El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03
Cooperation IN
PALESTINE To
Be KEYNOTE
Public Ownership of Land
Is Planned by the
Zionists.
EQUAL RIGHTS TO
ALI IN

OSDOE, Eng July 2-PubIic own
j. ership OF land, a cooperative COM
monWealth, and equal rights for
all, were advocated here today as the
three leading principles IN tbs social
program American Zionfsts desire in
-corporated in The project for a Jewish
homeland In Palestine, by Jacob de
Haas. executive secretary Of the Zion
list organization OF America
Mr.. de Haas arrived In London to-
day with United states supreme
court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, hon
orary president Of the Zionist or
EaniZatiOn Of America: Judge Julian
W Mack PRESIDENT Nathan Stratus.
Mrs. Mary Felss professor Felix
F~rsnkfurter, Capt Abraham Tuiin,
David Rossnbl0om and Louis Lipsky,
organization secretary. These are the
advance guard Of the SO delegates OF
American Ziouists to the world Zion
ist conference, converting in London
July 4
May Adopt Present Plan.
American Zionists viii make a
united effort 20 have The Pittsburg
program which they adopted in
1918 as the guiding social principle
for the Jewish homeland, approved
by the world conference, in the pro-
gram Il viii formulate for the policy
TO be carried out in Palestine. Mr.
de Haas, IN the statement he gave out
on The eve OF what Is considered the
most significant Jewish word con-
ference ever held stressed the pro-
EressiTe tenets OF the PIuIsburg u4O-
gram, declaring:
The Zionists are not going to be
satisfied with a Palestine OF land Of
Israel, which VIII be a mere duplicate
OF the numerous small states Of
Europe or South America They be-
lieve that the 1000 years Of suffering
and martyrdom Of the wandering Jew
has EHwnn n nwr "a re a urnnHHh ~ ~
p~erience which, added to the ancient
heritage Of the Jew. can be made
fruitful In the creation Of a model
settlement In the land OF U fore
fathers.
The Pittsburg platform may be
summarized as follows % Public
ownership Of land, 90 The coopera-
tive commonwealth, 90 equal rights.
The first Is expressed IN b phrase
hat the land Of Palestine shall be
owned or controlled for the benefit Of
me people OF Palestine as e whole Z
The Zionists OF America have resolved
that the benefits which come through
increasing Ian values viii not 20
into the pockets Of land SPECTATORS,
but VIII always remain Community
values which VIII 90 into the public
treasury.
The second principal indicates
that the Zionists Of America are re-
solved TO encourage cooperative en-
terprise TO b largest extent posi-
bic, 80 that q cooperative common
wealth may be gradually evolved. I
however, crushing Individual
Initiative There is no simple formula
BY which the cooperative common
wealth al be achieved-it must be
a Development through struggle and
experimentation In any event, we
have set the goali
The third principle is one with
which all Americans are familiar-at }
least in theory though we may fail
snort In actual practice. whereas, we
cOnfine program Of equal rights
70 b uarroW field Of politics, the
Llonists Of America would apply Il 10
all Of Palestinian ufe-to politics ana
economies TO law and Industry. TO 4
man and woman TO every sect and
every creed" D