About one hundred and fifty Jewish Legionnaires attended the fourth local organization meeting of the American Palestine Settlers’ Association held Tuesday evening at the Bnai Jeshurun Community Center, and heard Carl Sherman, chairman, and Jacob de Haas, secretary of the organization, discuss plans to raise a fund to finance the settlement of members of the Jewish Legion in Palestine, and Federal Judge Julian W. Mack speak on conditions facing the Zionist movement.
Mr. Sherman and Mr. de Haas spoke on the purposes of the American Palestine Settlers’ Association and the plan to raise a million dollar fund to finance the settlement of legionnaires in Palestine in agriculture, industry and commerce. Small groups of legionnaires eager to go to Palestine have already been started in Shreveport, Cleveland, Buffalo and Detroit, Mr. de Haas stated, and declared there are thousands of individuals throughout this country and Canada ready to go to Palestine as soon as arrangements can be made. Dr. J. M. Ravid and Arnold K. Israeli also spoke briefly regarding the enrollment of new members.
A committee of fifty prominent Jewish leaders has been formed to raise the fund and carry out the work of organizing the legionnaires and others volunteering for settlement in Palestine, as members of the association.
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