Chairman of Zionist Committee of Contributors Asks Peace and Unity Within U.j.a

An appeal for “peace and unity and an end to the Internecine conflict inflicted on our movement by Henry Montor and his associates,” was issued here today by Benjamin G. Browdy, chairman of the Committee of Zionist Contributors, vice-president of the Zionist Organization of America and a member of the United Palestine Appeal executive committee and board of directors. (See Page 4 for earlier developments in the U.J.A. controversy.)

The appeal, issued in behalf of the committee of contributors to the United Jewish Appeal, declared that the resignations of Dr. Abba Hilled Silver and Dr. Emanuel Neumann from the Jewish Agency Executive has greatly weakened the authority and effectiveness of that body. It also stated that since the establishment of the state of Israel a “conspiracy was set afoot to disrupt the United Palestine Appeal and to wreck the Zionist Organization of America.”

The statement concluded by declaring: “We refuse to accept a choice between Mr. Morgenthau and Dr. Silver but, if forced to do so, we choose to stand by the man who is not a recent convert but whose leadership and devotion has been tested during forty years in the fires of adversity. We demand a solution which will restore unity and enable the American Zionist leadership to resume its proper place in the great effort on behalf of Israel.”

At a meeting this morning the administrative committee of the American Mizrachi movement decided not to attend today’s session of the Agency and U.P.A. leaders. It was agreed that the movement would be represented at Tuesday’s meeting of the U.P.A. executive committee. The decision was taken in behalf of the Mizrachi Organization of America, the Hapoel Mizrachi and the Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America.