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Volume Xyil^No. 191
COLUMflUS, OHTO,. 4tI(;UST 20, i(j37
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Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Christian Survey Find^ Po¬ lish Govt, and People Both Anti-Semitic
It's a Fact
The late Adolph S. Och.«;, who made the New Yorlc Thues vvhat it js lo<lay, must be turning iii his. grave because of the insistent rumors that thc Tinies is for sale. . . .The rumor is growing in volume that Arthur Hays Sulzber¬ ger, Ochs' son-in-law and successor as
¦president and publisher, would like to retire. . . , Odd as that sounds there
, is also the whisper that Henry Luce, who owns Fortune, Life and Time niagazine.<;, is the prospective pur. chaser. ... "Tis said he has offered *50,000,000. . . . Governor Henry Hoi-p ner of Illinois, elected as a New Dealer, was just as hotagainst F. D, R.'s Suprcnie Court reform as Gover¬ nor Lehman. . . . But Hqnier didn't write a letter about it , . . We don't like to trespass oii the province of o,ur friend, Lou" Pektirsky, our'HolJywdod colleague, but we. .can't resist telling
: you. that screenland is' considering a -film based on.thc life of George Gersh¬ win/. . .The idea .is to use Ger sh- ^wln's .music and to have the com¬ poser's piils, .George Kaufman and Moss Hart, dp the script/. . . 'Tis also bruited that Hollywood, may make a picture dealing with Haym Salomon. . . . '
Jewish Yachts If Hitler is sincere: about his anti- Jewish phobia, he ought to fumigate his office and wash his hands with lysol. . . , For he recently greeted a New: York Jew' in his sanctum and . shook hands^ with him, uhwitting;ly, of course. ., . The non-Aryan was George "Lax, official photographer of the Chinese government's fofeign financial   mission, . . . Accompanying
¦ Finance i^linister, Kung on a visit to Berlin,- Lax- was. received by Hitler who let the Jewish cameraman snap his picture. . . . So did Goering and Goebbels. ... Whoever b.ccothcs the first priesident of the Jewish State ought to piit in a bid for,the private yacht of Raphael D. de Sola pf Lon¬ don and make it the official presidential
**'y^elit." . .' . It's called "Purim'' be¬ cause tlie owner received it as a Pur ini
, present. , . .And the 37-ton yacht is registered at Lloyds and has been granted warrants by the British Ad¬ miralty. . . . It's the only yacht in the
. avorld with a Jewish name. ... Dr. Cecil .Roth, the historian and lecturer,
. is seriously ill in London, . . ., You may be enough of a heathen to be
¦ skeptical about; the. existence of Mother Eve, but in Heja? there is a tomb which the Arabs believe tp he the last resting place of the mother of men. , . . Germans are supposed to be .poison' to 'Frcnchinen, but there are lots, of the latter who would welcome a Nazi invasionof La Belle France as a means . of; destroying^ the popular front. .... '       .  ,
You Ought To Know That if, we are ,to believe Edward J. Smythe, chairman of the National Committee Against Communism,, one put of every 120 Americans is in re¬ ceipt of some sort of anti-Semitic literature regularly. . , . Smythe boasts thait Fascism is on the tnarch in this country, , , .FulvioSuvich, II Duce's envoy in Washington, must be in'a tight Spot because of anti-Semitic agi¬ tation in the Italian press, . . . Suvich is said to be a non-Aryan. .