Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 25

C.—Legislative Measures. (1) Organisation Statute.—The editorial revision of the Organisation Statute (Constitution) and its adaptation to the resolutions of the 17th and 18th Congresses was undertaken by the Organisation Department of the Executive on the basis of the authority given by the Congress. The approval of the qualified authorities was obtained for the amended version. The paragraphs of the Constitution affected by these amendments or supplements are Nos. 16, 25, 26, 46 and 77, while the paragraphs 77a, 78 and 79 were merely renumbered. (2) Regulations regarding the World Election List.—The changed circumstances prompted the Organisation Department to propose to the General Council, at the meeting in April, 1935, a change in the regulations in regard to the range of parties entitled to put up world election lists. The proposals were accepted by the General Council with some modifications, and on the basis of these decisions a new version of Article 2 and the addition of Article 14a were agreed to and published for general information. 8. Organisation Problems. (1) It will not be possible to achieve a consolidation of the World Zionist Organisation until the principles of organisation based upon the experiences of the pre-War period are finally adapted to the requirements of the present time and the new conditions. The transition from the period of propaganda to that of realisation, the re-orientation due to the practical tasks in Palestine, the numerical increase and the ideological differentiation of the once small and homogeneous movement, the development of differences of opinion and conflicts of interest leading to the formation of parties and splits—all these are factors that call for a radical reform in the structure of our Organisation. The prevailing defects were investigated in the systematic inquiry carried out after the 16th Congress as well as by the standing Organisation Commission which met before the 18th Congress, and this investigation has been continued during the last two years by way of an internal exchange of views between the authorised bodies and persons. (2) The first problem is that of the non-Congress year. The Executive has on repeated occasions proposed and defended the introduction of the " every-year " Shekel, but was unable to obtain the support of the majority. This has not prevented us from continuing our endeavours in the hope that they will one day lead to a positive result. (3) The next problem concerns the relation of the Shekel to membership of the Federation, or, in other words, the question of duality or identity of membership of the Zionist Organisation with membership of a Federation. There is no doubt that a solution in 25