Severe criticism of the administrative committee of the Zionist Organization of America was voiced here yesterday in a resolution adopted by the executive committee of the new Zionist Organization of Cleveland.
The resolution accuses the New York body of “long distance white-washing” of the old Zionist Organization in Cleveland and pledges whole-hearted loyalty to the leadership of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, the president of the new Cleveland Zionist Organization.
TEXT OF RESOLUTION
The resolution follows:
“The executive committee of the new Zionist Organization of Cleveland deeply resents the hasty action of the administrative committee in New York in arriving at conclusions without first apprising us that the matter was to be considered, without first receiving all the evidence, and without waiting for the formal application from the new organization before it passed any judgment.
“The resolutions of the national convention of the Zionist Organization of America of last year state that if there is any objection to the organization of a new Zionist unit on the part of the existing district, the national administration ‘shall upon thorough investigation be vested with an authority of final decision.’ Knowing of the opposition of the old district, it was the intent of the executive committee, after its first organization meeting, to present the entire matter to the national administration. The hasty and unwarranted action of New York headquarters will in no way change this proper and prescribed procedure for our organization.
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