A statement expressing satisfaction from the Zionist point of view with the progress made in the organization of the Non-Partisan Palestine Survey Commission, the personnel of which was announced this week by Louis Marshall, was issued by Leonard Stein, political secretary of the World Zionist Organization. Mr. Stein is now in this country as the special representative of Dr. Weizmann in the final negotiations regarding the Jewish Agency Commission.
“From a Zionist point of view there is every reason to be satisfied with the progress which has been made with the organization of the Joint Palestine Commission which is being constituted under the joint auspices of the World Zionist Organization and a group of distinguished American Jews headed by Mr. Louis Marshall,” Mr. Stein declared.
“As will be seen from the statement given to the press by Mr. Marshall on behalf of himself and his associates, the Commission is to be composed of representative public men commanding the confidence of the Jewish public both in the United States and elsewhere. The expert advisors to the Commission include a number of specialists of high distinction in their respective fields and their investigations cannot fail to provide the Commission with material for a weighty and authoritative report. These investigations will necessarily take some considerable time and it will probably be some months at the least before the Commission is ready to publish its findings. No time, however, will be lost and there is every reason to hope that the first detachment of experts will be at work in Palestine within the next few weeks.
“I need hardly add, that the raison d’etre of the Commission is not to discuss abstract questions of principle, but to deal with the practical problem of continuing, extending, and –where necessary–improving the constructive work which is being carried out in Palestine under Jewish auspices. The objective survey which is being undertaken of the resources of Palestine, its physical characteristics and its economic structure, is designed to serve as a basis for concrete recommendations which will guide the Jewish Agency for Palestine in the discharge of its duties, and enable it to make the most advantageous use of its resources in accordance with the best advice obtainable from trained scientific minds.
“I think I can say with confidence, that on this point there is no difference of opinion between the two cooperating parties, and that there is good reason to hope that the distinguished body of public men who have consented to serve on the Commission, will produce in due course, a report which will mark an important stage in the development of the new Palestine,” Mr. Stein said.
NATHAN STRAUS WILL BE HONORED BY HADASSAH
Nathan Straus and Mrs. Straus will be the guests of honor of 1,500 men and women who will meet in the Hotel Commodore Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the founding of the Nathan and Lina Straus Health Center in Jerusalem. The institution is being built by Mr. Straus at a cost of about $250,000.
The celebration will be held under the auspices of the Brooklyn chapter of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization. This will be the first public function at which Mr. Straus will speak since his return from Palestine, where he attended the cornerstone laying of the center. Mrs. Irma L. Lindheim, national Hadassah president, and Dr. David de Sola Pool, rabbi of the Spanish Portugues Synagogue of New York, will speak. Mrs. Adolf Slomka, president of the Brooklyn Hadassah chapter, will be chairman.
A tableau depicting the history of health welfare carried out by Hadassah in Palestine will be presented.
FAREWELL PROGRAM FOR HABIMA ARRANGED
The program of the farewell performance of the Habima at the Century Theatre, New York, on Sunday evening, was announced by Irving Rosenzweig. Chairman of the Habima Farewell Committee.
The second act from “The Dybbuk”, the first act from “Jacob’s Dream”, and act two of the “Deluge”, will be given, to be followed by a concert program which will include: Naum Zemach, Hannah Rovina, Miriam Goldina, Benjamin Zemach and A. Gollant.
Cantor Josef Rosenblatt signed a $12,000 a year contract Wednesday with the Congregation Anshe-Sard. Forty-fifth Street and Four-teenth Avenue. Brooklyn, calling for him to sing on all Jewish holidays and on one Sabbath a month. The contract was signed in Cantor Rosenblatt’s office. Max Jonas, Brooklyn builder and philanthropist, was chairman of the committee that negotiated with the singer. The contract, which is effective on October 11, covers a period of ten years.
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