-. . One of 1 the least, publicized but most valuable pieces of Christian-Jewish good will is being done by Harry Schaffer, cpm- mander-in-chief of the Jewish War Veterans. . . .; Harry . specializes hi snaking pep talks ou Jewish topics to veterans' groups. . . .. One,of the most ' unique books about Aiyierican Jewry, "The American Jew—A Study in Backgrounds," by Rabbi Abraham J. Feidman, editor of the Hartford Jew¬ ish Ledger, will appear next month . . . What make^ the book different is that it shows the American lo be composite of the historic background of Jews of SpanishrPortuguese, Rus sian-Polish and German origin. ... Fancy That Wc don't know for sure, of course. but to judge from his name, Philip Diamond of the University of Michi¬ gan, who together with Prof. Walter A. Reichart of that institution, co- authorcil an essay included in a Jubilee volume issued in honor of the 73th birthday of Gerhardt Hauptmann, most probably is a non-Aryan. . . . Somebody must have blundered there, for the volume was published as part of the nation-wide celebration in Nazi- laud of the jubilee of the one and only major light in modern German literature who has not repudiated the Nazis. . . . Saul Israel of Kansas City lias discovered that the synagogue and the whole Jewish district of Mexico (Conimutd on page t)
Council Urges, United Jewiah Dec¬ laration of Loyalty to Poland
OPPOSES INTERFERISNCE
Anti-Nazi   Resolution   by
Allan Tarshish Adopted
by Legion Here
NEW YORK (WNS)—A united declaration by the Jewish leaders And Jewish people of Poland of their "en¬ tire and undivided loyalty to the, Polish state and of their readiness-to live and serve for its welfare and progress would furnish a contribution of the greatest value to the immediate ap peasement and final solution of, their present difficulties," it, is declared by Cannon S. Gould and Conrad Hoff¬ man, Jr., members : of the . Interna¬ tional Missionary Council, in a report on the sitiiatlon in Poland from which they have just returnedi their report' declares that the charges. of, anti- Semitism "leveled against the people (of Poland) as a whole or the cen¬ tral government of the country,can¬ not, ini our judgment, be sustained-*' ¦
With regard to the Polish people as a whole, they say that "a group of Jewish intelligentsia volunteered the statement, ,'the peasants are not anti- Semitic, the workers arc - not' anti- Semitic, the government is not anti- Semitic' iWith regard.-to the gdv- erhmeiit, it is sufficient to peruse the pertinent paragraphs from the rpinjied constitution adopted in i&35.?' TUBV'i«_
The re¬ port admits that the situation "is un¬ doubtedly both alarming and danger-; ous". and "unless held and repressed with a firm hand it is liable to get increasingly out of control with results .which may .affect very seriously the welfare and fair name of Poland." The report also cohccdcs .that jocal authorities often .-fail in immediate and effective suppression of acts of vio¬ lence and,; spoliation . visited upon .3 Jewish community anj' that "unscrii- 'pulous agitators" utilize anti-Semitic pi"Dpaganda. for their own ends. ¦ ' , ¦ ,, .The rcpprt recommends that "ah immediate duty rests upon all: the re¬ ligious forces ofthe country to' allay the present suspicions, to correct the psychological and divisiye' forces of evil Which are now abroad; to unite all in .the_ bonds of the Christian prin¬ ciple *in love serve one another.*: This duty, while incumbent upon all, ,^rje5ts we believe iri anespecialdegrce upon the Roman Catholic Church, the only church which can claim the distinction of being the national church of the Christian population.-' A third recom¬ mendation is ,that "the question of the future oi the Jews now in Poland is es- sentiajly.one of international propor¬ tion. ' International, not in the sense of external interference in the domes^ tic affairs of ah independent country, biit international from the standpoint that certain great.qiiestions which in their size and complexity affect the welfare and progress'of humanity far beyond their . regional boi^ndaries, should be a concern of humanity in the wider areas affected, A concern, once more, not of criticism and interference, but of brotherly interest and assist¬ ance."
