A resolution authorizing Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president of the Zionist Organization of America, to call an extraordinary session of the World Conference of the Confederation of General Zionists, to determine the Confederation’s future course, was adopted today at a meeting of the ZOA national executive. The resolution reads:
“In view of attempts to weaken or dissolve the Confederation, the National Executive Council reaffirms its loyal adherence to the Confederation as now constituted, deplores any attempt to weaken or dissolve it, and authorizes the President to join in a call for an extraordinary session of the World Conference of the Confederation, for the purpose of resolving all questions at issue, preserving and strengthening the Confederation and determining its future course–such Conference to be held no later than the Spring or Summer of 1958.”
The appointment of Federal Circuit Court Judge Simon E. Sobeloff of Baltimore as national committee chairman for the forthcoming annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America, which will be held in New York, September 12-15, and will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Zionist movement, was announced by Dr. Neumann. In accepting the appointment, Judge Sobeloff said: “Zionist has been a most dynamic and creative force in Jewish life” and it is “still destined to play a role of great significance in the future.”
Analyzing the stepping-up of Russian arms shipments to Arab countries, Dr. Neumann told the ZOA national executive that the East-West struggle for influence in the Middle East places Israel in a perilous position. “Until this struggle is resolved, Israel must be prepared for a renewed test of strength and endurance at any time, he said. “It is to be hoped that our government now realizes that the measure of Arab-Soviet hostility to Israel is in direct proportion to Israel’s importance from the standpoint of our national interest and security, ” he declared.
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