A decision to continue the Palestine-German transfer agreement under the supervision of the Zionist Executive was adopted by the laborite group at the congress, the majority delegation.
The laborites explained that this would eliminate importation of German goods into Palestine by speculators concealing their activities behind the agreement, at the same time making it possible for German Jews to take their capital from Germany.
Dissatisfied with the resolution, a number of laborite members of the committee which has been considering the transfer agreement asked their party to replace them on the committee.
The fight in the committee for scrapping the transfer deal was conducted by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland, Ohio, and Robert Stricker, a leader of the Jewish State party.
A complete break in the Jewish Agency, supreme governing body for Jewish Palestine, was forecast in authoritative circles after the refusal by Zionists to increase the non-Zionists’ seats in the Agency.
Sessions of the Jewish Agency were scheduled to open here Sept. 4. It is understood that the non-Zionists are determined to insist that their demands be granted, with the threat that they would bolt the Agency looming as a possible alternative.
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