Expressing confidence in the fulfillment of Zionist aspirations in Palestine, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, leader of the world Zionist movement, tonight hailed the role played by American Jewish youth in strengthening the link between America and Palestine.
In a message to a farewell demonstration for young American Jews who are leaving for Palestine, at Carnegie Hall, attended by about 3,000 persons, Dr. Weizmann said that “American Jewish chalutzim have a task of singular significance” in the historic process of securing for the Jews “a new birth of freedom upon the firm and unshakable foundations that have already been laid in Eretz Israel.”
The meeting was addressed by Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Louis Lipsky and Hayim Greenberg. The latter spoke on the strategic role of American chalutzim in the upbuilding of Palestine. The mass-meeting was arranged by the League for Labor Palestine and the Hechalutz Organization of America.
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