Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 58

the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Agency, and the executives of the Zionist Federations and Separate Unions. 3. In June, 1934, the Propaganda Department published, in book form (in Hebrew), the Minutes of the session of the Zionist General Council held in the spring of 1934 in Jerusalem, together with the reports of the various Jewish Agency departments submitted to the session. Those were the first official Minutes published by the Zionist Organisation in Hebrew. In July, 1935, the Department issued the Hebrew Minutes of the session of the Zionist General Council held in Jerusalem in March/April, 1935. 4. The Department published 14 pamphlets (5 in Hebrew, 6 in Yiddish, and 3 in German) which contained the speeches of the members of the Zionist Executive at the recent meeting of the Zionist General Council. 5. The Department published also the following material : — (a) A compilation of the resolutions of all the eighteen Zionist Congresses (1897-1933), with a detailed contents list. (b) A compilation of the resolutions passed by the three sessions of the Council of the Jewish Agency. These compilations, which enable one to understand the complicated constitution of the legislative bodies of the movement, have so far appeared in 10 copies only, and, for technical reasons, in German only, which used to be, until recently, the predominant language of the Zionist Congresses. They will shortly appear in Hebrew in book form, and the Hebrew text of the resolutions will be regarded as official and authentic. 6. The Department paid special attention to the instruction of the delegates of the Funds and of the Chalutzim organisations abroad by means of organising lectures and a seminary for their benefit, and by supplying them with material and up to-date information on the position in Palestine and on the activities of the Jewish Agency. In September, 1934, the Department organised a conference of all delegates of the Keren Hayesod who were at the time in Palestine, for the purpose of imparting to them authorised information with regard to the activities of the Jewish Agency. On behalf of the Executive, Dr. Sokolow and Mr. Kaplan addressed the delegates on the tasks of the national Funds, on the economic position, and on the financial activities of the Agency, and Mr. Shertok on the political work of the Agency Executive. During the period 27th November to 5th December, 1934, a special lecture course was organised by the Department for the delegates of the Chalutzim organisations who intended to go abroad and work among the various training groups there. That course was attended by 33 delegates of the Histadruth Haovdim, the General Zionist Youth Organisation, the Working Youth, and the WIZO. The syllabus of the course contained two fundamental 58