The fnllowiiig resolution was intro¬ duced by Allan Tarshish, a delegate from Franklin Post No. 1 of thc .'\nicrican Legionj on the floor of thc Ohio Department Convention on Tues¬ day morning, August 17th, and was unanimously adopted by the Conven¬ tion delegates! . ¦
Whercasi In the August issue of the ''American Magazine'' appeared a fea¬ ture, article, conceniing.the Nazi camp organization and program of tlic United States, indicating that tliere are thou¬ sands, of supporters of the Nazi Gov¬ ernment of Germany, who are meeting regularly in many localities throughout this country;
That more, than 250,000 are drilling, wearing the Nazi uniform, with arms purchased,from Germany,—those men known as "Storm Troojrcr.s" including units around Toledo and Cleveland;
That the German language is used, with orders not to speak English dur¬ ing these,Camp periods'; the use of the Nazi Saliite rendered at all times, with the Swastika Hag of Germany con- tiniiously in the limelight, with the. siirring Nazi songs consistently on the program,—all of this activity under the direct command of Fritz Kuhn, the official representative of Hitler of Ger- inany, with established National heatl- ((uartcrs at iNew York City,~all of this indicating,'that w^. have an alien movement "which^ may iti time be a serious menace to the peace and good¬ will of this'country;,
Whereas, This movement is contrary to, the fundamental, principles of the Constitution of the. United States, of America; contrary to. the provisions of the preamble to the. Constitution of the ^American Legion .which embody the following statements:, "A .100 per cenf Ameri(:anism; a sense of individ¬ ual obligation to . the community, state, and nation; to combat the aur tocracy oi both the classes and thc masses; to promote peace, and good¬ will on earth; to safeguard.and trans-' mit, to .poi^terity the principles of jus¬ tice, freedom and demociracy";
Whereas, In accord with thc ttian-. date issued at the National Convention of the Anierican Legion held in St. Louis, (t was the unanimous expression of the delegates assembled, opposing and coiideiiinirig all phases of the Nazi movement in this country;   ,
Be it resolved, That„this converitioh go on record condemning this un-Amer¬ ican program and urge a complete in¬ vestigation, of all these activities by the proper committee to be appointed by Congress;
That a copy of this resolution be brought to the attehtion.of the next National Convention of the American Legion to be'held in New York City in September, lOiJT,, urging Us adop¬ tion there.
Subniitted.and signed by:
Allan Tarshish. Delegate oil Frankliri Post No. 1, John L, Foreman, Chairman of Americanism Commit- - tee of Franlclin Post No. 1.
LYON   COHEN,   GRAND OLD MAN lOF CANA¬ DIAN JEWRY, DEAD
OLD ORCHAkd, M a 1 N H (WNS)^Lyon Cohen, thc grand old man of Canadian Jewry who for tiO years was thc rc<jgnizctl lay leader of the Jews of the ^ominion, died here at the age of 70, ^ native Canadian, Mr Cohen was idfintificd with every sphere pf jewisli li.fc since 188-5,when he firs-t produced ajPiirim playlet for thc religious schootof Shaar Ilasho- mayim Congregatici,!!) of which he was honorary president ^t the time of his passing- . The record of his communal activities for the past half, century- reads like a , histjbry of Canadian Jewry, In IB87 he' became president of tiie Canadian branch of the Anglo- Jewish Association, J TlirCc years later he was nanied president of the Young Men's Hebrcvv " Bfiiievolent ' Society,- later knovi^n as the;': Baron de Hirsch
Executive Remains as 20th Congress Closes
D I-     c     11 _.      M       .'Political Ojmmission To Be Appointed By. Actions G)ni- Fehx   Frankfurter   Named ^iu^e; Delegates to FuturVCongresaeB To Be
Restricted to 300; Budget of £365,00 for Jewish Agency Adopted. . .
