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June 22, 1917 - Image 16

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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

16

Zionist Convention at Baltimore Begins June 24

The New

Will Be Most Important Gathering in History of Move-
ment—Will Last Until June 28-1,000
Delegates to Attend

Every indication is that the conven-
tion which begins in Baltimore on
June 24 will be the largest as well as
the most important that the Zionists
have ever held 'in this country. It
gains importance front the fact that it
follows almost immediately upon the
adjournment of the first Zionist Con-
gress ever held in Russia, where a
strong stand in favor of Jewish na-
tional autonomy in Palestine was
taken by the delegates. Of even
greater importance is the political
situation relating to Palestine and the
possibility of an early realization of
the plan to "establish a publicly rec-
ognized, legally assured homeland for
the Jewish people." Although nothing
definite is known concerning the pro-
gress of the political situation, it is
believed in some quarters that the con-
vention will be electrified by an im-
portant announcement by those who
may speak with authority in the mat-
ter; at any rate, the anticipation that
this convention may mark an historic
moment in the life of the Jewish peo-
ple is whetting the eagerness with
which the delegates are flocking to
Baltimsore, and is causing the eyes of
many Jewish people to be strained to-
ward that city.
Several hundred delegates are al-
ready in Baltimore and every train ar-
riving Sunday morning will be met by
reception committees who will help
the delegates to get located quickly
and proceed to the convention hall.
Including the delegates of the subor-
dinate branches of the movement, it is
antiCipated that there will be very
nearly one thousand delegates to this
convention. Among the organizations
represented will be the Provisional
Executive Committee for General
Zionist Affairs, the Federation of Am-
erican Zionist s, Hadassah, the
Achooza-Comonwcalth Organization,
the Intercollegiate Zionist Association,
the Palestine Bureau, the Histadruth
Ibrith and Young Judaea.

Convention Opens Sunday.
The convention will last until
Thursday, June 28, and the program
committee has arranged. to give each
of the subordinate organizations am-
ple opportunity to deal with its in-
ternal affairs. Sunday morning there
will be a conference of state delegates
and city councils and registration of
delegates.

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The formal opening of the conven-
tion will be at 2 o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, by Dr. Harry Friedenwald,
president of the Federation of Am-
erican Zionists, in the Academy of
Music. Addresses will be delivered,
among others, by Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
Dr. Schmarya Levin and by local offi-
cials. At this session the report of
the federation will be made by Mr.
Louis Lipsky, chairman of the execu-
tive committee. In the evening a series
of mass meetings will be held in a
number of halls and the Maryland
theater. The speakers will include
Judge Julian W. Mack, Dr. Harry
Friedenwald, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr.
Schmarya Levin and Dr. Ben Zion
Mossinsohn.
Monday morning will be given up
to the first session of the Hadassah
and Intercollegiate Zionist Associa-
tion conventions. The federation will
convene again in the afternoon. The
features of this session will be the re-
port for the Provisional Committee by
the secretary, Mr. Jacob de Haas; on
the American Jewish Congress, by
Louis Kirstein and Israel B. Brodie,
and on Palestine preparedness , by Mr.
E. W. Lewin-Epstein and Bernard A.
Rosenblatt. In the evening there will
be a reception by the Baltimore Jew-
ish community to the Zionist dele-
gates in the Hotel Belvedere. There
will also be a conference concerning
"Dos Yiddishe Folk."
Tuesday morning Hadassah and the
Intercollegiate Association will again
convene. The chief feature of Hadas-
sah's second session will be round-
table discussions of the various activi-
ties in which the women's organiza-
tion is specifically interested. At the
Intercollegiate session, Professor
Henry Slonimsky will deliver an ad-
dress on the "Zionist Organizations
in Germany," and Mordecai Bern-
stein will.talk on "The Place of Pales-
tine in the Program of the Intercol-
legiate Zionist Association." The dis-
cussion on this address will be led by
P. Birdecheff. The Intercollegiate
Association will at this session act on
the reports of the Resolution Com-
mittee and elect officers.
Election of Officers.
, The federation will reconvene in
the afternoon. Discussions will be had
on the Zionist publications, on the Na-
tional Fund, on Propaganda, on the
Budget and Finance. The outstand-
ing feature of this session will be the
discussion of the Hebrew language,
with the following participants: Dr.
Levin (in Hebrew) on "Hebrew as a
Factor in the Jewish Revival;" Dr.
Leo Motzkin (in Yiddish) on "The
Problem of Language from the Na-
tional Standpoint;" Dr. Harry Fried-
enwald (in English) on "The Value
of the Hebrew Language and Culture,
and the auty of the Zionists in That
Connection."
This will be followed by nomina-
tions for officers. In the evening there
will be at Hebrew mass meeting, a
which some of the speakers will be:
Reuben Brainin, Rabbi Meyer Berlin,
Ben Gorion, Dr. Mossinsohn, M.
Schrinkin, Leon Zolotkoff and Ben
Zevie. The same evening there will
be a meeting of Young Judaea leaders.
Hadassah will hold its last session
Wednesday morning, voting on the
report of the Resolutions Committee
and electing officers. The final ses-
sion of the federation will be held that
afternoon. Reports will be received
on the shekel and on organization.
Resolutions on organization will be
adopted and the question of the reor-
ganization of the Provisional Zionist
Committee will be placed before the
house. This will be followed by elec-
tion of officers. The Provisional
Zionist Committee will meet all day
Thursday.

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