A meeting of the American executive of the World Union of General Zionists was held here today with the participation of Moshe Kol, Israel’s Minister of Tourism and Development. It was devoted to a review of problems confronting the World Union of General Zionists and the Zionist movement as a whole including plans for reorganization and structural changes in the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization.
Attention was given to the problems arising from the decision of the Jewish Agency to terminate the existing agreement with the Constructive Fund of the General Zionists and “the consequent necessity of planning independent fund-raising activities in the United States and other countries to provide for the institutions and activities in Israel which depend upon it for assistance and support.”
It was decided to constitute a special committee to study the question of an effective campaign for the General Zionist Constructive Fund in the United States without affecting the continued success of the United Jewish Appeal. Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president of the World Union, announced the convening in Tel Aviv of a plenary section of its world executive which alone is competent to adopt definitive decisions on behalf of the Union.
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