PERSECUTION GF ZIONISTS IN  RUSSIA .ASSAILED; 11 AMERICANS ON ACTIONS COMMITTEE
To Zionist Political Com¬ mission of Six
Itabbi  Stephen Wisc'Tp Serve If Noted Attorney Doesn't Accept        ,
ZURICH^WNS-Palcor Agency)— Felix Frankfurter, professoi" ot law at Harvard University, .and for many years proniiiient' in American Zionist activities, was elected by the Zionist Actions Committee on a political com¬ mittee of six that is to co-operate with thc Zionist Executive- The five others named with him are Lord Mel¬ chett, now Chairman of the Council of the  Jewisii  Agency;   Harry 'Sacher,
English lawyer and iormer member of Benevolent Society.'. Me was also one I the Zionist Executive; Lewis B. Na- of;thc pioneer membtrs oT B.'hai B'rith ""^'^t professor of modern history at
in Canada.   - ,   . ' ;
In, 1897 he joined With Samuel W, Jacobs in starting tho Jewish Times, Canada's .first Jewiih paper. He also took a leading parjl in thc fight .for Jiiwish school rights iii Quebec Prov¬ ince. Active in the work of the Cana¬ dian committee of tiie Jewish Coloni¬ zation Association Since 190G, he was its chairman from J'Ji^3 tp ;1P35. In the course of his. long years, of com- muiial service he was president of the Baron de H,irsch Institute, honorary president of the Y.|^M. H. A., presi¬ dent Of the Federation of Jewish Charities, chairman of the Associated Jewish War-Relief Societies,, first pres ident of the Canadtab Jewish Congress, of which he is now. honorary presi dent; honorary president of the United Talmiid Tprahs oi ;M6ntreal-, honor-' ary vice-president df ,t!ie Zionist Or¬ ganization of Catiada, and founder and president of thcjfewish Immigrant Aid Society, of Canada.
Will Cqndu^^ieyyiceSi at tlie Betti J^bXIong.
Nazis Admit Aim to Unite
Germans in U.S. tor
War on Jews
BERLIN (WI^S) —One of the princiital aims of Nazi propaganda in the United States is thc unlficatioii of all Germani-Americans for political purposes ill anticipation of-tlie "com¬ ing struggle with Communism and Jews and for the Americans' regenera¬ tion," according to the National So¬ cialist Kiirier, official party organ for the city of Stuttgart, headquarters of "The Germans Domiciled Abi-oad." The paper emphasizes tliat the Nazis "desire to bring back Germans in the United States to the racial unity arid common fate of all Germans. To this end thc intellectual and spiritual re¬ form of Americans of jGerman extrac- tioii is necessary in accord with the model furnished by, the old homeland. When we have attained this goal we wilt then organize German-Americans for spiritual regeneration, ecotipmic support and political schooling. Ger¬ man-American influence thus econora-, ically strengthened and politically re¬ activated shall thert be thrown in the balance under our leatlership for the coniing struggle with Communism and Jews and for the Americans* regenera¬ tion."
Cantor M. Newmark
Voliner Society Invites Coinmunity to Picnic
As there will be ho admission charge to the grand annual Voliner Society picnic, the organization is anticipating an enormous turnout for the big event to be held tomorrow (Sunday) at Edgewater Park. For the convenience bf those who have no way to get out 10 the grounds, free transportation at the end of the Livingston Avenue car line will be available. The first bus will leave at 2 o'clock artd every hour thereafter.
There will be a large array of un¬ usual prizes for both ybiing and old, contests, as well as many other unique attractions. The first prize'will be a nationally known electric refrigerator; second prize, a radio and a third prize oi JIO in cash.
The entire community is wclcoine to join in this great fun festival tomor¬ row, At the same time thoae who at¬ tend wil! he aiding a worthy organiza¬ tion.
Envoy Saya Venezuela Will Wel¬ come German Jewish Fami- era and Scholars
ATLANTIC CITY (WNS)—The South American republic of Venezuela will welcome exiled Jewish scholars and farmers from Germany, it was an¬ nounced here by pr. piogenes Esca- lante, Venezuelan miniater to the United States. There are now 300 Jews in his country, he said.
