The consummation of the Jewish Agency and the creation of its Council at the close of the Zurich sessions were welcomed with joy by Palestine Jewry.
Rabbi A. J. Kook, Chief Rabbi, the municipality of Tel Aviv, and many Jewish organizations, sent cables of greetings to the Agency Council.
“The Jewish Agency will usher in a new era, marking the cooperation of all Jewish forces in the United States and the rest of the world for Palestine reconstruction,” stated Howard S. Cullman, Commissioner of the Port of New York Authority and chairman of the American Ort campaign, to a representative of the Jewish Daily Bulletin.
“As in the case of the Ort Reconstruction Fund, of which I am chairman, which is promoting the rehabilitation of Jews in Eastern Europe, I believe that the new method of Palestine work provide in the program of the Jewish Agency will provide for large groups of Jews in Eastern Europe who will be enabled to go to Palestine and there reconstruct their lives under more favorable conditions.
“I have watched reports in the Jewish Daily Bulletin of the sessions of the Zionist Congress and I am full of admiration for the obvious sincerity of Dr. Weizmann, Louis Marshall, Felix M. Warburg, Col. Lehman and other great Jews who are working so wholeheartedly to bring about the elimination of friction, controversy and lines of division amongst all Jews who have some interest in Palestine work.
“As one who has not in the past participated in the work for Palestine, I am happy to declare that my sympathies are profoundly moved by the magnificent work of my friends, Felix M. Warburg, Louis Marshall and young James Marshall, who is doing such a fine thing in his University labors. When the occasion occurs, Felix M. Warburg and Louis Marshall may feel assured that they will have the sympathetic interest and car of those elements of the Jewish community who have been non-Zionistic but who, I am sure, will be glad to participate in the program of the new Jewish Agency. American Jews have responded to all humanitarian appeals, without distinction as to the race or religion of the ultimate beneficiaries of their generosity. I am confident that when the appeal is made in the name of the new ‘union sacre.’ American Jewry will as nobly respond to the call,” Mr. Cullman concluded.
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