“Consolidation must be the keynote of Zionist effort in the United States and abroad,” said Rabbi Louis I. Newman of San Francisco, who is visiting New York on a speaking tour. “It is imperative that in the provinces as well as in the center of Zionist activity, there be formed so-called Palestine Councils in which representatives of the Agency and the Zionist Organization of America, together with friends of Palestine, will sit for conference and decision. It is unscientific and harmful for the Zionist districts to meet and act apart from the Agency representatives in the communities outside New York.
“By the same token, there should be a union of effort at the central headquarters of Palestine work. Divisiveness and eventual discord alone can result if the present seeming lack of coordination continues. Nothing is more disheartening to the supporters of Palestine reconstruction than to observe the several units devoted to the same cause but sharply diverging in their specific courses. Confusion among Palestine’s adherents is increasing, and virtual paralysis of money-raising endeavors is certain to obtain.
“If the foremost leaders of Zionism, the Agency and other Jewish groups interested in Palestine would sit down at the Conference table and talk out their superficial differences, Zionism in America and throughout the world would receive the encouragement and impetus it sadly requires. We can have no program of statesmanship wherewith to confront Britain, the Arabs and the nations unless Palestine’s friens in the United Statesfirst resolve their own differences of policy and personality, and cease to work at cross purposes.”
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