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Vol. 51, No. 15 wr:;:94., 27

Thursday, May 5, 1949

10e a Copy — $3 Per Year

WE NAIL ISRAEL'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY

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Israel's Declaration of Independence proclaimed it "the self.
evident right of the Jewish people to be a nation, as all other
nations, in its own sovereign state." Dr. Chaim Weizmann takes
the oath of office as Israel's first president.

. me, the members of the National Council . . . hereby
proclaim the establishment of the Jewish State in Palestine,

to be called brad." Prime Minister David Ben Gurioo

aches the historic announcement in Tel Aviv, May II, 1918.

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UJA COMMEMORATION
DAYS MARK ISRAEL'S
FIRST BIRTHDAY

"Survivors of the European catastrophe as it dl as Jews from
other lands . . . have tried unceasingly to c •ter Pulestine." ;

UM General Chairman henry Morgenthau, Ir., meets with
President Claim Weizmann to plan help f newcomers..

A year has passed since the State of Israel estab-
lished itself as a new nation and declared, in its Declar•
ation of Independence, that "our call goes out to the
Jewish people all over the world to rally to our side in
the task of immigration and development, and to stand
by us in the great struggle for the fulfillment of the
dream of generations—the redemption of Israel."

Today that call sounds again—more urgently than
ever. And only through all-out support of the United
Jewish Appeal's $250,000,000 campaign can it be
answered. Israel has survived a turbulent first year.
Its pioneers have fought a war while they struggled to
build a nation—and never let die, even in the darkest
hour, the beacon of hope that flared high to homeless
Jews in other lands.

American Jewry, whose financial support made pos-
Bible the birth of the new state, is faced with the grave
responsibility of fulfilling the hopes of the homeless
who flock to Israel for the realization of their dreams
... the homeless who must be housed, fed, clothed-
250,000 of them this year—until they can get on their
feet again. • -

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*They sought peace, yet were ever prepared to defend them.
selves." In its first year, the young nation had to fight a
bitter war for its freedom. Now Israel calls immigration its

"second front.' welcomes all newcomers.

The United Jewish Appeal has proclaimed the pe-
riod from May 4-15 as "12 Days of Commemoration"
for Israel. The first birthday of Israel will be cele-
brated in communities throughout the U. S. In the
words of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., General Campaign
Chairman of the U. J. A., "We must make their home-
coming our birthday gift to the State of Israel—
through our support of the United Jewish Appeal."

elfre appeal to the United Nations to ... admit Israel into the The President of the U. S. greets the President of Israel on ■
amily of nations." Government after government recognized visit to America. While In the U. S., President Weizmann said
Israel in its first year. Here U. S. Ambassador to Israel Jima "UJA commands the wholehearted end dedicated wrvice el
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Newcomers arrive, thousands each month, to start new
lives. UM funds make it possible to house, clothe, feed
them until they can get on their feet. Only complete success
of 1.11A', 1250,000,000 drive can keep Israel's gates 0111'11.

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"The re-establishment of the Jewish State ... would solve the
problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to alt
Jews .„ ." Closing of the last detention ramp on Cyprus, slave. eh'

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