Revisionists Formulate Demands in Resolutions at Paris Conference

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The demands of the League of Zionist Revisionists, the oppositional group within the Zionist movement, were formulated in a series of resolutions adopted by the conference of the League held here.

One of the resolutions states that it recognizes in the present regime in Palestine the reason for the economic crisis and expresses the demand that the government allocate land for Jewish colonization, modify the taxation and customs system, introduce a protective tariff for Palestine trade and industry and incorporate into the defence forces of the country a special Jewish unit.

At the suggestion of the American delegates to the conference an amendment was adopted urging the allocation of land for ex-members of the Jewish Legion.

The conference also adopted a resolution introduced by Mr. Grossman, urging the Zionist Organization not to assume in Palestine the task of caring for the educational and health budget for the Jewish population which are, in the opinion of the conference, state charges. “It cannot be permitted that the Zionist Organization be compelled to assume the cost of education and health maintenance which are primarily the task of the state and must be covered by state revenue; the conference demands that the Palestine government take over the Jewish educational and health systems as a part of the state organization, creating within each respective general department a special Jewish department, guaranteeing the Hebrew and national character of the Jewish schools,” the resolution declared.

The conference also adopted a number of resolutions concerning the economic phase of the Palestine situation. One resolution, introduced by Mr. Trivus, urged the reorganization of the Jewish Colonial Trust. Another, introduced by S. Y. Jacobi, urged the development of Jewish insurance companies to make available insurance funds for Palestine investment and to intensify the campaign among the Jewish communities for the purchase of Palestine products.

The conference adopted a resolution on the Jewish Agency, terming the project dangerous. The delegates also voted in favor of the proposal of Jacob Kahn, Hebrew poet, to create a world union of Hebraists. A protest against the persecutions of Zionists in Russia was adopted.

Vladimir Jabotinsky was re-elected president of the League of Zionist Revisionists. M. Grossman, Richard Litchtheim, and Vladimir Tiomkin, were chosen vice-presidents. A Council consisting of 38 members representing various countries was created. America is represented on the Council by four members. The headquarters of the League, according to a decision of the conference, will be transferred to Berlin. The office will be under the direction of Richard Lichtheim and was charged with the task of preparing for the elections to the forthcoming Zionist Congress.