A million dollar campaign in support of Palestine labor institutions was launched here today at a conference of the National Labor Committee for Palestine, which was attended by more than 2,000 delegates from all sections of the country.
Ending a two-day session, the conference adopted at the same time a declaration of sympathy for the plight of Jews in various parts of Europe, embodying an outline of the role Palestine has played and can continue to play in alleviating their situation and calling upon all Jews to support that role.
Resolutions adopted included pledges of support for the Palestine Workers’ Bank and the Nachshon, maritime association sponsored by the Histadruth.
A delegation representing all Jewish trade unions in America pledged to raise a minimum of $100,000 toward the Geverkshaften quota of $1,000,000. Workmen’s Circle branches in New York, Boston and Chicago pledged a minimum of $25,000, while landsmanschaften organizations undertook to raise at least $10,000.
The conference heard messages from Senator Robert F. Wagner, who reiterated his belief that the gates of Palestine should be kept open to the limit of the economic absorptive capacity, from ex-Premier Leon Blum, President Chaim Weizmann of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and others.
All officers were reelected, including Joseph Schlossberg, national chairman, and Isaac Hamlin, national secretary. Speakers at the convention, which opened at Mecca Temple and concluded at the Hotel Pennsylvania, included Israel Mereminsky, general secretary of the Histadruth, Baruch Zuckerman, Dr. May Baer, Dr. Arieh Tartakower, Sholem Asch, Ab Cahan, Alexander Kahn, Mr. Schlossberg and others.
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