A serious crisis in the leadership of the Zionist Federation of France has been created by the submission to Marc Jarblum, president of the federation, of a letter of resignation by Andre Blumel, its secretary general.
Although the text of the letter has not been released, news of its existence leaked out this week-end, The news of the resignation is considered in Zionist circles as premature and that the conflict will be settled within the executive family.
It is known that the resignation grew out of the controversy and criticism in Zionist circles and in the press last month of M. Blumel’s presidency of the Jewish Committee for Action Against German Rearmament, which arranged a mass meeting to protest against ratification by the French National Assembly of the Paris accords for re-arming Bonn, Delegations from the East European countries were invited by the committee, but were refused entry visas by the French Government,
Meanwhile, it was learned that M. Jarblum has sent M. Blumel a letter rejecting the resignation as “unjustified.” Leaders of various Zionist groups from the left to the right have expressed the opinion that they would not like to see M. Blumel resign, and have indicated that the matter is not yet closed.
An urgent meeting of the executive bureau of the Zionist federation is scheduled to be held tonight to examine the situation created by the resignation and by the fact that M. Blumel has not yet replied to M. Jarblum’s letter.
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