Sir Herbert Samuel is Heralded As National Hero in Great Britain

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Sir Herbert Samuel, former High Commissioner of Palestine and chairman of the British Royal Coal Commission, is acclaimed as a national hero following the conclusion of the general strike.

“The British Worker.” the official organ of the strikers, reports that Sir Herbert returned from Italy, where he was on a vacation tour, and offered his services as mediator. He immediately got in touch with the government and strike leaders, discussed their demands with the workers and prepared the memorandum embodying the compromise proposals which were accepted by the Trades Union Congress and the government. Following this acceptance, negotiations were resumed and were successfully concluded. Throughout the mediation, Sir Herbert emphasized that he acted not in his official capacity as chairman of the Royal Coal Commission, but purely on his own initiative.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Jewish Deputies, which was to take place on Sunday and was postponed on account of the strike, will take place on Sunday as originally scheduled. It is understood that this representative body of British Jewry will congratulate Sir Herbert in a resolution similar to that adopted in honor of the Marquis of Reading, expressing the thanks of the Jewish community in Great Britain for his services to the country and for the honor he renders to the Jewish name.