Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 203

CHILE. 1. The Central Committee of the Federation.—At the Annual Conference held in September, 1934, the following were elected on the Central Committee : President, Mr. Chaim Trumper; Vice-President and Chairman of the Keren Hayesod Committee, Mr. Moses Rosenblatt; Vice-President and Chairman of the Keren Kayemeth Committee, Mr. David Dubinski; General Secretary, Mr. J. Melnik; Assistant Secretaries, Messrs. B. Poloni and J. Kreisel; Treasurer, M. Albala; Director of Propaganda and Cultural Work, Mr. Shabtai Talias; Director of Education, Mr. S. Gonen; Secretary of the Keren Hayesod Committee, Mr. David Shatan; Secretary of the Keren Kayemeth Committee, Mr. Benjamin Markelewitz; Secretary of the Education Department, Mr. J. Vladimirsky; Federation Secretary, Mr. M. Aloni. 2. Organisation.—The Zionist Organisation of Chile includes all Zionist parties, except the Revisionists, and it is regarded as the - recognised representative body vis-a-vis the authorities. Sixteen organisations and societies in eight towns are affiliated to the Federation, and apart from this there are individual representatives . in five towns in which there are no organised societies. The bodies affiliated to the Federation include the Zionist Socialist League for Working Palestine, the WIZO, and the Youth Organisation. The Sephardic communities of the country are also associated with the Federation. The registered membership in all the Zionist bodies exceeds 1,500. Since 1933 the membership has been increased by 30 per cent. The Youth Organisation, which is affiliated to the Federation, has among its members a considerable number of students. The 16th Annual Zionist Conference held on September 15th to 17th, 1934, when the 15th anniversary of the Federation in Chile was celebrated, was attended by seventy delegates, representing all bodies affiliated to the Federation. Of the resolutions passed the following may be mentioned: (a) a vote of confidence in the Executive of the World Zionist Organisation; (b) protests against the restrictions on immigration to Palestine, against those boycotting the Zionist Funds, against acts of violence in the movement, against the employment of non-Jewish labour in Palestine and against land speculation in Palestine. The Conference also passed a number of resolutions with regard to cultural work and Zionist propaganda in Spanish. 3. Propaganda.—The failure of the organisation system based on affiliated bodies, some of which are of a communal character and in which Zionist activities are of secondary importance, actuated the Organisation Department of the Federation to undertake the direct organisation of the Zionists of Chile. A scheme for the organising of purely Zionist societies and Zionist committees was drawn up. As a result of this four Zionist committees were elected in various suburbs of Santiago, and after the reorganisation a number of public Zionist meetings were held, one of which was , 203