CLIMACTIC STAGE OF THE WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS HAVING BEEN REACHED IN THE VOTE ON PARTITION OF PALESTINE, DELEGATES TODAY FOCUSSED THEIR ATTENTION ON THE SERIOUS CRISIS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN THE ZIONISTS AND NON-ZIONISTS AT THE AUG. 18 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE.
THE NON-ZIONISTS, ESPECIALLY THE AMERICAN MEMBERS HEADED BY FELIX M. WARBURG AND DR. MAURICE J. KARPF, ARE KNOWN TO BE COMING TO THE MEETING DETERMINED TO INSIST ON MAINTENANCE OF PARITY WITH THE ZIONISTS. (THE AGENCY, RECOGNIZED BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AS THE SPOKE MAN FOR WORLD JEWRY IN PALESTINE MATTES, IN COMPOSED OF ZIONISTS AND NON-ZIONISTS IN EQUAL NUMBER.)
THE ZIONIST LEADERS, HOWEVER, ARE EQUALLY DETERMINED TO IGNORE THE PARITY DEMANDS, CONTENDING THAT EVEN THE MANDATORY POWER NOW ADDRESSES ITSELF TO THE ZIONIST EXECUTIVE RATHER THAN TO THE AGENCY.
A SERIOUS CLASH IS DEEMED UNAVOIDABLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PARTITIONISTS SUSPECT THE NON-ZIONISTS ARE DETERMINED TO FIGHT PARTITION, AND FEAR THAT THIS WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
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