An appeal for cooperation between Zionists and non-Zionists in the field of fund-raising was voiced by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive, at a press conference here last night prior to his leaving Israel. He called for the two groups to continue to show tolerance for each other’s views in spite of the differences between them.
(The New York Times reported today that Dr. Goldmann had asserted that the resolutions adopted at the recent 23rd World Zionist Congress contained “nothing which should irritate or confuse non-Zionists in America.” The dispatch added that Dr. Goldmann had pointed out that Zionists had contributed in joint campaigns to certain non-Zionist programs with which they do not agree. “Non-Zionists should not be unhappy if some money is used for Chalutziut training in the United States.” he said.)
Dr. Goldmann expressed satisfaction that the Zionist Organization of America was well represented on the Zionist Executive. He said he was sorry that Dr. Abba Hillel Silver had not entered the executive, revealing that he had attempted to change this state of affairs, but in vain. He paid tribute to American Zionists who, he said, had done all that Zionism required of them.
The Zionist leader was also pleased that the “Jerusalem Program” had not been pressed on the Zionist Congress. The present period in the Zionist movement’s history, he declared, must be devoted to gathering-in the exiles and the adoption of the “Jerusalem Program” at this time might have hampered efforts to achieve that objective.
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