An Austrian Palestine Chamber of Commerce has been formed here to enable Austrian Jews to engage in economic work in Palestine. The institution has been formed on the initiative of the Revisionists, but is itself non-political and non-partisan, consisting of industrialists and others belonging to all groupings, who have joined together to promote the Jewish economic work in Palestine.
The industrialist Leo Perutz has been elected President, and other members of the Presidium are the industrialist Max Ernst, and Engineer Robert Stricker. The purpose of the organisation is to serve as an information service on mutual trading relations between Austria and Palestine, to provide legal aid in matters relating to the investment of capital in Palestine, and settlement in Palestine, to promote tourist traffic to Palestine, to participate in Palestine trade fairs, and exhibitions, to organise settlement co-operatives for Palestine, etc.
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