They attained that goal partly because our Government supported it. partly because the United Nations. speaking for world public opinion. recommended it. and mostly because the Jewish people in Israel. with the moral and material assistance you generously gave. had the tenacity and courage to proclaim their state and to fight to defend it. In the next few years. the people of Israel kept their promise. They threw open their doors. and in a magnificent and unheralded program of rescue. they gave sanctuary to more than 700.000 immigrants in need of a homeland. It was impossible for Israel to do this without help. and. indeed. it was clearly the obligation of other free peoples to offer their cooperation. Accordingly. in 1951 I was glad to introduce a bill in Congress to give Israel the hecessary financial assistance.
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