The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
U. s. DELEGATES TO ZIONIST MEET
 SAILED TODAY
Many Prominent Officials Are Included In Large
 Party.

New York; June 12-The first International Zionist Conference which eenvenes in London July leaves here today for England on the steamer I.apIand. In all there will be 39 American delegates to this conference, considered by American zienists a most momentous gather ing. The others will leave for Eng land next Saturday.
 In the party going today are Jus tice Louis D. Brandeis, of the United States Supreme Court, honorary pres ident of the Zionist Organization of America; Judge Julian W. Mack of the United States District Court, president of the organization; Nathan Straus, Mrs. Mary Fels, Jacob de Haas, Zionist executive secretary; Louis Lipsky, organization secretary; Professor Felix Frankfurter of liar yard; Captain Abraham Tulin and David Rosenbloom.
 The first world Zionist conference held in six years, since the outbreak of the war, the forthcoming conven- ton is considered of importance be- cause it will deal with the practical problem of the establishment of the Jewssh National Homeland. Dele gates will attend from every country in Europe, Palestine. Argentine, Aus tra1ia, Canada and New Zealand. In announcing the meeting, the Zionist Organization of America says: Millions of, Jews throughout the countries of Eastern Europe. wait ing for the opportunity to leave for Palestine will watch the proceeding ] of the conference with intense inter- l est, for the manner and time of emil l grafton will be one of the chief top 1 ics discussed at the conference. l "The American delegation has 2 definite program for the restoration 1 of the Jewish Homeland in Pales. tine, which it will place before the ! conference. It is pledged to free i'm l migration for Palestine, but recog l niZes that it will be necessary to reg. ] uiate the immigration at first in or. 1 der to bring into Palestine largs labor army, to begin the immediate l construction and engineering pro jects necessary to prepare the coun | try for the 100000 Jews, who it f | expected will ultimately make thei home there.
 '"The American Zionists hope alst that the development of Palestine vii be carried ons under the principle
 
 ed in the famous Pittsburgh program adopted by the 1918 Zionist Conven ton and ratified again at this year. extra ordinary convention. This pro gram provides for absolute politica equality as regards race, sex and re ligion; establishment of the owner ship and control of the land all na
 tural resources and public utilities i the people with due regard for exist ing rights; use of the co-operativ
 principle and prevention of the evil
 of land speculation and. other form of financial oppression.
 ''It will also work for the establish
 ment of a National Board of Healt in Palestine, with the American Zion ist Medical Unit, now operating there
 as it's foundation, in order to orga
 nize upon nationwide scale tn fight against disease. The establish
 ment of experim entaI stations an
 technical laboratories for the stud , and development of the country resources will also be proposed by th
 American delegation.
 f%To carry out all these projec
 necessary for the development ,
 Palestine, advices from London sta1 that the Zionist Inner Actions Con 7 mittee will propose launching a fun a l of $125, 100000 to finance them an
 other vast operations to be decide l upon at the conference.
 ] Mrs. Brandeis, Mrs. Mack ar l Mrs. Straus are accompanying the = husbands. MT. and Mrs. Straus W: e continue on to Palestine to inspe = the many phflanthropics they ha, L started there and to investigate tf
 establishment of such others as the
 deem necessary to help carry O. :, Zionist reconstruction plans"