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ministration. The doors will then be
thrown open primarily TO Jewish i'm
proclnims, with full protection of tho
civil and religious rights of other
communities resident in the land. and
with complete preservation of the civil
and political rights of Jews, citizens
of other lands. There will not be. there
can not be dual citizenship. Jews
who go forth to found their homes
in Palestine will like all of the other
inhabitants of that land. Jew and non
Jew alike. be enabled to acquire citi-
zenship therein. But with the accept
ance of the new citizenship there must
necessarily be REIMBURSEMENT Of the
old
There can. of course. be no political
tie between Jews, citizens of other
countries and those in Palestine. but
there will he. as there have ever been.
\ the ties that mark the Jews as n people.
n common kinship. a common tradition.
a common heritage and Il common
faith. ~
The country must be prepared for
the coming of the masses. Disease
must be erndicatcd, the hillsides reaf-
forested. the waterfalls harnessed and
converted into electrical energy. the
soil refertilized and irrigated. the
highways built. the railroads extended
the harbOrs cleared and deepencd
agriculture, commerce and industry
established. the land itself in large
measure nationalized. the national re-
sources and the essential public util'
tiles developed and preserved for the
whole people. And over and above
oil. the Schools must be maintained
and the educational life of Palestine
crowned by the great Jewish Uni
versity. All of these things must he
| done for the benefit of the entire pop
ulation of the land. Jew. Arab and
Christian alike, in the spirit of the
Tittsburg Platform and at the bid
ding of social justice as proclaimed
hy the Prophets of Israel.
To the accomplishment of these
aims. the Palestine Restoration Fund
is dedicated. We have made but Il
beginning in the securing of the S1O.-
100000. essential to the first steIs in
This great undertaking. Every energy
must he bent. every effort must he
devoted to obtaining the entire sum.
Only in this way can n successful be
ginning he made and only thereafter
loans to continue and to complete the
work.
The task ahead of us is an enormous
one. While the Eastern wrold must
primarily supply the nsei,.--this West
ern world must in largest measure
furnish the material means essential
to Palestine's redemption. In memory
of our fathers who never ceased To
pray for the day that is about to
dawn: i'm memory of those pioneers
who went forth midst dircst hardships
and laid the foundations of the future
Commonwealth in the Jewish colonies
In Palestine; in memory or those brave
men and women. PalcStinians and leg
ionnaires. who side by side with the
Allied forces shed their blood to free
the Holy Land: in memory of our
greatest leader. Theodore lIcrzl. his
farerunners. his successors. Wolfsohn
and Tschlenow: in thankfulness to our
leaders, weizmann and Sokolow: III
deep and abiding gratitude to our own
Brandeis. surely every Jew should
Join in this work. There is no longer
n question of Zionism or anti-LiOnlsm
or non -Zonism San Reno has settled
these controversies. We must all now
join hands in the practical work tha'
confronts us. Never was the need 50
great for one place on earth In which
Jews will be welcome. haven ot
refuge from hatred and oppression. ono
land on earth i'm which In time they
will become the dominant element. one
country on earth in which their genius
may develop freely to the glory of Eo''
and for the benefit of all mankind.