Zionist leaders forming a body representative of all Jewry to deal with the League of Nations and Great Britain, the mandatory power for Palestine, on questions affecting the latter country.
According to plans agreed on at the conference, members of the non-Zionist section will seek to organize non-Zionist assistance for Palestine work in the various countries along lines best adapted to their respective lands.
Among those taking part in the conference were Dr. Cyrus Adler, of Philadelphia; Dr. Maurice B. Hexter, Samuel C. Lamport, Dr. Maurice Karpf, Edward Warburg, son of Felix, and Zionist leaders including Dr. Chaim Weizmann, head of the commission for refugee settlement in Palestine; M. M. Ussishkin, head of the Jewish National Fund, and Professor Selig Brodetsky and Berl Locker, members of the Jewish Agency executive body.
Dr. Hexter, reporting on the financial situation, emphasized that the Jewish Agency and the Keren Hayesod (the Palestine Foundation Fund), had decreased their indebtedness during the past year by £75,000 (approximately $375,000). He also declared that the Jewish Agency budget for Palestine would be fully covered.
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