At the initiative of the Zionist Political Bureau a moving picture about Palestine was shown to the members of the Swiss Geographic Society in the presence of all the members of the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations, including A. Theodoli, Vanries and Vito Catastini, permanent director. Eugene Pittard, president of the Society emphasized the non-political character of the show. After the performance the secretary of the Zionist Political Bureau spoke about the Palestine Mandate and the Jewish National Home.
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