Gravity of Jewish Agency Financial Crisis Shown by Kithholding of 1,500 Immigration Certificates Gra

The gravity of the financial crisis experienced by the Jewish Agency Executive here is reflected in the delay which is occurring in the matter of putting to use the 1,500 labour immigration certificates which were granted early in November by the British Government at the time the last session of the Actions Committee was in progress. Instructions have been sent out to hold back the issuing of the certificates to immigrants, until the means are provided for giving them employment promptly on arrival in Palestine. The J.T.A. learns that because of the almost unprecedented financial stringency, the Jewish Agency authorities have recommended that the certificates should not be distributed. Dr. Wernher Senator, member of the Jewish Agency Executive in charge of the Treasury, who was previously General Secretary of the European Office of the Joint Distribution Committee, is leaving here to attend the emergency meeting of the Actions Committee in London on the 12th. inst.

When Colonel Kisch announced at the meeting of the Actions Committee in November that there was good reason to believe that of the 2,100 certificates asked for by, the Jewish Agency Executive under the Labour Schedule for the next half year, 1,500 would be authorised by the Colonial Office he added that the financial position of the Jewish Agency in Palestine, however, was extremely grave, and it would be a bitter irony if there were no funds to finance the immigration of these Haluzim.