A plan for the selection of mayors of this city under the new municipalities ordinance which gives a measure of autonomy to Palestine communities, proposing that the position be filled alternately by men of the various faiths residing in the city, was suggested to James E. F. Campbell, British commissioner of the Jerusalem district, by members of the Agudath Israel, ultra-orthodox Jewish group which seeks recognition in Palestine for an orthodox Jewish community distinct from that recognized by the government in the Vaad Leumi, the Jewish National Council.
A delegation of members of the Agudath Israel interviewed Commissioner Campbell unofficially and suggested that the problem of filling the Jerusalem mayoralty be settled by naming an Englishman mayor for five years, to be followed by a Christian resident, a Jew and a Moslem, each serving for a five-year period.
The present incumbent of the post, Mayor Nashishibi, is a Moslem Arab.
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