The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-23
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American florists Favor Co
operative Commonwealth
| for Jewish Homeland.

= LONDON. June 23.-Public owner
/ ship Of land. a cooperative common.
wealth. and equal rights for all, were
advocated here today as the three
leading principles in the social pro-
Z gram American Ziorists desire incor.
porated In the project for Jewish
Homeland in Palestine. By Jacob de
Haas, executive secretary Of the Zicn'
iSt Organization Of America.
Mr.. de Haas arrived in London today
with United States Supreme Court
Justice Louis D. Brandels, honorary
president OF the Zionist Organization
Of America; Judge Julius W. Mack,
president; Nathan Straus. Mrs. Mary
Fels, Professor Felix FIankfurter,
Captain Abraham Tulin, David Rosen-
bloom and Louis Lipsky, organization
secretary. These are the advance
guard Of the 80 delegates OF Ameri-
ian Zionists 10 the World Zionist
! conference, converting in London on
hly 4.
American Zi6nists will make a unit.
cd effort 10 have the Pittsburgh pro.
gram which they adopted in 1915 as
Z the guiding social principles for the
Jewish Homeland, approved by the
World Conference in the program It
will formulate for the policy TO be
carried out in Palestine. Mr.. de Haas
n the statement he gave out on the
eve Of what is considered the most
significant Jewish World conference
ever held, stressed the progressive
tenets Of the Pittsburgh program, de-
claring:
1.-THE Zicnists arc not going 10 be
satisfied with q Palestine or land OF
1sreal which will be a mere duplicate
Of the numerous small states Of En-
rope or South America. They believe
that the 1000 years Of suffering and
martyrdonl Of the wandering Jew has
given to our race wealth OF expert
ence which, added to the ancient herl.
tage Of the Jew. can be made fruitful
IN the creation Of a model settlement
n the land OF our forefathers.
"The Pittsburgh platform may be
unmarried as follows: o. Public
Ownership Of Land; (2) the Coopera.
tive Commonwealth: co Equal
Rights. The first is espresso. 10 the
phrase that the land Of Palestine shall
be owned and controlled for the ben.
eft Of the people Of Palestine as a
whole. The Zlonists OF America have
resolved that the benefits which como
through Increasing land values will
not 50 into the pockets OF land spec.
nlltors, but will always remain COM
uiuuity values which will 80 into the
public treasury.
"The second principle indicates
that the 2lonists Of America are re-
solved to encourage cooperative en-
terprise to the largest extent possible
so that 9 cooperative commonwealth
may be gradually evolved, without.
however. crushing individual ini:ia-
tive. There is no simple formula BY
which the cooperative commonwealth
ran be achleved-it must be a devel-
opment through struggle and expert.
mentation. In any event, We have set
theggoal.
"The third principle is one with
(which all Americans are familiar-at
least Il. theory. though We may fall
short q actual practice. Whereas,
we confne our program OF equal
rights to the narrow field Of politics,
the Zionists OF America would apply
tito all Of Palestinian life-to politics
and economics, TO law and industry.
to man and woman, 10 every sect and
every creed"