Vaad Leumi, Palestine National Council, Opposed to Acceptance of Wise’s Resignation

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Vaad Leumi, National Council of Palestine Jews, is opposed to the acceptance of the resignation of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, according to Dr. David Yellin, president of the Council and vice-mayor of Jerusalem.

In a cabled message to the Zionist Organization of America, Dr. Yellin declared: “I consider the acceptance of Dr. Wise’s resignation as most undesirable. Use every possible effort to retain him at the head of the Palestine campaign. We cannot, on account of calumnies based on perverted statements be deprived of the unparalleled service of him who gave the best of his life to the Jewish cause.”