The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-28
Non-Zionist Participation in Je1u-
ish Agency Seems Assured
Conference Called BY Marshall. Committee Appoints
Committee to Consider Financial Corporation Plan
and Study Agency Participation.
,Jewish Tclcgraphic Agency

tJewsh Tclcgraphic Agency
New rk-Parlicipation of Amcri-
can non-Iioniss in the Jewish Agency
for Pales. inc and the organization of
II financial corporation for economic
Investment in Palestine seem assured
following the non-Partisan Conference
10 consider Palcstinlun problems held
Sunday in The Hotel Astor. The meet
ing called hy committee headed hy
Louis Marshall and including DIR.
Cyrus Adler of Philadelphia. Herbert
II. Lehman of New York and Horace
Stern Of Philadelphia. reached its
climax late in the afternoon, jus. as
the conference was drawing to n close,
when DR. Chain Wczmann. president
of the World Zionist organization and
president of the jewish Agency. taking
advantage of an opportunity given him
10 refute arguments or correct mis-
iakcn impressions. shouted to the
conference: 'Takc it or leave it :" Dr.
Wcizmann, who had delivered one oc
the earlier addresses of the day when
he spoke generally of Palcstinian con-
ditions and the requirements for the
further upbuilding of the land. had
sat quietly throughout he session
watching the proceedings With an in
tense interest. His only a. ay during
the whole time WIS a refn alton of Il
remnr, made by DR.. So'umcn Soils
Cohen that the Zionist organization
sought To alicante the citizenship of
Jews in the count ries of their residence.
But when DIR. Lee X. Frankcl, a vice
president of the Metropolitan Life In
Surance company of New York. inquir-
ed into the future activities of the
Zionist organization and asked ques-
tinns which DIR. WciZmann regarded as
''prodding into my conscience" the fa-
nous English Zionist Was asked If,
there was anything further he wished
10 say.
We accept The present status in
Palestine" DIR. Weizmnnn said, "and
we have adopted the mandate of the
League of Nations as the basis of our
operations. There are Zionists who be-
licvc that the outcome may he
political state dominated by Jews
\ through The natural process of cvolu-
lion Who knows what forms States
VIII assume fifty years hence? We do
not wish any privileged position in
Palestine and will stand or fall by what
Y the Jews do or do not do. l want to
sec II land in which Jews do not dom
mate non-.Tews and non-Jews do not
dominate Jews, and 4 wish 10 God
4 that the three great religions there
could work side by side for the develop
ment of Palestine" Pointing to DIR.
Frankel. he said with considerable feel
\ ing: do not prod into my conscience;
do not prod into yours. | stand for
something for which millions sand
I for, something for which we have
given our health, our money. our ef-
h forts We ask only n parallelism of
i our action in Palestine. We do not
H wish for control. We want it to be
vour responsibility as well as our own.
| We have no monopoly in Palestine and
wish nGac. | plead for an understand
ing: II square. honorable. fair under
Standing. 1t is not our wish that you
he dragged in.o Zionism through the
back door.
Take part of the responsibility,
rart of the Burden. from us. We
wish to divide the burden thinking that
Xionists and ion-Zionists will unite in
solving the problems For the first
time we have the opportunity to build
up the very soul of Jewry.
We are ready to meet you half way
hut we will not barter what we stand
for our ideals, for all your millions.
come and stand with us. Take it or
leave it,
The concrete result of the conference
which was participated in by II large
| number of non-ZioniSts from al! over
the United States. was the adoption
Of two resolutions. one creating COM
mittcc to organize an investment cor
poration, and the other creating com
mittcc to study the subject of the Jew
ish Agency and formulate n plan
whereby American Jews can associat-
ed themselves in such an Agency. Both
committees will he appointed by Louis
Marshall chairman of the conference.
within ,he next few days. They will
report their findings within the next
few weeks to a reconvened session of
the conference to he called shortly.
The texts of the resolutions, the first
of which was presented by s. c. Lam
port and the second by DIR. Elisha