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A quota of $250,000 for the New Jersey Region of the United Palestine Appeal during the current year, was adopted by the annual State Conference on Palestine held here Sunday. About 125 delegates representing all affiliated Zionist bodies and an equal number of visitors, coming from the larger cities of the state, participated in the conference. Of the $250,000, the sum of (Continued on Page 4)

$100,000 is to be raised by the city of Newark.

Meyer S. Mintz, state director of the Appeal, reported that the cash income for the New Jersey Region during the last fiscal year-October 1, 1927 to October 1, 1928-was $163,468.74. Of this sum, $89,234 was collected on pledges in Newark.

The delegates went on record unanimously as favoring the extended Jewish Agency. A resolution was adopted, stating: “Be it resolved that the New Jersey State Conference on Palestine express its deep satisfaction at the action of the General Council of the World Zionist Organization meeting in Berlin in December, approving the agreement reached between the representatives of the World Zionist Organization and the Marshall group in this country, giving authority to Dr. Weizmann to sign such agreement in behalf of the Zionist Organization, thus making possible the final consummation of the Jewish Agency to which effort it pledges further its full support and co-operation.”

Judge William M. Lewis, National Chairman of the Appeal, sounded a note of caution to the conference not to overemphasize at present the financial expectations from the Agency.

“Consunmation of the Agency must not be permitted to interfere with our indefatigable efforts for the necessary fund raising,” he told the delegates. He praised the getting-together of the Zionists and non-Zionists as “the finest thing that has happened in many years.”

The other principal speaker at the conference was Prof. Jacob G. Lipman, head of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and one of the experts attached to the Joint Palestine Survey Commission. He declared that “the future of Palestine will be determined by the complexion of its population” and that “the development of the country must be thought of primarily in economic terms. A decent standard of living must be set there and maintained,” he declared. He spoke at length about Palestine’s agricultural and mineral resources and emphasized the commercial possibilities offered by the Haifa seaport, and praised the coastal plain. “However.” he declared, “when we give money and send money into the country it must be so expended that those who receive it become self-supporting.”

Others who addressed the conference were Judge William Newcorn. of Plainfield; Miss Sarah Kussy, of this city, head of Senior Hadassah in Northern New Jeresy; Louis Hochberg. representing the Order Sons of Zion, and Isidor Cohn, on behalf of the Jewish National Fund. Philip J. Schotland state chairman, presided.

Michael Hollander was re-elected unanimously honorary state chairman of the U. P. A. and Mr. Schotland. chairman. Judge Newcorn was elected vice-chairman; Joseph Stern, Newark, treasurer, and David E. Bernstein, Newark, secretary. Mordecai L. Lipis, of Newark, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the state finance committee. These officers and fourteen others who were elected will comprise the state administrative committee. An executive committee of forty-five also was chosen.

Among the other resolutions adopted was one indorsing a proposal presented by former members of the Jewish Legion that, where feasible, a special fund be added to the regular U. P. A. quotas; the money to be derived through this fund to go towards the establishment of a colony for former members of the Jewish Legion who are now living in Palestine.