Evening star., 1933-09-04
z|ON|STS ASK j. s.
AID GERMAN Jews
Palestine Settlement Plan
Before World Congress.
President e-eIeCted.
PRAHA. Czechoclovakia. September

PRAHA, Czechoclovakia. September
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency An
appeal to the United States Govern
ment and the American people to lend
assistance to a plan for the settlement
OF German Jews in Palestine was rec
commended by the Political Commission
to the eighteenth World Zionist Con-
greSS. in final session here last night
The resolution, which requires the
action of the full congress. likewise ap-
pealed to the League of Nations and
asked the British government to per-
NIT increased Jewish immigration into
Palestine
considering the present hardship5
driving large Jewish masses from Ger
many" the resolution said, the con-
gress turns to the mandatory power
Great Britain) with a particular ap-
peal to admit the largest number of
Jews into Palestine"
Appeal to America.
The resolution said: Considering
the specific interest the United States
has taken in the interest of the Jewish
people and the progress of the Jewish
national home. and considering the
existing agreement between the United
States and the mandatory power con-
corning Palestine, the congress appeals
to the American Government and the
American people to help in the realiza-
tion of this action"
The Zionist executive, by resolution
is instructed to resume the steps taken
in 1929 for securing the support OF the
League OF Nations and its guarantee OF
an international loan and to pursue
the steps undertaken with greatest
energy"
IN, ho -
ment with Germany. a resolution pro-
posed by the Political Commission
would have the congress instruct the
Actions Committee at its next session
to investigate this question again with
the understanding that nothing will be
permitted which stands in contradic-
tion with the attitude adopted by the
congress regarding its position on
Germany"
The trade agreement. announced to
the congress by DR. Arthur Ruppin,
and the subject of much criticism,
provides for the export to the amount
OF 5000, 900 marks approximately ST.
0l7,600 currently of the capital of
German Jews emigrating to Palestine
1t provides that the capital be exported
IN the form of German goods to be
consigned only to Palestine.
Nom -Zionists Warned.
An ultunatum was served on the nom
ZloniStS members Of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine that unless the non
Zionists voluntarily reduce their rep
resentation on the agency executive
body the ZioniStS would not renew the
agreement on which the agency is
based
A resolution authorizing the Zionist
executive to introduce negotiations
with the non-Zionists along these lines
was adopted by the congress
In an unprecedented move the con-
gresS today authorized a change in the
constitution Of the World Zionist Or
ganizatlon, giving its Actions Committee
power to convoke the congress every
three years instead of every two years.
whenever tWo-thirds of the members of
the committee deem such a course
advisable.
In the first resolution unanimously
adopted by the present congress the
executive was instructed to devote more
attention to relief work organized in
behalf of prosecuted Zionists in Soviet
Russia. and to support the Magen, the
organization created to further this
relief work
A call to the Jews of the world TO
help the executive collect funds for the
relief of the Russian Zionists was
sounded by DR.. Leo MotZkin. president
of the congress, this afternoon.
Nahum Sokolow was reelected presi-
dent at the closing session Of the con-
gress.
Berl Locker and Louis Lipsky of New
York were named members of an eXecu-
tive council.