Menachem mendel Ussishkin, addressing today’s session of the Zionist general council, demanded that the opponents of the Palestine division be given a hearing before the recently-named Palestine Partition commission.
Mr. Ussishkin, Council chairman and leader of the anti-partitionists, attacked Dr. Weizmann’s proposal to extend the London executive of the Zionist organization on the ground that this would mean inclusion of more pro-partitionists.
Prof. Selig Brodetsky, member of the executive, defended its political work in London, which Dr. Weizmann had attacked yesterday, and pointed out that he had long favored extension of the committee. He offered to resign or continue his work, whichever was desired.
Comment was aroused by the fact that Dr. Weizmann, in his report yesterday, did not seize the opportunity to report comprehensively on the progress of negotiations with the British government regarding establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine.
David Ben Gurion, chairman of the Jerusalem executive of the Zionist organization, spoke at today’s session, devoting his report chiefly to discussing negotiations with the Arabs and Justifying the executive’s position.
It was learned that Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the Zionist Organization of America, was calling a meeting today or tomorrow in the hope of reaching an understanding among American members on the situation as unfolded by Dr. Weizmann and Mr. Ben Gurion.
Addressing the council last night, Abraham Goldberg, of New York, pleaded for unity and proposed an all-party commission which would seek to reach a formula on which all Zionists could unite.
Dr. Wise last night addressed the Labor Forum of the house of commons on Anglo-American relations. In the course of the speech he referred to the great interest of America in Palestine and stressed that a fair solution of the Palestine problem would have a beneficial effect on relations between and the United States.
Dr. Weizmann tomorrow will see Prime Minister Neville chamberlain and colonial secretary William Ormsby-Gore separately.
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