The Denver Jewish news., 1925-06-25

the country win attend luc twenty
eighth annual convention Of the Zionist
OrgHuizntin of America. which bcdus
| It's thrpc-dnv sessions here sunday
| JunC 2S. nt the Mnynowcr Hotel. The
! convention, the largest In the history
Of the movement IN this country, come
after year Of great progress mdc IN
upbuitliug the Jewish Homeland, par
ticularly IN Immigration and colonial.
tion, and the opening of the Hebrew
University on Mount Scopus.
With the biennial sessions Of tho
World Zionist Congress coming six
weeks later in vienna, the convention
proceedings this year assume p0rtlcu.
larly outstanding significance because
many important subjects on the Con.
grcs agcndn will be taken up at Wash
ington and resolutions passed ON them
for submission to Congress.
This is particularly true of the rcso-
lutions on the Jewish Agency, which
is one Of the chief subjects under CON
SlderatiOn hy the Congress. II Is well
known that strong opposition To inClud-
ing non-Zionists on the Jewish Agency
is developing in certain European Zion
list quarters and efforts will be made at
! the Vienna Congress to modify the pro
Agency ms sponsored by Dr Wcizmann.
First steps in the formation of tho
American branch OF the Jewish Agency
on II tifty-ilfty Zionist and non-ZIonist
hasis have already been undertaken in
this country under the leadership Of
Louis Marshall. as result of pr
WeiLmInn's last American visit. Amer
lean Zionist leaders, headed 10y Louis
LipSky, are strong supporters of Dr.
WciZnann in the extension of The
Agency. but an opposition mny develop
at the convention, although the admin
istration expects TO have little difficulty
in defeating it, in case it arises.
Other resolutions to he submitted to
the Congress and which are attracting
widespread attention have to do with
the Jewish National Home under the
Mandate and a Revision of the Palcs-
tine Budget. Both subjects are among
the leading questions to lie discussed
at the Congress and the attitude Of
American Xionists is eagerly awaited
by Jews throughout the world.
The convention closes Tuesday night,
June 50. and will he followed by the
| twO-day convention of IIadassah Wed
nesday morning, July 1, before IIadas.
sah's proceedings begin, "A pilgrimage
viii be made by the delegates to the
tomb of Woodrow Wilson, where in.
| spring exercises will be held In mem
/ ory of the martyrCd American prcsi-
| dent. who did so much TO advance the
Zionist cause among the nations of the
world
Jacob Hickman, veteran Washington
4 Zionist, as chairman of the Washing
ton convention committee, will open the
convention Sunday afternoon, follow
ing which Mr.. Iipsky viii make the
opening convention address. Miss Hen
rietta SZold, chairman Of IIadassah
and vice-chairman Of the Zionist Or
ganization. will speak in memory OF The
Zionists who died during The year. The
balance of the first session will he given
over to addresses of welcome by repre-
Spntativcs of the United States and
British governments aud to resolutions
ON Lord BalfOur, DIR. Weizmann, Sir
! Herbert Samuel, Lord Plumer and the
Hebrew University. At the second
session various phases Of the Jewish
/ Homeland movement will be discussed,
led by Prof. Max l.. MurgoIis, Maurice
Samuel and DR., Schmuyra Levin,
The coordination of all public funds
for Palestine will he discussed at tho
evening session Monday, following re
ports on all Zionist financial agencies.
Morris ROthcrberg. national chairman
of the Kcrcn HnycsOd board of dircc-
=. tors, will report on the keren Hnye-
sod's activities during the year; Miss
Sold ON IIadassah; Dr. d. j. Kalisld
on the General Fund for the Hebrew
University; and l.. II. Ituhin on the
Jewish National Fund
Reuben Braiuin, dean Of Hebrew
writer's in America. will preside at the
Hebrew conference 10 hp held ut the
first Tuesday session ON the program
are Dr David Ycllfu Emanuel Neu-
mann. DR. MordcGai SuItns, Or, ShnlOm
Spicgcl Dr Eliezcr Ricgor Prof Harry
Wolfsohn, Dr. $. bernstein, Hillcl
Bavli. Abraham Goldhcrg Dr. Israel
Shapiro and DIR. Schumyra Levin.
The present housing and land crisis
in Palestine will he discussed at the see,
end Tuesday session, with reports on