Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 63

II.—Second Meeting of the General Council, March 25th to April 5th, 1934, in Jerusalem. The following were present : A.—Members of the Executive. Dr. Sokolow, Mr. D. Ben-Gurion, Prof. Brodetsky, I. Gruenbaum, Dr. V. Jacobson, E. Kaplan, L. Lipsky, B. Locker, Dr. Ruppin and M. Shertok. B.—Members of the General Council. M. Ussischkin, Miss Szold, Chasan, Cheifez, Dobkin, Ada Fischmann, Dr. Friedmann, Harzfeld, Dr. Hellman, Jaari, S. Kaplansky, I. Mereminsky, Neustadt, Reiss, Remez, Rubaschow, Dr. Silberschein, Tabenkin, Dr. Tartakower, Zuckermann, Dr. Ebner, L. Eningen, Rev. J. K. Goldbloom, Mrs. Halprin, Landau, Dr. Mossinson, Dr. Ruf eisen, Dr. Schmorak, Dr. Schwarzbart, J. Suprasky, M. Berlin, Rabbi Brodt, H. Farbstein, Rabbi Fischmann, Neifeld, Schapira, Jacoby, Dr. Lazarowicz, Dr. Movshowicz, Dr. Waschitz, Dr. Goldmann, M. Grossman, I. Ben-Zvi, E. Berligne. C.—Deputy Members of the General Council. A. Bialopolski, E. Golomb, Dr. Melzer, M. Singer, Dr. Alexander Goldstein, Dr. Angelo Goldstein, Sirkis, Belilowski, Chorin, Propes, and Zuchowicki. D.—Congress Attorney. Dr. A. Barth. E.—Representatives of Institutions J.C.T.—Dr. G. Halpern; K.H.—Dr. A. Hantke The following resolutions were adopted : A. POLITICS. I.—Immigration. (1) The constant impoverishment of the .lewish masses, the undermining of their social and cultural life in all lands of the Diaspora, the destruction of German Jewry, and the growth of Jew-hatred in various countries, show that immigration to Palestine is the only solution for the increasing distress of Jewry. On the other hand, the creative force of the Zionist work in Palestine has revealed during the last few years inestimable possibilities for the absorption of a Jewish mass immigration, possibilities which are manifestly in excess of the extent of the present immigration. All assertions that Palestine can absorb only a limited immigration have been disproved, and the immigration and settlement of Jews has become a great blessing for the entire country. Nevertheless, the Mandatory Government continues to limit Jewish immigration, artificially deprives the Jewish economy of its increasing capacity to absorb Jewish immigrants, and thus prevents the progress of Zionist work and obstructs the development of the country as a whole. The immigration restrictions on the part of the Government practically nullify the principle that immigration is to be regulated in accordance with the economic absorptive capacity of the country, constitute an attack upon 63