Dr. Enamel Neumann, president of the Zionist Organization of America, last night issued a statement rejecting the charges made r against him by the opposition group, known as the Committee for Progressive Zionism, contained in a statement released by that body at a conference held in New York last Sunday. He termed the Committee “part of a chain of front organizations which have been disturbing the peace and unity of the movement.”
Emphasizing that the Z.O.A. constitution precludes his re-election at the next convention, Dr. Neumann repudiated the accusation of “self-perpetuation” leveled against him by the opposition group, “The high-sounding slogans and cliches under which the members of the Committee are now operating is but a cover to cloak their ##bitions and their cravings to he restored to power and leadership,” Dr. Neumann said. He charged the former Z.O.A. presidents and other members of the Progressive group with sidestepping the democratic processes of the Organization” and with boycotting the meetings of the national executive committee and the national administrative council “where every opportunity has been given them to express their views.”
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