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The Rabbinical Assembly in session at Long Branch, N. J., was addressed by Governor Silzer, of New Jersey, who spoke on the American Spirit, and by Rabbis Samuel Morris Cohen and Charles 0. Hoffman, of New York. Resolutions were passed: 1) Urging the Government "to take steps towards participation in the World Court or such other association of civilized States" as shall tend to substitute arbitration and justice for force in settlement of differences between States; 2) Calling upon Boards of Education and Boards of Examiners of state and national institutions to arrange examinations and other public exercises on days other than Jewish Sabbaths and holidays; 3) Urging study of the question of the Synagogue reaching the Jewish labor element; 4) Favoring the drawing up of a set of principles based on Jewish tradition to guide rabbis in their attitude toward industrial problems; 5) Urging closer cooperation with other religious bodies in efforts to further social justice.