The Denver Jewish news., 1921-05-04
Professor Weitzman VS..
Judge Mack
APPEALS FOR UNITY AND HARM
ONY, AND CALLS UPON JUDGE
MACK TO ABANDON HIS COURSE
OF ACTION,

TO me president OF the HioiisI or-
ganizafion OF America mas JUST Deeh
made pupllc:
My dear Judge Mack:
1ederday, upon my return irohi
washington, l was astomshed TO re"u
III the pubiic prints statement oNei
Your signature, IN whlch you say uiat
abruptly terminated the heeo'in-
lions, ana 1urther intimate th"l the
issuing or the manlIesto Ior the hef-
en- Hayesod Dy me constlt"teu prehh
with the zionist organization Oh Ahiei-
lea.
Permit me to say that this STATE
ment is not altogether accurate. AS
you well know, came to America JOE
the express purpose OIL estapiisnins
here a branch OF me hereh fi"Sesou
precisely as has been done III ENG
land, Germany, Holland and other
countries. lnasmuch as my stay III
America must necessarily DE very
brief, 1t was essential that no tiihe pe
lost, in order that the great WORK
to which we are committed might not
suffer thru long delay. You VIII re-
call that 1 had requested Dy radto-
gram. several days before my arrlVai
In this country. that meetihe OF 'he
executive committee OF the Ziohist Or
ganizatiOn OF America De convened oii
Sunday. April 3, the day after my ar
rival, for the purpose Oh 1orHuiatihs
plans for the keren. Hayesod IN inns
country. That meeting was not c'iieu'
hut instead was cohirohteu WIN
Memorandum OF some length aireau!
published and circulated, which III
volved fundamental questions Oh Aio''-
list policy.-Leaving aside the questloh
of the propriety Oh pupiiships thiS
Memorandum shortiy pelore NY ar
rival, the fact Is that a precious wee"'
beginning April ., was spent III iu-
tile disctfsstons. ,s''''--' '''.lf''''
The meeting OF your executive coni'
mittee was called Tor SATURDAY eve
ming. April D, and there, hopeo' VIC
would proceed to an objective discus
sion or the kereh hh!eso"' n"'
tOiS "u"'
meeting, you stated from the ohaii
that If the members Oh the EXECUTIVE
committee should vote TO support ING
World Zionist organization IN estap
fishing here Keren Hayesod burea"
in conformity with the decisions OF the
World Zionist conference you anu 'ne
other officers OF the ZIONIST ors"hi@"-
tion of America would lesigh. AS
result of this statement, winch was
in effect, threat, was ae"'h pre
vented from entering into uscussioh
of the Keren Hayesod-the PRIMARY
object of my visit to America. I'M
mediately before the close Oh inc ses
sion, as you remember, you anu !ouA
associates made a persohai appe"i "
me to limit the keren Hayesod Ill tn's
country to donations ohiv' statihs en-
phatically that the sepaiatioh oi oo-
nations from investment 1uhds WAS
for you, moral lssue-ah opsIaeie'
which If overcome 'couiu na'e ''i'
road clear to peace ana harnonious
cooperation.
Accordingly, at the session tiie ioi-
lowing morning, after explaining i"i-
ly the motives ana principles uhuer-
lying the Keren Hayesod, as estao-
lished by the World Ii"nst organl-
Zation, l made it clear that the mat
ter Of separating donations from IN
vestment funds might be discussed ana
n possible solution found-provided
that the fundamental character of the
Keren Hayesod rs central fund OF
the World Zionist organization be, un-
der all circumstances, preserved. l
had hoped that basis tor "noer-