The present-day political policy of the Zionist movement was outlined today by the World Zionist Congress in a number of resolutions adopted by the political committee. The major resolutions provide:
1. Palestine should become a Jewish Commonwealth integrated into the structure of the democratic world.
2. No new trusteeship should be established for Palestine–superseding the mandate–which would postpone or prevent Jewish statehood.
3. The gates of Palestine should be opened to Jewish immigration. It is the inalienable right of every Jew needing a home to find his salvation in Palestine.
4. The Jewish Agency should be invested with control over immigration and authority to develop the country.
5. Under no circumstances should the Zionist movement consider the Federalization Plan for Palestine offered by the British Government.
6. Organized Zionism has no connection with the Irgun and Stern groups, the two extreme wings of the resistance movement in Palestine, and will do everything to combat them.
7. The Zionist Congress renounces the “regime of oppression” in Palestine as well as the present “police state,” as contrary to all civilized concepts of law and order. It calls upon the mandatory power to restore freedom and human rights to the Jews of Palestine.
8. The Congress criticizes the British Government for failing to implement the recommendations of the Anglo-American inquiry commission, which urged the immediate admission of 100,000 Jews to Palestine. The British Government is accused by the Congress of deliberately postponing action on this recommendation.
9. The Congress expresses solidarity with the Jews who were deported to Cyprus and welcomes a continued flow of Jewish immigration from Europe to Palestine.
10. The Congress instructs the Zionist executive to persevere in its efforts to explore the possibilities for Jewish-Arab understanding, aiming at Arab-Jewish cooperation in Palestine and friendly relations between a Jewish Palestine and neighboring countries.
11. The Congress expresses appreciation to the President of the United States for his consistant advocacy of the admission to Palestine of refugees and to the Con- gress and people of the United States for their support of Zionism, voicing the hope that the President and the Congress will maintain a sympathetic attitude towards Zionist ideals and assist in their realization.
BUDGET INCREASED TO $62,000,000; PLAN FOR NEGEV APPROVED
The budget committee approved a $62,000,000 budget for the coming year, which is more than double the $24,000,000 of the current year.
The agricultural settlements commission approved a far-reaching plan for the development of the Negev within the next two years drafted by the Makaroth Water Supply Co. Implementation of the project will make available 15,000,000 cubic meters of water annually, drawn from nearby streams and underground sources. The committee said that this plan should be carried out immediately without waiting for the development of large-scale schemes such as the Lowdermilk plan. It will require the allocation of $11,000,000 in the next two years. The committee also recommended the establishment of as many new settlements as possible, without neglecting the necessity of strengthening existing colonies.
Other resolutions adopted this afternoon by the Congress included the following:
1. An increase in the subsidy granted the Jewish educational system, looking towards the abolishment of all fees and the creation of a free system of Jewish education throughout Palestine within the next two years.
2. An increase in the appropriation for the Hebrew University, with the understanding that the executive of the Jewish Agency will safeguard national control of the institution. A resolution calling for the establishment of a chair of Yiddish at the university was referred to the Zionist Actions Committee for consideration.
3. A grant to the Habimah and Hapoel theatrical troupes and the Palestine Opera and Palestine Symphony Orchestra.
4. A general grant of $2,000,000 to meet the religious, cultural, educational and literary requirements of Palestine and “the Diaspora.”
5. An increase to the Department of Youth Affairs in the Jewish Agency to intensify work among Zionist youth.
The Congress demanded the passage of a law in Palestine protecting Jewish shipping industry and Jewish seamen. The expansion of the port of Tel Aviv and consolidating the Jewish position at Haifa was also urged.
A labor committee recommendation supporting the executive’s efforts to form a labor exchange in Palestine representing both employers and employees was adopted, despite opposition by the Hashomer Hatzair and the Achdut Avoda. The decrease in the number of Jews employed in the government service and in military installations in Palestine was deplored.
REVISIONIST CONFERENCE VOTES TO DISSOLVE NEW ZIONIST ORGANIZATION
A world conference of the United Zionist-Revisionists held here last night voted to dissolve the New Zionist Organization.
The conference adopted a resolution scoring the theory advanced by certain groups that there is a difference between “Jews” and “Hebrews,” declaring that Jewish people are indivisible, and Jews throughout the world are united by a common past, faith and future.
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