The Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America, at its 14th annual convention, today approved a budget of $50,000 for the coming year for its homes and training schools in Palestine, which were reported by Mrs. Nathan B. Fischer, financial secretary, to have an approximate value of $150,000.
Mes. Bessie Gotsfeld, of Palestine, director of the institutions, declared in an address at Palestine Night tonight “There is no surrender and no despair in the Yishub as a result of the British betrayal. We are training builders and defenders of our homeland in the Mizrachi Women’s projects. The recent opening of the new Tel Aviv center, constructed during the disturbances, is symbolic of our dauntless determination to carry on.”
Dissatisfaction with Zionist policy was voiced by Gedaliah Bublick, Mizrachi leader, who declared: “The next Zionist Congress will have to change the political policy. The policy of weakness is bankrupt and should be buried. The congress won’t be concerned with the mistakes of yesterday, but must shape the plans of tomorrow. These plans must be underlined by a stronger position and a firmer stand in relations with Britain.”
The Mizrachi Women have added 19 chapters in the past year, making a total of nearly 100 throughout the country, with a membership of 15,000, Mrs. Samuel Goldstein, secretary, reported. She urged the delegates to “rededicate ourselves to greater accomplishments.”
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