Evening star., 1925-06-25
z|0N|STS' MEETING
TO OPEN SUNDAY
Government of Palestine Nav
Be Decided at Con-
vention Here.

The largest convention of the Zion
lst organization of America will be
opened here Sunday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, when more than 100 delegates
from all parts of the Nation will be
present for the opening of the three
day session at the Mayfiower Hotel.
This conference is one of tremen-
dous Importance to the Zionist move
ment, and decisions of international
import are expected to be made
Chief among problems to be thrash
ed out is the question which is dis
turbing the Jewish peoples of the
world as to who should be the con-
stituents OF the Jewish agency, which
is to be given immediate control of
Palestine under the recent mandate
or the British government. This ques-
ton must be decided by the American
organization of Zionists prior to the
World Zionists' Congress, which will
be held in Vienna from August 1S to
u, when the matter is to be finally
decided.
America Big Contributor.
The decision Of the American Jews
Is held to be of great weight because
America Is the chief contributor to
the upbuilding of the Jewish home
land
A strong opposition is said to be
developing in certain European quar-
terS to the Jewish agency and the
control over Palestine it is to have,
and efforts will be made at the
Vienna congress to modify the pro-
gram, it is said.
The controverted point is whether
the agency should be composed ex-
cluslVely of Zionists, or whether non
Zionist Jews should be permitted on
| the board.
Steps in the formation of the Amer
| lean branch of the Jewish agency
on $3.50 Zionist and non-Zionist
| basis have already been undertaken
| In this country under the leadership
| or Louis Marshall, as a result of Dr.
Welzmann's last American visit.
American Zionist leaders, headed BY
Louis Lfpsky. are strong supporters
OF Or. Weizmann in the extension
| OF the agency. but an opposition may
develop at the convention, although
the administration expects to have
little difficulty in defeating it, in case
it arises.
To Visit Wilson Tomb
The Washington convention closes
Tuesday night. June 80. and will be
followed by the two-day convention
of Hadassah. Wednesday morning,
July !, before Hadassah's proceedings
begin, a pilgrimage will be made bv
|
wilson. where memorial exercises will
be held. Wilson did so much to ad-
vance the Zionist cause among the
nations of the world, Jewish leaders
say.
Jacob Hickman. chairman of the
W ashlngton convention committee
Will open the convention Sunday aft
ernoon at o'clock. Rabbi j. L. Loeb
Will welcome the delegates on behalf
.1pWS nf 4
liver the invocation. following which
Rabbi Louis j. Schwefel will tender
greetings to the assembly in the name
of the Washington Zionist district.
Louis Lipsky will make the opening
address. Miss Henrietta Sold, chair.
| man of Hadassah and vice chairman
| of the Zionist organization, will speak
| in memory of the Zionists who died
during the year.
The balance of the first session will
be given over to addresses of welcome
by representatives of the United
States and British governments, and
by District Commissioner j. Franklin
Bell. Resolutions will be presented
| on Lord Balfour, DIR. Weismann, Sir
| Herbert Samuel. Lord PIumer and
| the Hebrew University.
To Discuss Homeland Rule.
At the second session various phases
of the Jewish Homeland movement
will be discussed by Prof Max L.
Margolis, Maurice Samuels and Dr.
Levin. The balance of the session
will be given over to a discussion of
| the resolutions to be submitted to the
| Vienna congress.
The coordination of all public funds
for Palestine will be discussed at the
evening session Monday, following re-
ports on all Zionist financial agencies
Morris Rothenberg. national chair.
| man of the Keren Hayesod board of
directors, will make d report Miss
Sold will speak on Hadassah; DR.. D.
j. Kaliski on the general fund for
the Hebrew University. and l. H
Rubin on the Jewish national fund.
Reuben Brainin, dean of Hebrew
writer's in America, will preside at the
Hebrew conference to be held at the
first Tuesday session. On the pro
gram are DR.. David Yellin. Emanuel
Neumann, DR.. Mordecai Soltes. DR..
Shalom Spiegel. DR.. Eliezer Rieger,
Prof. Harry Wolfsohn, DIR. S. Bern.
stein. Hillel Bavli. Abraham Gold.
berg. DR.. Israel Shapiro and DIR.
Schmarya Levin.
The present housing and land crisis
in Palestine will be discussed at the
second Tuesday session. with reports
on the American Zion Commonwealth
by S. ]. Weinstein and on Palestine
Securities, Inc, by Bernard A. Rosen-