David Bloch, Mayor of Tel Aviv, arrived on the same steamer. Together with him came Israel Mereminsky, General Secretary of the Palestine Labor Federation. The purpose of their visit to the U. S. is to assist in the Gewerkschaften campaign for Palestine, they stated.
A committee of Jewish labor leaders met them at the pier. In the afternoon they were welcomed at City Hall by Mayor Walker.
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