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Show It : Gradual Immigrarion of Four Million Planned at j Meeting ' I NEW YORK, May 7. Arrange-' Arrange-' , ments for Uio gradual Immigration or I 4,000,000 Jews to Palestine, following 1 tho San Remo sessions of the peace 1 conference which gave Great Britain the mandate over that country for tho j establishment of a Jewish national home land, will be discussed at an o traordlnary conference of the Zion-' Zion-' 1st organization of America here next , . Sunday and Monday. ' The conference, which will bo attended at-tended by 1700 delegates from the "United States and Canada, will be, it is said, "tho most important and historic his-toric gathering of Jews ever held In America," under the leadership of I Justice Brandols of tho United States jupreme court and United States Judge Julian W. Mack, tho organlza-' organlza-' tion Is expected to take immediate action toward the rccstablishment of the Jewish people In tho near East after 2000 years of exile, thus bringing bring-ing to pass tho realization of the movement begun 23 years ago by Theodor Herzl, father, of political Zionism. I In calling this extraordinary con-! con-! vcntlon, which necessitated the post-j post-j ) ponement of the regular annual meet- ' ing. which had been scheduled for At-: , lantic City beginning May 30. the na-1 ' tional executive said: "Tho historic ' action taken at San Jtcnio on April 24 which gave recognition to the age-! long aspirations of tho Jewish people opens up the Immediate opportunity! , to them to conquer through work and i " organization that place for themselves I ( in the world of civilization which has! - j been their hope for twenty centuries, I a place where Jewish ideals shall be I free and where Jewish spirit shall be tree to express itself in accordance I . with its traditions of social justice and I righteousness." ' J Although millions of Jews, partlcu- larly from eastern .Europe, are said to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice, the Zionists say that "no mad rush of Immigrants will be permitted 1 10 flood Palestine." but that a well I1 regulated, careful, scientific immigra-j immigra-j . tion of perhaps 50,000 annually will ' ' bo undertaken, in order to Insure the proper economic and cultural dovel-i, dovel-i, opment of the country.' I oo |