David Ben-Gurion – Handwritten Letter about an Immigration Certificate to Palestine – Poland, 1933

A letter handwritten and signed by David Ben-Gurion, addressed to "my dear Dobkin" [presumably, Eliyahu Dobkin, one of the leaders of "HeChalutz" movement in Poland]. Written on official stationery of "The block of Working Israel to the eighteenth congress – the central office in Poland". Poland, 1933.
The letter deals with a dispute between "HeChalutz" and the Mapai Party about issuing an immigration certificate to Palestine: "As you know, Shmuel… has been authorized in 1926 by HeChalutz to immigrate… meanwhile there have been delays… now he needs to immigrate and there is a dispute between HeChalutz and the party as to who will give him a certificate". Ben-Gurion directs the question of the certificate to Dobkin and Bankover [presumably, Joseph Bankover, a member of "HeChalutz" and Mapai] and asks them to decide: "My opinion is that HeChalutz needs to give him certificates, but since I am not familiar with these matters and also because I decided not to interfere under any circumstances in the distribution of certificates I decided that you both will express your opinion. If one of you supports my opinion – HeChalutz will give him the certificate. If both of you think the party should give him [the certificate] – the party will give him".
The letter was sent by Ben-Gurion during his Polish campaign towards the election to the eighteenth Zionist congress in 1933 (in this election, Ben-Gurion's party, "The League for Working Israel", won nearly half of the votes).
[1] leaf, approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Fold lines and creases. Stains. Small tears (some of them restored). Stamp from 1933 and a notation in colored pencil.