the Diaspora and the independent nation of Israel," the Israeli Premier emphasized.
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