The British government must be impressed with the fact that the Jewish National Home in Palestine is impossible without men and land, declared Lord Melchett, president of the English Zionist Federation and chairman of the political commission of the Jewish Agency which opened an urgent session here today. Lord Melchett pointed out that in fact “the Mandate without these essentials is a contradiction. In the meanwhile Jewry must not relax its efforts, but on the contrary must concentrate its energies on overcoming the present difficulties.”
The present political situation regarding Palestine was surveyed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency. In a lengthy speech he reported in detail on all the occurrences in the political field since the last meeting of the political commission in November 1929. He gave a full account of the negotiations conducted by the Jewish Agency with the British government and of his own activities during the period. Dr. Weizmann criticized the attitude of the British government, referring particularly to the temporary suspension of the labor immigration schedule.
Other speakers included Maurice Hexter of the Palestine executive of the Jewish Agency, David Ben Gurion, president of the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine; Meyer Dizengoff, mayor of Tel Aviv. Others attending the meeting included members of the Zionist Executive, James Rothschild, d’Avigdor Goldsmid, M. Goldman, Berthold Feiwel, Bernard Kahn, G. Landau, Kurt Blumenfeld, Leo Motzkin and H. Farbstein.
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