Other resolutions passed by the congress before its close provide:
1) The executive should negotiate to clear the way for the Jewish State in Palestine.
2) A ten-year plan for the economic development of Palestine should be worked out to create a financial and political basis for the settlement of one and one-half million Jews on both sides of the Jordan.
3) An internal loan of $10,000,000.
4) The executive should fight for the creation of neutral labour offices in Palestine, and for national arbitration in disputes between capital and labor.
5) A world-wide propaganda campaign for the New Zionist Organization shall be conducted.
6) Greater protection for Palestine industry against foreign dumping should be demanded.
7) A central Jewish Chamber of Commerce should be established with offices and attaches all over the world to market Palestine exports.
8) All institutions under the control of the New Zionist Organization must strictly observe Sabbath, Jewish dietary laws and the obligatory teaching of religious subjects. A special department for religious affairs shall be created in the executive.
A resolution was adopted expressing dissatisfaction with the present educational system in Palestine.
There was a sharp dispute over the resolutions on religion when non-religious delegates opposed a phrase in the constitution
calling for the building of Palestine “in the spirit of the Bible.” This opposition, however, was overcome when Jabotinsky offered as a substitute the phrase “to build Palestine on the basis of civil liberty and social justice in the spirit of the Bible.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
