The eleventh biennial convention of the Hashomer Hatzair, which was attended by delegates from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, concluded its five-day session here with the adoption of resolutions opposing the partition of Palestine and criticizing the union of the Jewish resistance movement in Palestine with the Irgun Zval Louni, semi-military underground Jewish group.
S. Sen Zvi, of the Palestinian colony of Ein Hashofet, told the conference that the Hashomer Hatzair movement had lost 40,000 members among the Jewish victims of Nazism. The membership of the organization in Palestine, United States, Canada, Latin and South America, South Africa, and Great Britain was reported at 35, 000. Many members have already received agricultural training and are awaiting immigration certificates for Palestine, speakers reported. The convention was devoted mainly to a discussion of educational and Hechalutz problems.
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