Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 45

3. In June, 1934, the Executive conferred with the leaders, of the Zionist parties, who came to London to attend the meeting; of the Political Study Commission, with regard to the means of ending the party strife, but came to the conclusion that the right moment for this had not yet arrived. The general discussion in: the press and the appeals for peace and manifestoes of the- Revisionists, of the Labour Party, and of the World Union of General Zionists remained for a time without any result. 4. When they considered that the suitable moment had arrived, the Executive decided to open negotiations with the parties with the three-fold object of restoring internal peace, ensuring order and discipline within the Organisation, and, so far as practicable, finding the basis for a permanent and active cooperation of the most responsible circles of the movement. 5. The view of the Executive was that not only, was it desirable to suppress the negative phenomena in the life of the Organisation by bringing about a general peace, but that the; interests of Zionism demanded that so far as possible a constant harmonious co-operation of all the forces united in the Zionist Organisation should be striven after, so that our national energies should not be frittered away in internal conflicts, but concentrated upon positive and productive activity to achieve the common aim.. We considered the proper way to arrive at this goal was by conducting separate discussions with the various parties, as we thought that a direct and intimate exchange of views with each party by itself was best calculated to dispose of difficulties and' to achieve a frank agreement uninfluenced by tactical considerations. Invitations were therefore issued on September 21st, 1934, to the parties to send representatives to London for this purpose. 6. Discussions with the Revisionists took place on October 8th and 9th and were then adjourned for the formulation of proposals (see cap. 11). 7. From October 13th to 17th a detailed exchange of views" took place with the General Zionists, who were represented by Mr.. F. Bernstein, Kurt Blumenfeld, Dr. Rosenblueth, Dr. Schmorak and Dr. Schwarzbart. The discussions ranged over five points. In the first place, there was a discussion about the principles that should be binding upon all parties in regard to refraining from the use of violence and unethical methods of political struggle. On this point complete agreement of views was established. The representatives of the World Union likewise declared themselvesin agreement with a number of measures which the Executive wished to propose to the competent bodies in order to secure effectively the maintenance of discipline and the elimination of breaches of discipline within the whole organisation. The Executive submitted to the Conference its general ideas about organisation reform, and while far-reaching agreement was reached in respect of the reform of Congress and the dependence of the right of voting in the Congress elections upon the payment of the 45