The Archive · 1939

Palestine Parleys For February

Widely Representative Committee of Jewish Leaders Chosen

London, Jan. 28.

The date for the opening of the Palestine Conference has not yet been fixed but it 4s expected to be early in February. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, will probably preside at the opening session.

In preparation for the talks, a widely representative committee of Jewish leaders from, all parts of the world has been formed to assist the Executive Committee of the Jewish Agency:

Among the members will be Mr. Neville Laski, Chairman of the Jewish Board of Deputies, and Mr. James de Rothschild, head of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association.

Palestine Jews will be fully represented. There will also be representatives from the United States, France, Belgium, Germany and Eastern Europe.

The delegation actually conducting negotiations wil be headed by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.

St. James' Palace will be the venue the forthcoming Palestine Confer: ence, it was officially announced here today.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account