The Jewish Agency for Palestine will receive 2,500 more immigration certificates in addition to the 7,500 already received for the next six months, it was disclosed here today by Eliahu Dobkin, in charge of the Palestine offices which distrubute the permits assigned by the Palestine Executive to each country.
The additional 2,500 certificates, Mr. Dobkin declared, will be issued on condition that the immigrants proceed not to the cities but to the colonies, for rural work. Mr. Dobkin made this statement while addressing a conference of the Hanoar Haoved, the Jewish labor youth group of Poland.
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