“Unpleasant surprises and disappointzents may still be in store for us before the United Nations renders a verdict on Palestine,” Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president of the Zionist Organization of America, declared here tonight at the opening of the four-day 22nd annual convention of the Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America, attended by 500 delegates. He added, however, that although the necessary two-thirds vote needed for adoption of partition at the General Assembly may not be pledged yet, he believed that it is attainable.
A message from President Truman praising the Mizrachi Women for its “good work to relieve human misery” was read to the opening session. “The plight of displaced persons and others–men, women and children–who are suffering today because of the aftermath of war is one that enlists the sympathy of generous-hearted people everywhere,” the President declared, adding that he trusts that the organization’s deliberations “will be fruitful of constructive action to bring relief to millions of innocent victims.”
Mrs. Samuel Goldstein, head of the organization, delivered her presidential report, outlining the group’s activities and goals for the future. She made a special plea for the admission to Palestine of 150,000 homeless European Jewish children as soon as a Jewish state is established.
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