Religion: Zionists

At Washington, D. C., was held the 28th annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America. Some 1,500 delegates and alternates were present, making the assembly the largest ever held by the American Zionists.

The main purpose of the convention —aside from election of officers—was a movement to enlist the support of all Jews, Zionist and non-Zionist, for the construction of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The movement received practically unanimous endorsement and called upon the World Zionist Congress, which meets in Vienna in August, to accept non-Zionist aid.

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