Labor Zionists Call for 1, 000 American Families to Settle in Israel

A call for the settlement of 1, 000 American Jewish families in Israel, including doctors, engineers, social workers and technical experts, was voiced here today at the closing session of the four-day national convention of the Labor Zionist Organization of America.

Another resolution adopted by the 1, 000 delegates asked the United States to aid peace and stability in the Middle East by: Providing Israel and all other peace-loving nations with firm guarantees against aggression; expanding economic aid to Israel and other democracies; withholding arms from those who threaten the security of their neighbors; rejecting all pressures for appeasement at the expense of democratic nations; guaranteeing existing frontiers of Israel against change by force; refusing to acquiesce in illegitimate boycotts, blockades or denial of just rights against Israel; rejecting discrimination which Arab states practice against American Jews and American firms dealing with Israel; and by stating clearly that the United States will not surrender democratic principles to mollify those who have opened the Middle East to Communist penetration.

Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, listed four major tasks which, he said, will face Israel during the next decade. He told the organization’s annual dinner last night that the tasks for Israel are: cohesion of Israel into a single people; economic independence; stable relations with its Arab neighbors; and development of reciprocity between Israel and Jews throughout the world.

“In the field of foreign relations, ” Dr. Goldmann said, “Israel has hit its stride in relations with the Great Powers, the European Continent and the Americas. Israel’s major foreign relations task is to achieve peace with the Arab world, ” he added, expressing the hope that the Arab states would respond to “Israel’s desire for peace and an intimate regional relationship.”