Canadian Zionist Chief Would Have Extraordinary Conference of Agency Called in London

A suggestion that the Administrative Council of the Jewish Agency call an extraordinary congress of the Jewish Agency in London after the report of the Palestine Inquiry Commission is announced was made by A. J. Freiman, president of the Canadian Zionist Organization at the 22nd national convention of the Canadian Zionist Organization, which met here Sunday. Over 50 delegates representing Jewish communities from Halifax to Vancouver were present.

A resolution was adopted declaring that “whilst the Canadian Zionists expressed their regret that the Palestine administration did not take sufficient precautions to prevent the outbreaks nor proceed with the necessary rapidity and effectiveness to quell them, we hope that the proper authorities will continue their present efforts to assure order and security and we express our renewed loyalty to Great Britain in the knowledge that it will continue to carry out in spirit and in letter the terms of the Mandate and while respecting the safeguards therein expressed for the inhabitants of the country will lend needed active support for the creation in Palestine of the Jewish National Home.”

In his presidential address, Mr. Freiman referred to Dr Magnes as having “made extremely ill-considered remarks when he defined a cultural center as the only goal of Zionism, and called upon Jews to aid in establishment of an international holy land for Jew, Christian and Moslem alike. We especially deplore misleading impressions created unwittingly by Dr. Magnes’s rash utterances,” declared Mr. Freiman.

He also reviewed the activities of the Canadian Zionists, and mentioned their acquisition of 48,000 dunams of land in Emik Ha-Sharon, for which $400,000 of the million pledged has already been paid. In connection with his suggestion for an extraordinary congress of the Jewish Agency Mr. Freiman declared it was too important a matter to be left to the Zionist Executive.