Member of Z.o. Executive, in London Address, Defines Conception of Zionism

Executive Is Not Responsible for Various Interpretations of Policy (Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)

There seem to be many strange definitions of Zionism and Zionists gaining currency in the world, Dr. M. D. Eder, member of the Zionist World Executive, said speaking at a dinner given here on Saturday night in honor of O. E. d’Avigdor Goldsmid, President of the Jewish Board of Deputies, and Mr. Eder.

The Executive of the Zionist Organization, he said, had nothing to do with these peculiarities. The Executive is the servant of the Congress and is there only to accept the definition of Zionism given in the Basle program with the further interpretations made at the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses. Mr. Greenberg, the editor of the “Jewish Chronicle,” basing his stand upon the garbled report of a speech made by Mr. Rosenblueth, called upon Mr. Rosenblueth to resign. The Executive did not recognize the authority of Mr. Greenberg in these matters. In any case, Mr. Rosenblueth had repudiated nothing, no policy enjoined by the Congress. The nature of the attack upon Mr. Rosenblueth was particularly unfortunate because Mr. Rosenblueth inaugurated the Zionist Organization Month last year in order to give scope for the propaganda of Zionism, Dr. Eder said.

Dr. Eder further declared: “I am glad to welcome Mr. Jabotinsky as a convert to Dr. Weizmann’s policy. Speaking the other day in Jerusalem, Mr. Jabotinsky said that England could not be forced, but it could be convinced. Mr. Jabotinsky used to maintain that only by force could anything be obtained from Britain. Like most converts, Mr. Jabotinsky has become fanatical and I could not follow him when he said in his statement that England contained only great men. Unfortunately I think the small men in Great Britain often try to vitiate the work of England’s noble statesmen,” Dr. Eder stated.

Coincident with the breaking of ground in Erie, Pa., for the construction of the new $100,000 addition to the B’nai B’rith Orphanage and Home for Friendless children of District No. 3, comprising Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia and Delaware, arrangements were announced for the raising of a $50,000 anniversary building fund to commemorate the fifteen years of the work of the orphanage and to aid in standing the expense of new construction at the institution.

July 4th, 1927 will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the B’nai B’rith orphanage.

More than $100,000 will be required to complete the work on the new addition to the orphanage. which has been made necessary during the past several years by the extension of its activities and the admittance of many children from the district.

The structure will house a synagogue, superintendent’s quarters, gymnasium, and auditorium as well as a hospitalization ward.

The building committee of the board of governors follow: A. J. Bunstein, chairman, of Pittsburgh, Pa.: M. Feuchwanger of New Castle; Dr. B. S. Pollock, Jersey City, N. J.; Morris Schaffner, Erie, Pa.; Isador Simon, Eric. Pa.: Isador Sobel, Erie, Pa.; and Joseph M. Ruben, Pittsburgh, Pa.