Vaad Leumi Replies to Opponents of Palestine Comunities Ordinance

Declares Religious Interests are not Exposed to Danger (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

On behalf of the ## of the Vaad ##, General Council of the Jews of Palestine. Dr. Joseph ## issued a statement here replying to various charges that have been made recently in certain Jewish ## in Palestine in construction with the ## and the powers of the Vaad ## under the Jewish Communities Law with a view to ## the Orthodox Jews from joining the new Official Jewish Community.

“Fear has been accused,” the statement says “## the states of the Palestine would be end##gened, that ##eligious persons and women would have a decisive power in election of the Grand Rabbis, and that the Vaad ## was seeking in the negotiations with the Government to un## the authority of the Rabbis. Another argument used to describe the people from joining the General Community was ## the power planed in the bands of the Vaad ## to tax the members of the Community would ## a ## on these members. Finally, these commanded with the ## the various incidents and the members of the various communities according to their origin (Sephardin. Fem###, etc) were ## that the Vaad ##, in accordance with the new Law would take committee possession of the property of all the institutions now existing under their own jurisdiction, and also that the various communities would be obliged to alter their present term of independent existence.”Dr. John ## official ## of the Vaad ## on the Government showing that according on the resolutions of the Vaad ## to their General Meeting, the Presidium has always presented the position of the Exhibition and ## although the Statistics for the election of the Baltimore Council have not yet been Submitted, it is certain that the Exhibition demand on the ## will have considerable power, and that the ## of ## influences its quite unfounded.

Negotiations have already been ## on between the hands of the ## and the Vaad ##, but an understanding to their mutual satisfaction has not been reached.

With regard on ## the Vaad Leumi ## our that in the first ## the amount and system of ## must the approved by the Community, and ## the total amount of the ## of the ## must in accordance with the project of the Executive of the Vaad ##, the amount equal to the sum ## paid by the Jewish public for these purpose for which ## is mentioned by law, ## the ## of the poor sick and ## and for various religious and educational needs. The collection of the money will be arranged so that the maximum utility shall be ## with the maximum expense.

With ## to the council by the Vaad ## of the property of the individual community and institutions the ## station to paragraph ## of the Communities Law, where is its ## that only these institutions their ## concern to be ## the council of the Vaad ## small the under such control. There is ## the slightest person to assume that through the Law, the ## Yemerites, ## will not the able to continue their present made of ## without the ?ference of the main Community, ## thought the members of these communities join the General Community.