Canadian Sees Jewish Labor Building Zion

The third session of the twenty-fourth annual convention of the Canadian Zionists, at the Royal York Hotel today, was featured by reports of divisional leaders and a heated debate on a clause in the constitution of the Western group, considered unfavorably by the majority of the delegates.

A. M. Shinbane of Winnipeg, who presented the Western report, lauded Jewish labor in Palestine, declaring that “if and when Palestine is to rebuild it must be done by Jewish labor.”

SCATTERED BUT EFFECTIVE

Nineteen thousand Jews, Shinbane reported, are scattered over the territory of the Western division, approximately 600,000 square miles. Notwithstanding this difficulty, these members have raised $28,000 for the Zionist cause since the last convention, he said.

The heated debate on the Western group’s clause in its constitution followed. The clause in question, “affiliated with the Canadian Zionist Organization, but not subject to its rules,” brought censure from the majority of the delegates. Shinbane promised to modify the clause.

In the Central region report, given by H. S. Rosenberg, it was stated that the division raised $115,000 in its eighteen Zionist centers, including active Hadassah chapters, and the thirty-four centers in the Ontario region.

HADASSAH REPORT

The Hadassah report was read by Mrs. Anna Reginsky of Montreal, in the absence of Mrs. A. J. Freiman, who is ill.

The report revealed that forty-two per cent of the entire funds collected for Zionist endeavor in Canada was raised by Hadassah.

For Young Judea, Dr. M. Zimmerman reported that the youth organization has fifty-seven centers in the Dominion, with a membership of over 4,000.

S. C. Schwiseberg of Montreal, of the Nosi Habonim Order, asserted that the group consists of seven lodges with a membership of 2,000.

A. J. Freiman, president of the Canadian Zionist Organization, is expected to be renominated by the nominations committee.