A world free from persecution and a Jewish homeland in Palestine will be the rewards of the Jewish people for having helped the United Nations to victory in the war, Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts pledged today in a message to the annual conference of the South African Zionist Federation, which is being held here.
Hailing the sacrifices of the Jewish people and their great contribution to the Allied war effort, Prime Minister Smuts stated that “you have helped us to victory in the war; help us to gain victory in the peace and your reward will be great: a world freed of persecution and domination, a world in which Jewry will regain Zion.”
The 340 delegates from all parts of the Union attending the conference heard an address by Nicolai Kirschner, chairman of the Zionist Federation, attacking the white Paper and deploring the world’s indifference to the fate of the Jews in Europe. Services were held for the martyred Jews and for the late Lord Josiah Wedgwood and Major Victor Cazalet. Greetings were received from Dr. Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Rebecca Sieff and others.
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