http://www.jwa.org/discover/recollections/pekarsky.html
  She agreed to take the job only if Kaufman himself, and not the Zionist organization, paid her directly. "I didn't want to be politically beholden," Nell said. At that time, internecine battles in the Zionist movement were intense. On one side was a group led by the Zionist leader Louis Lipsky, and included Nell's former boss Meyer Weisgal. On the other side were Justice Brandeis and other prominent American Jews. She insisted on staying clear of ideology in order to preserve her relationships with people in both camps.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_n3_v18/ai_19129728/pg_2