A call to American Jewry to send the greatest number of delegates in its history to the 22nd World Zionist Congress, which will open in Palestine on August 7, and thus insure a powerful voice in decision affecting the Jewish homeland, was issued today by Zionist leaders at an all-day conference at the Hotel Commodore in New York which launched the Shekel Campaign of the Zionist Organization of America.
The goal of the Zionist Organization of America, it was announced by Jacques Torozyner, chairman of the campaign, who presided at the conference of 150 representatives from all parts of the country, is to sell one million “shekolim” to supporters of the organization, which will give them the franchise to elect delegates to the Congress who will represent the General Zionist program.
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