The convening of an “Extraordinary National Conference” of leaders of the Zionist Organization of America, to be held in New York on February 13, was announced here today by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, president of the Z.O.A.
The top officials of all Z.O.A. districts in the United States, as well as all members of the organization’s administrative council and executive committee, have been invited to participate in the parley. The conference will consider the present situation in the American Zionist movement,” the furtherance of various economic projects for Israel as well as the over-all program currently being conducted by the Z.O.A., Dr. Neumann said.
Five presidents of Zionist regions in New York today termed as “dissident” and “oligarchs” the ex-presidents of the Zionist Organization of America and others the at a meeting of the Committee for Progressive Zionism held at the Biltmore Hotel on Sunday attacked the present leadership of the Zionist Organization of America, |headed by Dr. Neumann
“The charges now brought against the Z.0.A. leadership had been presented before and rejected by the overwhelming majority of the elected delegates to the convention of the Zionist Organization of America held in Pittsburgh last July,” the statement said. “It was at that convention that the spokesman for the Committee for Progressive Zionism presented their case to the highest forum of the Zionist movement in America, only to go down to an ignominious defeat.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
