(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
A change in the leadership of the World Zionist Organization was again urged as a solution to the present Zionist situation by Dr. Stephen S. Wise in his first public address on a Zionist topic since his resignation.
Speaking before the Avukah, Zionist students organization, at the Commander Hotel, Dr. Wise characterized an utterance of Dr. Weizmann in his address before a Detroit gathering as “an unforgivable disloyalty to the Jewish people, if he had been correctly quoted.”
Taking as his text Dr. Weizmann’s alleged phrase “A quarrel with Great Britain will last for five minutes and you won’t quarrel again,” Dr. Wise declared that Great Britain will not do more than it will be compelled to do.
“The right kind of Zionist leadership is necessary and a firmer and more aggressive policy toward the mandatory power is essential if the Balfour Declaration is carried out. Unless this is done the minimum will be done by Great Britain to aid in the establishment of the Jewish National Home. How can any self respecting Jew speak in the terms attributed to the world “There will be no change or improvement in Zionist affairs unless the Zionist leadership will be changed,” Dr. Wise said.
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