At the meeting of the Vaad Leumi which was reported in yesterday’s “Bulletin,” Dr. Judah L. Magnes, Chancellor of the Hebrew University, participated, states a report in “The Day.”
The session was one of the most exciting in the history of the Vaad Leumi. Dr. Magnes, in his speech which lasted an hour, advocated the introduction of a parliament in Palestine. He pleaded that an agreement should be concluded with Arab national leaders on the basis of the program of the Brith Sahlom Society. The Revisionists left the meeting as a protest against Dr. Magnes’ speech; the Labor representatives also protested against his proposal.
Following a discussion of Dr. Magnes’s speech, a resolution was adopted condemning the propaganda for a parliament as dangerous to Zionism and as a hindrance to the accomplishment of practical work in the country.
Rumor in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the paper says, has it that a “certain Jewish personality” yesterday visited the High Commissioner, advocating the introduction of a parliamentary system in Palestine. It is said the High Commissioner answered, “I would rather leave Palestine than govern it under a parliament.”
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