A joint meeting of members of the London and Palestine sections of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency was held here today for the purpose of considering measures to carry out the decision of the Actions Committee of the World Zionist Organization, which closed yesterday after a twelve day session.
Professor Selig Brodetsky, head of the political section of the Jewish Agency in London, declared in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the meeting of the Actions Committee was characterized by an offer of peace by the World Zionist Executive which involved:
1. The reaching of an agreement on principle involved in the most important of all problems, the relations between the workers and the employers, as well as between the different labor groups internally.
2. The regulation of the religious problem in Palestine.
3. The possibility of broadening the present World Zionist Executive so as to include all Zionist groups.
ZIONISTS NEAR UNANIMITY
“The success of the Actions Committee meeting,” Professor Brodetsky said, “may be judged from the fact that the various Zionist groups, excepting the Revisionists, have not in-years been so near unanimity and mutual understanding on the labor and religious problems as they were at the meeting which just closed.”
“It is a great pity,” he said, “that success was not achieved in enlarging the present World Zionist Executive. The negotiations broke down because of the ridiculous and undesirable conditions put forward in the form of an ultimatum by the Mizrachi and other groups. The Executive was always ready for an agreement.
“The important thing now.” Professor Brodetsky declared, “is to create a united front on the position of Zionism in the new Jewish life and towards the League of Nations and the Mandatory Power. I think that there now exists a basis for such a united front in-so-far as a united agreement on policy and principles has been reached here. This united front should be consolidated during the coming year in order to make certain of the success of the next World Zionist Congress.”
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