The National Administrative Council, the ruling body of the Zionist Organization of America between conventions, at a special all-day session today at the Hotel Commodore here, attended by 150 delegates, unanimously adopted a declaration addressed to American Jewry calling for a “united front, outwardly and inwardly” of all Zionist forces in preparation for the forthcoming World Zionist Congress which convenes in Palestine on August 7.
Presented as the official ZOA platform for the World Zionist Congress, the declaration is a bid to American Jews to support General Zionist candidates in the June elections of American delegates to the Congress.
Declaring that “the primary aim of our movement in this hour is the establishment of a free and democratic Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine,” the declaration, issued over the signature of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, ZOA president, urges that “all party and group considerations must be subordinated” to this aim, “Because of our non-partisan outlook and because of the numbers we represent and our historic achievements, we General Zionists are equipped to lead the Zionist movement to victory as we have led it in decades of great achievements in the past,” it said.
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