and its details would occupy a great deal of space. One thing I wish to say categorically, I am a democrat and I believe that the whole business of the Z.O.A. could and should be handled in the open. I may believe that the business of conventions is something other than propaganda speeches and the election of officers but I have at no time conceived its desirable or possible for the movement to succeed without the free current of real though-out opinion.
4. I did not intend to convey that a convention should be called to accept resignations without the names of the temporary reorganization commission having been canvassed and discussed publicly. I pointed out in my article so that there should be no misunderstanding, that the men to be proposed should have the right to take steps to ascertain whether or not they could win the following on which they need to rely. What I do believe is that these names cannot be canvassed until the administration has agreed to take a position which makes both from the viewpoint of the organization as well as of the men who might be drafted.
Very truly yours,
Jacob de Haas.
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