The Denver Jewish news., 1921-09-21
Weizmann Reelected
President of Zionists
Congress Closes After Stormy Session of Two Weeks

Carlsbad (Jewish Telegraphic Agen
cyl THE Zionist Congress. which I'M,
been meeting here for the last fort
night. closed September 10 with elec
tiOn of officers and Executive members
DIR. Chain Weizman was reelected
president. and Nachum Sokolow chair
man of the Executive Committee. The
other members of the World Executive
Committee are: Vladimir Jabotinsky
DIR. Leo Motzkin, DIR. Solowecjik
Richard Lichtheim and Joseph Cowen
has been elected to the Executive which
is to be in charge of Zionist reconstruc
zion work in Palestine In the contro
vcrsy between DIR. Weizmun and Judge
Julian Mack over Zionist policies
Judge Rosenblatt worked indefatigably
for peace. and succeeded in enlistinl
the support of Sam ,Untermeyer. His
choice is regarded as an evidence that
the Congress desires peace within the
American Zionist ranks.
The other members of the Palestinian
Executive Committee are: DIR. Eder
Mr.. Usisskin and DIR. Ruppin. PrOfes-
sor Pick will represent the religious
faction of the movement and Mr.. Sprin-
zak the labor groups.
The Finance Economic Council. which
saf,N tn in N Il
tive, consists of Berthold Feival. Georg
Halpern and Isaac Naiditch.
At the close of the Congress. Chain
n. Bialtik. the Hebrew National poet,
delivered a fiery address In Hebrew.
and Mr.. SOkolOw, as the president of
the Congress, thanked the Czecho-Slo-
vakian Government and particularly its
President, DIR. Mazarik. for the hospi-
tality shown the. delegates from all
countries.
sokolow's closing remarks were. ''The
Congress has been difficult one but a
good one Next year, .ifiaS' We NO In
Jerusalem" Delegates sang the Haiti
kvah and checred.
Many groups of delegates left the
same day for their homes. 1t is expect
ed that the newly elected Executive
members. together with the Americans,
will proceed to London Immediately.
The American delegation is expected
to reach New York early in October.
Mizrachi Difficulty Settled.
During the debate before the Con-
gress on the budget question. the Miz
rachi faction introduced resolution
favoring the granting of financial sup
port by the Zionist Organization only
to those institutions in Palestine which
did not openly infringe against Jewisl,
religious tradition. The introduction
of the resolution was the cause of CON
siderable tumult and confusion which
lasted more than an hour. DIR. Chaies.
Chief Rabbi of Austria. moved reso-
luton In his name and in that of DR..
Weizman, which was adopted without
opposition.
The Greater Actions committee mem
bers who have been elected. are !:
Rosoff of the Russian Zionists. Chief
Rabbi Chaies. DIR. Reich. DIR. Robert
Stricker. Deputy Greenbaum of the Pol
isb Sejm. Podlosevsky Of Poland, DR..
'Thon of Craeaw, Otto Warburg. Victor
Jacobson. Schmarya Levin, Julius
Simon, Rerhard, Louis Iipsky, Alb.
Goldberg. The Mizrachi members are ::
Rabbi Berlin, Rabbi Fishman, DIR. Farb-
stein of Poland. Herman Struck of Ber-
lin. and L. w. Lewin-Epstein. The
labor groups are represented by Sprin-
zak, Kaplan and Katzcnellenson.
The Finance Economic Council. which
is to sit in London. consists of Naiditch.
Feival. Halpern, Kaplanski of the Poale
Zion. Bart. Schocken and Schweitzer.
The first three of these are to he mem
hers of the Executive.
The Congress had decided to issue n
manifesto to the Jewish people, urging
them to strain every effort to devote all