Zionist district No. 14, which is the largest Zionist unit in New York City, has rejected the proposal submitted by Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis for the administration of the Zionist Organization of America, at a meeting held last night at the Brooklyn Jewish Center, under the Chairmanship of Henry Seinfel, president of the district.
The meeting adopted a resolution placing the district on record as against the Brandeis Memorandum on the ground that it was not a genuine effort to create a union of forces in American Zionism.
At the same time, the district elected six delegates to the forthcoming convention of the Zionist Organization of America to be held in Cleveland on June 29, and instructed these delegates to vote in accordance with the resolution which was adopted. The delegates are Samuel Inselbuch, Morris Gogolick, Moe Werbelovsky, Morris Weinberg, Nathan Elkin, and Norman Salit.
The text of the resolution adopted by the district is as follows:
“Resolved, that district No. 14 places itself on record as rejecting the Memorandum submitted by Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis and his associates for the reorganization of Zionist affairs in America, and recommends to its six delegates to the next Zionist convention to vote in accordance with this resolution. But if a proposal which indicates a sincere desire for union between the Brandeis group and the Zionist Organization of America be submitted to the Convention, district No. 14 hereby recommends to its delegates that they support such a proposal.”
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