(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Stormy scenes were witnessed in the newly elected Jewish National Assembly of Palestine in its second session held here yesterday.
A heated discussion developed following the report of Ben-Gurion, leader of the Jewish labor party, Achduth Ha’avodah, on the autonomic organization of the Jewish settlement in Palestine. One of the speakers, representing the extreme Left group, urged the assembly to fight “against the capitalistic and imperialistic regime,” declaring that “the national question can be solved only under a system similar to that in Soviet Russia” and that “autonomy is impossible under a capitalistic regime.”
The delegates listened to the speaker’s arguments, but when he declared “the workers have nothing in common with the rest of Jewry.” the deputies of the Center and of the Right made violent protests and hissed the speaker. He was compelled to leave the platform amid cries of “Go to Moscow! Chekist!”
Dr. Gluckson, editor of the Ha’aretz, submitted a report to the assembly on the relations between the Jewish population of Palestine and the Zionist Executive. He demanded that two representatives of the Palestine Jewish population be appointed to the Zionist Executive.
Messages of greeting to the Assembly were received from Dr. Chaim Weizmann, from the Arab Mayor of Jerusalem, Nashashibi, and from the Educational Department of the Palestine Government. Attorney Weinshall was elected to the praesidium of the Assembly instead of Mr. Rosoff to represent the Zionist revisionists. One Yemenite Jew was also elected to the praesidium.
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