Majority for Jewish Agency Pact Certain Though Parties Divided

Because of the demand of the Labor delegates to the 16th Biennial Zionist Congress, whose sessions will open here on Sunday, July 28, the Zionist General Council adjourned today after it failed to reach an agreement on the personnel of the praesidium for the plenary session and the various committees and sub-committees which are to formulate the Zionist policy in relation to its reconstruction work in Palestine during the next two years.

The Laborites, who will control 85 votes in the general body consisting of approximately 250 members, insisted that they be given proportionate representation on the praesidium and on the ten committees to be formed.

The delegation from the United States and Canada will be 42 strong. Archibald Freiman, prominent merchant and philanthropist of Ottawa, Canada, is a probable candidate for the vice-presidency of the Congress. The center group, moderate Zionists, commonly referred to as General Zionists, will be greatly weakened due to the increased numbers of the extreme radical and conservative groups. The Mizrachi, religious Zionists, will have a representation of 45, while the Radical Zionists and Zionist-Revisionists will number about 30. The Congress Court, passing on the protests against the result of the elections in various countries, has adjusted many of the grievances in European countries but has as yet been unable to adjust the difficulties in connection with the election of Zionist delegates in the United States, Palestine, Poland and Austria.

Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization, arrived here today, as did a large number of delegates and guests from Palestine. The delegates and guests traveled on a specially chartered steamer which landed them at Trieste. The arrival of many delegates from Poland was delayed because of passport difficulties which seemed to have arisen.