Cantor Morris Newmark of Pitts¬ burgh,, Pa., was recently chosen by the Beth Jacob Synagogue to conduct the services during the Coming High Holi¬ days. Cantor Newmark, will officiate at the, Slichas servicea next Saturday evening, August 28, at 12 d'clock. The public is cordially invited.
A committee has been appointed to remain at the syiiaROgue, 446 Donald¬ son St., every evening beginning next Monday from 7 to 10 o'clock to take seat reservations for the High Holi¬ days. More details will appear in the ¦forthcomhig. issues of the Chronicle.
Manchester University-; Rftbbi Meier Berliri, Miizrachi leader, and Berl Katznehon,' Editor of Davar, Hebrew labor daily.   ;
¦The coinmittee consists, therefore, of three Britishers, two Palestinians,and ,biie American. In the event that Pro¬ fessor Frankfurter cannot:'accept the election, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, presi¬ dent of the Zionist Organization of America, will deputize for hint, Leonard Stein, Honorary Counsel of ¦the Jevvish Agtincy, will serve in an eit-officio, capacity. Election of the important Political Committee marked the close of the Actions Gpmriiittee's first session since its election at the Zionist Congress. • '.ReGognizing, that the issue of the Royal Commission's recommendations will be pne of the most important terns oh the agenda, of the. Jewish Agency meeting, the Actions Commit¬ tee decided that the Zionist half of the .members of the Jewish Agency Council will vote on political resolu¬ tions iil accordance with, the majority resolution .adopted by the,; Gongiess. However, Ziorifst iheiiibers will haVe freedom of opinion during the debate on the Royal Coriimission as well as on other questions. All resolutions pre¬ pared' by committees that were not acted upon by the Zionist Congress and were subsequently submitted , to the Actions Committee were deferred for action iiutil.thc next meeting of the Actions Committee in Jerusalem ..in thc springtime. The only exception was the resolution on labor mediation pressed by Isaac Griienbaum, head of the Executive's labor department. The resohitiori, empowering ¦ the Agency to arbitrate labor disputes, was unanimously- adopted,
Thc Actions Committee named as its Vice Presidcrits: Josef Sprinzak, Zaliiiaii RubashOv and Baruch Zucker¬ man, for. Labor; Rev. J. K. Gold- hlopm, Kurt Blumenfeld, for the Con¬ federation of General Zionists; Heshel Farbstein,-for Mizrachi; Dr, Ignac2 Schwartzbart, for the Union of Gen¬ eral Zionists; Meier Grossman, for the Jewish State Party, The Vaad Lcumi was granted twb representa¬ tives on the Actions Committee W'th the right to vote.- .The rights. of deiputy members on thc Zionist Execu¬ tive were also, extended. Eliahn Dob- kin and Moshe Shapiro in Jerusalem, and,Rev.. M: L. Perlzweig in London vvill have'the right of vote at sessions of the Ejfecutive on • questions .conr ceming their respective departments, namely, immigration and labor' in Jerusalem, and political questions in London,
ZURICH (WNS-Palcor Agency) — The twentieth "World Zionist Congress closed its historic two-week session after voting to keep in office the pres¬ ent Zionist .Executive,' which will be reinforcc'd by au advisory political commission whose composition and size will be determined by the Actions Committee. Rushing to end its pro¬ ceedings because the Municipal The¬ atre ill which the sessions were held is to be torn down, the Congress quickly disposed of numerous resolutions .¦ in two sessions that were separated by only a half hour interval at noon. The adoption, of ^ budget for the Jewish Agency of .^£305,000, the passage of rcsolutipns pn colonization, culture, laUor, iriimigration, national funds, re¬ ligion and similar topics, and the vot¬ ing of a rcsoliition scoring the persie- ciition of Zionists,, in Russie^ were among thc decisions crowded into ,the six-hour day.'
