Charges by the rightwing Herut Party of waste by the Jewish Agency were rebuffed last night by Dr. Nahum Goldmann and Aryeh L. Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency executive, in closing general debate at the current session of the World Zionist Actions Committee.
Dr. Goldmann charged Herut leaders with “irresponsible” statements. He declared that power corrupts but opposition corrupts too. Mr. Pincus took sharp issue with Herut charges of waste and with discharge of employes “too late in the day.” He asserted that Herut members had never documented their charges of waste, as he had requested.
Mr. Pincus also described the dismissal of Agency employes as “a miserable task” dictated by circumstances which could and did change. He said that Jewish Agency personnel were as efficient as those of the Government and that he had nothing but praise for those employes he had to dismiss.
Dr. Goldmann also reiterated his view that Socialist and pro-Soviet personalities had to be enlisted in the struggle to obtain full cultural and religious rights for Soviet Jews. He also commented that while synagogues and religious communities had an important part in Jewish life, the synagogue could never be an influence on Jews, comparable to the influence of the church on Christians and therefore should not be compared in that respect.
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