Mayor of Tel Aviv - Meir Dizengoff asks for a Favor. Tel Aviv [1933]

Mayor of Tel Aviv - Meir Dizengoff asks for a Favor. Tel Aviv [1933]

Interesting letter in which Meir Dizengoff asks a leader of the "Tzeirei Mizrachi," to arrange employment for a friend, as a personal favor. [Tel Aviv], 1933.

Specifications: [1] leaf, stationery of the Belgian consulate. 29x22 cm. Signed autograph.

Letter content: Dizengoff's friend, Shalom, an elderly Yemenite, worked as a shamash in the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv for six years. During the last year and a half, he was put in charge of watering the grounds in return for two Palestine pounds a month. Dizengoff adds, "now a different Yemenite, Avraham, came and stole Shalom's job watering the grounds. Since this is encroachment and since the old man, my friend, is a respected Yemenite, I ask that you give the watering job back to my friend Shalom. I know Shalom personally and he is an honest, quiet person. He is the father of Shoshana, who runs my household, therefore whatever you do to help this old man will be justified and a personal favor for me."

Meir Dizengoff (1861-1936) was the first mayor of Tel Aviv, he also was the Belgian consul.
David Tzvi Pinkas (1895-1952) was a leader of "Tzeirei Mizrachi" and manager of the "Bank HaMizrachi" in Tel Aviv. He was very active in public service. He was a member of the municipal council of Tel Aviv and the president of the Great Synagogue committee, president of the religious council, the cemetery council and burial society in Tel Aviv. In 1935, he served as head of Tel Aviv's department of education. He eventually became one of the signatories on the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the third minister of transportation of the State of Israel.

Condition: Fine condition, fold marks, small stain on the bottom of the leaf that does not affect the text.