Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 74

the Executive of the Jewish Agency, of the Keren Hayesod and the Keren Kayemeth, and empowers the Executive to arrange for the transfer of the rights of the Keren Hayesod and the Keren Kayemeth from its investments in water installations in the settlements to the new company. 6. —Duties to the Funds. _ In accordance with the resolution adopted hy several Zionist Congresses which lays down that the Keren Kayemeth and the Keren Hayesod are thecentral funds of the Zionist Organisation, the General Council declares that all Zionist organisations or organs which evade the duty of participating in the work of the K.K.L. and the K.H., are transgressing a duty to the Zionist Organisation. The General Council appeals to all Zionists to participate unconditionally in the work for the two Funds, and declares that every act committed against the work on behalf of the Funds shall beregarded as a grave violation of Zionist discipline. 7. —Duties to the Keren Hayesod and Electoral Rights. In accordance with the decision of the Congress, the General Council-: resolves that every candidate at the elections to the Zionist Congress or to other Zionist bodies is obliged to prove, by means of a receipt or other appropriate evidence of the Keren Hayesod, that he fulfils his duty to this Fund, or that he has proved to the Keren Hayesod that he is not in a position to pay his contribution to it. If the candidate declares that the Keren Hayesod Bureau has refused without sufficient ground to give him the required receipt, he has the right: to put up for election and the matter shall be brought to the Congress Court: for decision. 8. —Collections for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine. The General Council takes note of the agreement between the Keren. Hayesod and the Department for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine whereby a co-ordination of the collections of the Keren Hayesod and of those for the settlement of German Jews is assured, as well as the transfer of the entire assets of the Department to the Keren Hayesodf or a particular period. The General Council demands that the Zionists of all countries shall see that the money from the collections for the German Jews intended for Palestine shall be concentrated in the Department for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine and shall be transferred to its possession. The General Council demands from all Zionists that they shall' emphatically insist that out of the monies collected for the German Jews and intended for the requirements of work in Palestine, a considerable part, at any rate one-third at least, shall be applied to the purchase of land; it is also the duty of the Zionists to demand that the land for this-, purpose shall be acquired by the Keren Kayemeth Leisrael in accordance with the land purchase regulations of this Fund. The Zionist institutions have the duty to see that every collection that is intended either wholly or in part for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine shall be carried out in every case on the basis of a previous agreement with the Keren Hayesod. 9. —Budget of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for 5695. In view of the fact that the present General Council is meeting six months before the beginning of the financial year, the General Council resolves that the budget proposals shall be submitted by the Executive to the next meeting of the General Council and of the Administrative Committee,, which will meet before the end of the year 5694. The General Council further resolves that if for whatever reasons the next meeting cannot take place in the course of the year 5694, the Executive of the Jewish Agency shall be authorised, in conjunction with the Budget Commission to be elected by the General Council, to draw up the Budget proposals for the year 5695 and to submit them to the competent authorities at the earliest opportunity - for approval. 74