The Denver Jewish news., 1920-05-05
Extraordinary Conven-
ton of Zionists Called
PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
PALESTINE AND MASS MIGRA-
TION TO BE CONSIDERED.

Lending Zionists from all over Amer
lea and Canada will meet in New York.
Sunday. May o. at the Lexington Opera
House, and on Monday. May 10. at
Hotel Aston. called together in extra
ordinary convention by the National
of America. They will take immc
diate action towards the establish
ment of a Jewish National Homeland.
following the fulfillmcnt of Zionist
aspira tons at the San Reno sessions
Of the Peace Conference. at which
Great Britain was givch the mandate
over Palestine for this specific pur-
pose.
In many ways this will he the most
important and most historic gather
ing of Jews ever held I'm America.
While. according to the nature of
things. this should be n Jubilee meet
ing, to rejoice over the regaining by
the Jews of their Homeland after
200 years exile and to celebrate tn.
realization of the modern Zionist
movement begun % years ago by DR..
Theodore HerZl. father of political
Zionism. the convention. under the
of the L. S. Supreme Court and Fed.
cral Judge Julian w. Mack will plan
the immediate work necessary to carry
out the historic action cf the Peace
Conference in granting Great Britain
n mandate over Palestine for the OK
press purpose of establishing the Jew
isis National Homeland there.
The call for the extraordinary CON
yentiOn. as issued by the National En-
ccutive of the organization states that:
THE historic action taken at San
Reno on April "a. which gave recogni-
ton to the age-lOng aspirations of the
Jewish people. renders possible the
establishment of the Jewish National
Home in Palestine. where Jewish
ideals shall be free and where the
Jewish spirit shall he free to express
itself in accord with its traditions Of
social justice and righteousness. This
event opens up the immediate oppor
tunity to the Jewish people to conquer
thru work and organization that place
for themselves in the world of civili-
zation. which has been their hope for
1000 years.
Seventeen hundred delegates rep
resenting every Zionist district in the
United States. delegation from the
Canadian Zionist Organization and
representatives of every important
jewish Organiznti ton in America. have
been called to the convention. The
calling of this extraordinary conven-
ton has necessitated the postpone
ment of the regular annual convention.
which had been scheduled for Atlantic
City. beginning May 30.
In addition to formulating the pol
icy of American Zionists at the World
Zionist Conference to be held in Carls
bad. Czecho- Slovakin. commencing July
4. the extraordinary convention will
take up at once its Palestine recon
struction program. which must be put
into immediate operation on large
scale in order to prepare the country
for the large number of Jewish i'm
migrants. who. by the action of the
San Reno Conference. will he permit
ted to begin their migration to-
wards the Holy Land.
Restoration projects. which the Zion
list Organization has had under con
sideration for some time. and upon
which definite policy will he form
rlatcd at the convention. include:
The reclamation of swamp ana
waste lands and the irrigation of vast
tracts of now useless lands. where mil
lions of additional inhabitants in
time may derive n comfortable liv-
ing.
Contraction of cities along the coast.
and the undermining and enlarging OF
the principal cities of Palestine. :"
prepare for n large influx of urban
population.
Building of modern harhor at
Haifa. which is destined to he not only
the leading port of Palestine. hut OF
the entire Near East, when the in
dustrial and agricultural rejuvcnaticn
of the Holy Land is under way.
Launching of various industrial ana
commercial enterprises, particularly
fitted to the land. especially clothing
and shoe factories, oil and soap man
ufacturing and cement products.
A vast sanitation program to clean
up the land and carry thru on large
scale the work already in progress
undpr the direction of the Zionist Com
mission and the American ZlionlS'
Medical Unit