Mrs. Halprin Says U.S. Jews Want No Interference in Israel’s Affairs

The conference in London last week of the Reorganized Confederation of General Zionists was a “turning point” in the history of the Zionist movement, confederation co-chairmen Dr. Israel Goldstein and Mrs. Rose Halprin reported at a press conference here today. The split within the General Zionist movement, they charged, was a reaction to the efforts of the General Zionist Party in Israel to seek closer ties between the world movement and the local party.

Mrs. Halprin. acting chairman of the American section of the Jewish Agency executive, stated she expressed the opinion of the majority of American Jews, especially the Zionists among them, when she said that only citizens of the State of Israel have the “right to determine the political, economic and social complexion of their daily lives. ” She noted that if the General Zionists merged with the Herut, “we would be involved with a party that has a purely political approach–and that is not our job.”