One of the resolutions which arau.scd the widest personal response was the one extending sympathy to- thc Zionists ill Russia. It was intro¬ duced with a.forceful speech by Berl Locker, Labor leader,. "The 20th Zionist Congress," the resolution read, "registers .its strong protest against the continuation of the per¬ secution in Soviet.:Russia of the car--- ricrs of the Zioiiist ideal in that coun¬ try. The persecution of Zicnists, which has been .enforced in Russia for . the last seventeen years, haS' recently increased in its temerity,, Many Zion¬ ists have been imprisoned and sent to concentration camps or exiled for the ' sole reason of their devotion to Zion and the Zioriist ideal. The' Congress ends the greetings of the whole moye- Ineiit tp their- fellow-Zionists in Rus¬ sia who have been suffering indescrib¬ able privatipn for ^thcir people in the ¦ cause of the rcdeniption of Israel on the. land of Israel."
STATUS QUO IN EXECUTIVE
The Congress acted uiion the recom¬ mendation   of   the   Pcrmanenz   Aus- schuss (Steering Committee) in agree¬ ing to .retain the present Zionist Exec¬ utive, with extended powers, for deputy mcnibers  of  the  Executive,  such  as Moshe. Shapiro,' leiader  of, the Fbale Mizrachi, and at present the deputy director  of the  immigration depart¬ ment, Of   the   Jewish   Agency,   and Eliahu  Dpbkin, of, the  Labor party, also associated with the immigration department.: The   Zionist   Executive consists   of   Dr.   Chaim   Weizriiann^ president,   .Prof.    Selig    Brodctsky, Isaac:   Gruciibatimi, Eliezer   Kaplan, Rabbi J. L. Fishman, Dr. Fishel Rot- tenstreich,  Moshe Shertok, Mphahem Ussishkin,  chairman  of  the Actions Committee,   arid  David   Ben  Gurion, chairman of, tlie Executive.   Dr, Ar¬ thur   Ruppin   is   Economic   Adviser^, Louis   Lipsky   representative   of .the Executive in America, and Dr. Nahum Goldmanri, who represents the Execu¬ tive at Geneva,'   The Permaneiiz.Aus- schusshad also decided that an Ad-
NEW SYNAGOGUE TO BE HEADY FOR HOLIDAYS
, The Ahavas Shnlt-'m Congregation is rebuilding,Its present home located at 878 South Ohio Avenue, The capac¬ ity of the new buihling will accommo¬ date about.three hundred and fifty lieople and will be ready for the High Holidays. The Congregation will ap¬ preciate the help and cooperation of other Jewish organizations aud iiidi- viduals who wish to contribute to the building fund. Uake all checks pay¬ able to the Treasurer, Ahavas Sholem Congregation. ,
Further announcements will appear in forthcoming issues of the Chronicle.
Announce   Date   of   Annual Hadassah Donor Dinner
The executive comtnlttee of the Ha¬ dassah Donor Dinner met at the home of Mrs. Sig Weisslicrz, chairman, last Tuesday morning. Sunday, Decem her 12, was the ilate chpaen for the annual donor event.
visory Political Commission should be established in London and that on it' : would  be   represented   the  views; of voters for the majority and minority resolutions regardirigthe Royal Com¬ mission's recommendations. Tlie mem¬ bers of the.commission are to be ap- ¦ pointed, by  the - Actions   Committee, . which will also determine the size of the new. body.    . '.
'When the day's first; session was opened, Heshel -Farbs.tein submitted the regular minimuin budget for the activities of the Jewish Agency. 'It; provides for an income of i£365,000, of. which. ^£300,000 is to be .provided throijgh the Keren Hayesod. The ex¬ penditures'.include se.75,<)00 ior,3gri-;\ cultural 'colonization, 3£20fi0ii .for labor activities, £1^000 for Hachsha- rah, ^'25,000 as a grant tp, the Vaad Leumi educational, system, £30,1300 for; the settlement of German Jews, .£25,- 000 for the political department,.^23,-. (100 for immigration, ^15,000 for housing, .£C;00O .for trade and in- ' ditstry.
