A double-barreled campaign to bring the membership of the Zionist Organization of America up to 1,000,000 by 1950 and to raise $1,000,000 to finance a large-scale public relations program throughout the U.S. in 1947, was voted here today at the first meeting of the national executive committee elected by the 49th annual convention of the ZOA, which closed this morning.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, president of the ZOA, who presided, said that the money would be used “to power the fight for a Jewish Commonwealth through the media of the radio, publications and other educational instruments.”
A resolution was also adopted pledging the continued support of the ZOA to the American Jewish Conference in the effort to establish a permanent overall body for the defense of Jewish rights. Another resolution called upon American Jewry to lend its aid in supporting the economic structure of the Jewish community of Palestine and help provide a market for Palestine products.
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