A demand that all the Jewish colonists in Ukrainia, now without rights, be reinstated to them as has been done in Crimea, was submitted to the Ukrainian Central Executive Committee today by the Comzet, the government department for settling Jews on the land.
The Comzet points out that during the collectivization period the number of Jewish colonists in Ukrainia, especially in the Krivorog region, who had been deprived of their rights had increased when it should have decreased. The Comzet emphasizes that the Ukrainian practice of reinstating only those Jewish colonists who have been on the land for several years is not in accord with the recent decree of the Central Soviet government, which provided for no such limitation.
The “Oktiabre,” published in Minsk,
today complains that a number of Jews who have already been reinstated in White Russia include some who should not have been reinstated because they are former speculators and extreme supporters of religion. The paper lists the names of Koidanov and Dubrovne as reinstated Jews whose cases should be revised.
The total number of Jewish kulaks in the Kalinindorf region who suffered during the collectivization period is today announced as 141 of which 105 are old colonists of the pre-revolutionary days. The lists of Jewish kulaks are composed mostly of those who were extraders before settling on the land or who hired labor for help in their field work.
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