The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-06-16
LEAVE
FOR CONFERENCE

group Of American delegates TO
the International Zionist conference
which convenss In London July =
have left for England on the steamer
Lapland. In all there will be 30
American delegates to this confer"
sncs, considered by American Zion
lists u most mOmentous gathering.
The others will leave for England
ne,t Saturday.
In the party are Justice Louis ID.
Brsndeis. Of the United States SUI
prem. court. honorary president OF
IN. Zionist Organization Of America;
Judg, Julian W. Mack Of the United
States dirtric, court. president OF the
, organization; Nathan Strsus. MRS.
Mary Feis. Jacob de Haas. Zionist ex-
ecutive secretsry: Louis Lipsky. Or
ganiza,iop secretary: Professor Felix
Frnnkfur,er. OF Harvard; Captain
Abraham Tuiin and David Rosen-
bloom.
The iirs, world Zionist conference
held In six years. since the outbreak
! OF the war. the forthcoming conSen-
tion ~ considered OF Importance be-
caus. II viii deal with the practical
problem of the establishment Of the
/ Jewish national homeland. Dele
gates viii attend from every country
, In Europe. Palestine. Argentine. Aus
,raiia. Canada and New Zealand.
/ In announ ing the meeting. the
Zionist Organization OF America
says: Millions Of Jews throughout
the countries OF eastern Europe. walt
ing for the opportunity to leave for
/ Palestine, will watch the proceedings
o! the conference with intense inter.
est. for the manner and slime OF I'm
migration will be- one of the chief
,opics discussed nj the conference.
The American delegation has a
definite program for the restoration
Of the Jewish homeland In Palestine.
which II viii place before the confer
ence. II IL pledged to free immigra-
tIon for Palestine, but recognizes that
u will he necessary to regulate the
immigrati- n u, first in order to brins
into Palcst,n. a large labor army. -
begin tn. Immediate construction and
engineering projects necessary 20
prepare IN. country for the 100000
Jews. who II is expected will ulti-
ma,.Iy make their home there.
The American ZionIsts hope also
that the development Of Palestine
will he carried on. under the prin;s
clples of dem lcracy and equality
enunoia,ed in the famous Pittsburgh
program. adopted by the 1913 Zion
list convention and ratified again AT
this years extraordinary convention.
This program provides for absolute
political equality as regards race,
sex and religion. establishment OF
the ownership and ccntroi OF the
land. al natural resources and public
utilities In the people with due regard
for existing rights; use OF the coop
rratiye pr.n pile; and prevention OF
the evils OF land speculation and
other forms OF financial oppression.
1T will also work fer the es,ab-
lishmcnt of u national board OF
health IN Palestine. with the Amer
lean Zionist medical unit, now oper-
atirg there, as its foundation, in
order TO organize upon a nation wide
scale the fight aEaist disease. The,
establishment OF experimental sta-t
tions and technical laboratories for (,
the study and development OF the
country's resources will also be pro-
posed by the American delegation. l
TO carry out all these projects
necessary for the development OF
Palestine. advices from London state
that the zionis, inner actions COM
mittee will propose launching a fund
OF sl?5,0O0. 900 to finance them and
other vast operations TO be decided
upon at the conference. \
MRS. Brande!s. Mrs. Mack and
Mrs. Straus are accompanying their |
husbands, Mr.. and Mrs. Straus will
continue on 10 Palestine to inspect I
tho many philanthropics they have
started there and to investigate the
establishment of such others as they |
deem necessary To help carry out