The new executive of the Jewish Agency decided, at its first formal meeting today, to defer temporarily the distribution of portfolios.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, and Aryeh Pincus, chairman of the Agency executive, met yesterday and today with the various factions; The executive decided unanimously to go into the matter further before making any decision. The new functions of the executive, as determined by the World Zionist Actions Committee at a 10-day session which ended yesterday, include strengthening of ties with Jewish organizations and setting up new branches.
Undecided issues include the demand of the Neumann General Zionist faction to cancel the present procedure of rotation of the New York Jewish Agency chairmanship with the Confederation of General Zionists. Another unresolved issue is the function of the non-party members coopted during the session to the new executive. Unresolved also is the question of who will be the American Reform member and the nominations of South American non-party members of the executive.
For the next few weeks, the Jewish Agency’s departments will be run by factions which are currently in charge. Such departments as Youth Aliyah, which was left by Moshe Kol, will be run by a director under Mr. Pincus or the whole executive. Meanwhile talks will continue.
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