ALS in Hebrew, signed “D. Ben-Gurion,” 5.5 x 8.75, November 26, 1924. A handwritten letter from Ben-Gurion emphasizing the importance of talented labor in Palestine. He was in Berlin trying to secure a visa into Poland. In the mid-1920s a large number of Polish Jews immigrated to Palestine due to the political and economic crises in Poland the Johnson-Lodge Immigration Act passed by the U.S. Congress, which curtailed mass immigration to America. If Ben-Gurion was trying to enter Poland (the country of his birth) to promote immigration to Palestine, he was not successful. He begins this letter telling his friends that "he is unable to get a visa to go to Poland and must return to Aretz." The letter deals with Ben-Gurion’s strategy to promote immigration to Palestine and to create "a firm bond between the Histadrut and the Hehalutz."



Ben-Gurion says that upon his return to Aretz, his first concern will be "to increase the Aliya of Halutzim [pioneering aliya], creating a firm bond between the Histadrut and the Hehalutz, and making the central role of our movement abroad the development of Hehalutz." He continues, "At the moment I see two Histadruts which contain within the creative forces of our movement: the Workers Histadrut in Aretz and the Hehalutz Histadrut abroad. The strength, value, talent, greatness, influence and success of one is tied to the other. The fates of both are intertwined." He then asks his friends to "prepare the Hehalutz for its great destiny," a job he notes as being a great responsibility and hard work. He assures them that the "Histadrut will help as much as it can." In fine condition.