Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-14
DELEGATES TO
ZIONIST MEET
LEAVE new YORK
There Will Be SO Americans
Attending Convention in !,
England.

New York. June 1.-THE nrst group
secretary; Professor Felix Frankfurt
er. OF Harvard; Captain Abraham Tu-
lin 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
Jewish national homeland. Delegates
Will attend from every country in Eu-
rope. Palestine, Argentine. Australia,
Canada andsNew Zealand.
In announcing the meeting, the
Zionist organization Of America, says:
Millions Of Jews throughout the
countries Of eastern Europe, waiting
TOR theNopportunity to leave Pales-
tine. will watch the proceedings of
the conference with intenseA interest
Tor the manner and time Of euigra-
tioh will be n OF the chief topics dis
icussed at the conference. -
l. The American delegation has a
definite program fort the restoration
Of American delegated to the Internm-
tfonal Zionist conference which con-
|tvenes in London July 4 leaves here
today-for England on the steamer
Lapland. In ali there will be- 80 Amer
lean delegates to this convention, con
sidered by American Zionists a mos
momentous gathering. The others will
leave for England next Saturday.
In the party going today are Justice
Louis d. Brandeis, of the United States
supreme court. honorary president of
the Zionist Organization Of America:
Judge Julian W. Mack of the United
States district court, president Of the
organizations; Nathan Straus. Mrs.
Mary FEELS. Jacob de Haas, Zionist
secretary: Louis Lipsky, organisation
OF the Jewish homeland in Palestine.
which It will place before the confer
ence. It is pledged to free immigra-
ton for Palestine. but recognizes that
IT Will be necessary to regulate the
immigration at first in order to bring
into Palestine a large labor army, to
begin the immediate construction and
engineering projects necessary to pre-
pare b country for the 100000
ly make their home there.
The American Zionists hope also
that h development Of Palestine will
30 carried on, under the principles of
democracy and equality enunciated tn
the famous Pittsburgh program.
adopted by the 1913 Zionist conven
uon and ratified again at this years
extraordinary convention. This pro-
gram provides for absolute political
C404N1ty " IoSdI~ race, sex and re-
1igion; establishment Of the owner
ship and control of the land, all natrr-
al resources and public utilities in the
people with due regard for existing
rights; 8 OF the cooperative princf-
pie. and prevention Of the evils al
land speculation and other forms al
financial oppression.
1T will also work for the establish
ment OF 4 national board Of health In
Palestine. with the American Zionis1
medecaa unit, now operating there, a.
10 foundation. in order to organize
upon a nationwide scale the fieh1
against disease. The establishment al
experimental stations and techniai
laboratories for the study and devel
ionment Of h countrys viii
Also. y proposed by the American del
egation. 0e1
ITO carry out ali these project,
necessary for the development Of Pal.
esttne. a6vices from London stat,
that the Zionist inner actions com.
m1ttee will propose Launching a fund
OF $~125,0oo, 900 to finance them and
other vast operations are to be decid.
ca upon at the conference.
Mrs Brandeiz, Mrs. Mack and Mrs
straus are accompanying their hus.
nanda. Mr.. and Mrs. Straus w1l con
tl1ue on to Palestine to inspect thu
many ph1lanthropics they have started
there and to investigate the establish.
ment OF such others as they deer
necessary to help carry out Zionist "a.
construction nlans" ~