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The Southern Israelite
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Complete Agreement on Jewish
Agency
Constitution Reached
Warburg ays in Jerusalem
President of Zionist Organization Will Be Agency President
But Other Candidates May Be Elected by Three-Fifths
Majority; 50-50 Division Only Temporary Method;
Is Impressed With Progress and Spirit He Found
Jerusalem .(J. T. A.)—The Zionists
and the non-Zionists who are to form
jointly the extended Agency for Pal
atine have reached a complete agree
ment on the constitution of the new
body, it was revealed by Felix M.
Warburg in an interview with the rep
resentative of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency here.
The question as to who is to be the
president of the extended Jewish
Agency was settled with the decision
that this office is to be occupied by
*he president of the Zionist Organi
zation. as was the demand of the
Zionist Congress, but other candidates
for the same office may be elected if
they gain a three-fifths majority in
the Council of the extended Jewish
Agency, Mr. Warburg stated. The
division of fifty-fifty, that is fifty
per cent Zionists and fifty per cent
non-Zionists both in the Council and
the administrative bodies of the Jew
ish Agency has been retained, Mr.
Warburg stated but added that he
visualizes the application of this
method only during the initial period
of the Agency’s work as the ability
of the candidates should be the only
criterion for their selection to the
office.
Before proceeding to Palestine Mr.
Warburg said he met Baron Edmund
de Rothschild and Lord Melchett at
f annes. Baron Edmund displayed
great interest in every detail of the
Palestinian situation and expressed
his hope that the Jewish Agency will
strengthen the Palestine work.
Mr. Warburg in reply to the ques
tion as to his impressions of the coun
try stated that he was very much im
pressed by the progress noticeable in
all parts of Palestine. The greatest
asset of Palestine, he stated, are
what might be termed “invisible re
sources.” These resources consist of
the help which very many here obtain
from relatives abroad. Comparing
these “invisible resources” to a web,
he said that there are innumerable fine
threads going to Palestine from every
part of the world. In their accumula
tive power they constitute the strong
est backing for the country. He was
deeply moved, he stilted, by the ideal
ism and the boundless sacrifices not
only of the settlers but of all other
elements. Mr. Warburg cited as an
example the Brothers Pollac, owners
of the cement factory Nesher, who
live like hermits and devote large
sums for constructive purposes. An
other case is that of an architect,
Mr. Green, who undertook gratuitous
ly to do the repair work following the
earthquake when many buildings were
damaged and the doubt was prevalent
as to whether repair work would do.
He has achieved a remarkable piece
of work in rapidly renovating most of
the buildings.
Mr. Warburg, with his brother Max
Warburg of Hamburg, conferred here
with Julius Simon, Dr. Bernard Kahn,
Mr. Mohl, Mr. Viteles, Mr. Singer,
concerning the work of the Palestine
Economic Corporation. This work is
proceeding very satisfactorily, ho
said.
The Warburg party will leave Pal
estine on Wednesday May 1 for Eu
rope. Mr. and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg
will sail on the Berengaria on May
25 on their return to the United
States.
HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT BUD- AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
LET INCLUDES SUBVENTION CHANGES DATE OF ANNUAL
FOR JEWISH COMMUNAL SESSION, TO MAY 19-20
NEEDS
Budapest (J. T. A.).—To the extent
f 500,000 pengoes the government
mdget for 1929 includes several sub-
"idies for Jewish communal and re-
ipious needs in the country.
*Jne hundred and sixty-five thou
sand pengoes are allotted for both th<
anc * Orthodox communities:
i 0 pengoes for Jewish welfare or
ganizations; 20,000 toward the erec-
' n °f an Orthodox synagogue. Othei
'tments are mentioned including
,ne assist in the purchase of mat
Z0 h for tll e Poor Jewish population.
U >1 KALIAN ZIONISTS
HOLD ANNUAL CONFER
ON MAY 19.
•\vdney (J. T . A.).-The sec
a interstate conference c
ral >an Zionists was called f
to take place here.
^ome of the delegates> th0 ,
Jj ron ] Per th, will travel thr
r miles to attend the meet
Administrative Committee Acts to
Prevent Conflict of Date With
United Jewish Campaign
Conference.
New York (J. T. A.).—The annual
session of the American Jewish Con
gress, originally scheduled to take
place in Atlantic City on March 31
and postponed to May 11 and 12, was
again postponed to May 19 and 20,
the American Jewish Congress an
nounced.
SABBATH OBSERVERS ASK FOR
SUNDAY WORK
Berlin, (J. T. A.)—The Jewish Em
ployees Association in Berlin, af
filiated with the Orthodox, Agudath
Israel, submitted a memorandum to
the Reichstag asking for the enact
ment of a bill to permit those who
observe the Jewish Sabbath to work
on Sunday.
They ask that they be permitted to
work in stores five hours on Sunday
if they abstain from work on Satur
day.
Mac Millan
AND
Marshburn
JEAN C. BOATWRIGHT
S. C. PULLIAM, Manager
Office Established lfift 1 )
J. H. Boatwright
& Son
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