A program to guide the American Zionists in the deliberations of the forthcoming World Zionist Congress was adopted late Sunday night by the administrative committee of the Zionist organization of America at the closing session of a two-day meeting held in the Hotel Pennsylvania, Morris Rothenberg, president, announced yesterday.
Framed in the form of a platform containing some fifteen points, the program adopted by the administrative committee dealt with the questions of the revision of methods of immigration into Palestine in order to make possible the admission of larger numbers of Jews who are at present excluded to a large degree from the economic life of a number of European countries; agricultural colonization in Palestine as the foundation of a sound and enduring economic system; the importance of Jewish labor in the work of rebuilding the Jewish National Home; the immediate opening of Transjordan to Jewish colonization in order to provide greater opportunities for increased immigration, and the strengthening of the national funds of the Keren Hayesod and Keren Kayemeth.
URGE ECONOMIC BODY
The administrative committee also proposed that an economic commission be organized under the auspices of the Jewish Agency for Palestine for the purpose of economic planning over an extended period of years in order to establish cooperation and harmony between all classes and forms of economic enterprise in Palestine.
Vigorous opposition to the methods and policies of the Revisionist party was contained in the platform. Dr. Wise attacked the Revisionist party for its support of what he termed a “Fascist” policy in Palestine. The program dealt with various demands upon the British government as the mandatory power, concerning increased immigration, the support of educational and health institutions and the proposed legislative council.
A conference of members of the Zionist Organization of America was held following the meeting of the administrative committee to consider the vital issues with regard to the upbuilding of Palestine that were dealt with in the newly promulgated platform.
DECRIES PARTISANSHIP
Morris Rothenberg, who presided at the conference, deplored the development of partisan interests in the Zionist movement. Mr. Rothenberg added that he believed it was the duty of the Zionist Organization of America to assume a position of leadership in aligning forces of Zionist sentiment to “subordinate party objectives to the larger interests of the Jewish people.”
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. S. Margoshes, Morris Margulies, Elihu D. Stone and Charles A. Cowen were among the other speakers at last night’s conference.
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