JEWISH AGENCY TO ARBITRATE LABOR DISPUTES
The resolutions of .the Labor, Com¬ mission w^ere submitted by M. Med- zirii. They appealed to the Zionist movement to increase the income of the national funds so that difficulties in.the labor market might be removed. They . paitl tribute to the . organized workers of Palestine for their efforts in, relieving unemployment. They galled upon the Yish.uv to make the utmost efforts to improve the economic, position, besides granting i;25,O0P for an increase in the capital of the Bltzur Corppratiori and a guarantee fund for urgent public works.   Another resolu¬
tion  stressed the importance  of  the Tel Aviv .port, of Jewish shipping in " general   and   of   fisheries.     Another,, resolution   appealed , to   the   Jewish .,, people to rally to the aid of the Mari-, time League.!   It reaffirmed the need (or the use of Jewish labor in agrj-. . cultural'settlements  ias  essential   for the upbuilding of Palestine. The reso¬ lutions also  included one welcoming , the development of Jewish quarrying activities.   The I-abor Department of the Jewish Agenty was also instructed to  pronipte 'the  arbitration of  labor disputes. ,
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HIGH HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT
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On the motioii of Rev. J. K. Gold- bloom; acting on behalf of the.Perma¬ nent Ausschuss, the Congress unani¬ mously re-elected Dr. Sami Gronem^n as chairman of the- Congress Court and Dr.- Aaron Barth as. Congress At¬ torney, Daniel Smoira was elected cl|airman of the Court of Honor to succeed Felix Ros^nblueth. The Con¬ gress then elected a committee to arrange for the publication of Nahum Sokolow'a writings, consisting of Dr. Weizmann, Ussishkin, Brodctsky, Gruenbaum, Rabbi Berlin, Stephen Wise, Dr, Marcus Ehrenpreis, Rabbi Landua of South Africa, Naidltchj llerl 'Katznelson, Riibashov, Davido- witz and Schocken.
The , resolution on national' funds was introduced by Moshe Reich, Mk- rachi leader of Poland., It calls on world Jewry to increase the receipts of the Keren Hayesod and Keren Kayemeth in' answer to the urgent need of Jews for emigration and as a means of solidifying political gains in. Palestine. The Congress then adopted resolutions offered by Mizrachi reaffirming the resolutions adopted at the last Congress in Lucerne regarding'the observance of Sabbath. "The observance of Sabbath by all moral and legal means, according to the Zionist Constitution and Congress and Actions Committee resolutions" is enjoined in the resolution. ¦
Limit Congress Delegates Hereafter to 300
The Congress .took its most radical action when it adopted a ptoposal limiting the number bf delegates to future Congresses at 300. The vote, was 131 to 58. As the afternoon passed and it was evident that no ade¬ quate time was left for consideration of some oi the resolutions, approval was given to refer them to the Actions Committee,    The    anno.uncement    of
early closing of the Congress broijght all the delegates and visitors to their places. When Sprinzak announced from the chair that proposals offered by the labor^ organization and immi¬ gration commission would be referred to the Actions Committee, it was as- readily accepted as the revolutionary • proposal for reducing the size of fu¬ ture congresses.
Sokolow's Daughter Reads From His Last Message
The actual closing scene of the Congress began with a melancholy note when Celina Sokotow, daughter and constant companion of the late Presi¬ dent of the Zionist Organization, mounted thc rostrum. She recalled her father's Zionist message, which "always was peace and unify." She then read extracts from the address which he delivered at the last Con¬
gress at which he presided/ In hi» speech, Nahum Sokolow had declared that-Jews stood, by the Mandate. He denied anybody's right to restrict the liniit of Jewish development tn Pales¬ tine. He ^conveyed friendly feelings to the Arabs. His daughter, wearing deep mourning, was given a, warm and sympathetic reception by the audience. {Continued on page 3)
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