The American Zionist Emergency Council today announced completion of its reorganization, reporting that Chaim Greenberg, Zionist Laborite leader, has been elected chairman of its executive committee.
Herman Shulman was elected chairman of a new smaller administrative committee responsible to the executive committee and charged with the implementation of the policies of the Council in the political and public relations fields. The new body will consist of the heads of the Council’s four constituent organizations – Zionist Organization of America, Mizrachi, Poale-Zion and Hadassah – together with its chairman, the chairman of the executive committee and of the Council, and representatives of the Jewish Agency.
Meanwhile, two executives of the Council today announced that they have resigned in protest against “the crippling of Dr. Silver’s program by those members of the Council who forced Dr. Silver to resign as co-chairman of the Council and as chairman of its executive committee.” Those who resigned are Harry L. Shapiro, executive director of the Council, and Harold P. Manson, the organization’s director of information.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, ZOA president, at a press conference today, defended the action of the ZOA members in the Council who voted to accept Dr. Silver’s resignation. He emphasized that Dr. Silver broke party discipline by pressing for passage of the Palestine Resolution at a time when the Council, including Dr. Silver, had voted not to press for Congressional action if the State Department was opposed.
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