More than 250,000 Jews can be settled in Lower and Upper Galilee, according to a report from Palestine made public today by Dr. Solomon Goldman, co-chairman of the United Palestine, in connection with an emergency U.P.A. conference to be held at the Covenant Club here Sunday.
Surveys by agricultural authorities have revealed that the Upper Galilee, comprising 813,000 dunams, contains 534,000 dunams fit for cultivation, permitting settlement of 175,000 persons, Dr. Goldman said. Lower Galilee, comprising 797,000 dunams, has a cultivable area of 435,000 dunams, where 75,000 persons can be colonized.
The conference, will be the first national U.P.A. meeting to consider the Austrian Jews’ situation and President Roosevelt’s proposal for international aid to refugees. It will discuss the need for international cooperation to open Palestine’s doors to European refugees. Speakers will include Louis Lipsky and Alexander L. Easterman, British journalist.
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