Dr. Chaim Weizmann, ex-president of the World Zionist Organization, was re-elected president of the English Zionist ##deration, at the annual con#e which concluded here yes#The conference adopted a report of its economic planning committee urging reorganization of the Jewish Agency methods in the up-building of Palestine. The report draws special attention to the fact that Palestine has failed to maintain the former balance between agricultural and urban development, as well as to the fact that land speculation in Palestine is becoming a serious menace.
The report, adopted unanimously, recommends that the Jewish Agency follow a new program of acquiring more national land, strengthening the financial basis of the national fund, coordinating the financial institutions in Palestine by establishing an Economic Advisory Bureau, working out a program for public works and improving foreign markets for Pal- ###
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