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Special Coffee “The Best Part of the Meal” KNOXVILLE Move for Strengthening Zionist Movement by Nation-Wide Roll Call National Executive Committee of Zionist Organization of America \i m Form Roll Call of 250,000 Jews; Huge Enrollment Will Constitute ** Answer of Jewish People To Violence in Palestine The answer of the Jews of America to the violent efforts to destroy Jew ish constructive achievements in Pal estine will be the enrollment of a vast array of Jewish men and women, whose very numbers will constitute a thunderous affirmation by American Jewry of its determination to proceed with the rebuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Homeland. This was the decision taken at an extraordinary meeting of the National Executive Committee, held Sunday night, Sep tember 29, at the Hotel Astor, New York, at which Rabbi James G. Heller, of Cincinnati, Chairman of the Execu tive Committee, presided. It was understood when the decision was taken that what was intended was not the regular membership en rollment, but the creation of a great source of dynamic energy which could stimulate public opinion toward favor able action for Palestine reconstruc tion. The enrollment of 250,000 Jews will be both a political and a moral action, political inasmuch as it will give tangible evidence to the world at large of the great practical inter est which American Jewry has in Palestine, and moral insofar as this vast army of men and women will serve as a leavening force in Ameri can life, developing and strengthen ing sentiment in favor of a Jewish Palestine. In introducing the subject which had necessitated the calling of a special meeting of the Executive Committee, Dr. Heller reviewed the events of the past few’ weeks, and pointed out that the time had come to crystallize pub lic opinion and to turn mass senti ment into a channel which would most effectively serve the purposes of Pal estine. He stated that the Administra tive Committee of the Zionist Organi zation of America had evolved a pro gram of action for the immediate future which will attempt to solidify both non-Jewish and Jewish public opinion for the strengthening of the Jewish position in Palestine. One of the actions of this progi-am was the proposal that a so-called “roll-call” be taken, w’hose purpose will be to make an active supporter of the Zion ist movement every one who has hith erto passively sympathized but who has not been given the proper oppor tunity to affiliate with the Organiza tion. The principal speech in favor of the adoption of the “roll call” idea was delivered by Louis Lipsky, President of the Zionist Organization of Amer ica, who declared that “American Jews are anxious to show in concrete form their confidence in the Jewish future in Palestine. The hundreds of thousands of Jews who will be brought closer to the spirit and work of the Zionist movement in this country will serve as the nucleus for a great re generative force. During his speech, Mr. Lipsky said: “In the political world it is not only money that counts. Money may be supreme in a time of peace and or- der and undisturbed progressive de velopment. In a time of change, wh*. new conditions are being created it U the man power behind the money con tribution which is of the utmost im* portance. When political issues are directly at stake, it is the number of men and women who are part of the corporate responsibility of the move- ment that makes the larger effect If at the present time our voice i 5 to be made effective in connection wrh the disturbed conditions that prevail in Palestine, the required mass sup port of our organization must t* raised at least to a level of equalitv with the financial support we are rt- ceiving from American Jewry. ‘'Those who gave up their lives in Palestine a few weeks ago will have died in vain unless we, living in the Galuth, shall so labor in the cause as to secure a better and safer future for the Jewish people in Palestine. It is the voice of America—within whose confines our own voices reverberate and become effective—which, by the accident of history, is a dominant and determining factor in the present po litical situation. What we win in America in the way of sympathy and interest weighs heavily in the balance of political opportunity. The public opinion of America can be won if it is made clear that the large mass of American Jewry is back of the Zion ist movement.” The plan for the enrollment of 250,- 000 Jews is considered as an emergen cy measure for which the Jews of America are ready. It is planned to penetrate every Jewish community in the United States. Every one who signs the “roll call” will pay a fee of $2.00, which sum will include the She kel, membership fee in the World Zionist Organization. An answer to the “roll call” will also include an affirmation of faith in the Basle pro gram and an endorsement of the pur poses of the Balfour Declaration. The aim of this huge action is not finan cial income but merely the building up of a body of men and women in America who can be counted on to lend support and prestige to whatever action may be inaugurated by Zionist Organization of America ® make more secure the rebuilding » Jewish Homeland. A number of nationally-prominen. ns will make whirlwind tours front ist to coast; prominent local *P e **_ i will tour their regions; t th ° usW volunteers will be recruite to >m house to house, from o ice to secure practical demons n of the sympathy of Ame wry for the upbuilding o ie as the Jewish Homeland. Thj£ Inal oflFoofivpness OI tnlS 8 ihasized. . he “roll call” campaign ™_ ‘ fl# urated at once and wi k y uary 1, 1930, by which ected the goal of 250.000 will »