A programme for building homes for the settlers in the Jewish collectives of Bureya at a cost of six million roubles was announced to-day, simultaneously with the issue of orders for the transportation of 2,000 Jewish mechanics to Bureya. The orders are to be distributed as follows: The Ukraine is instructed to furnish 1,450 builders from the poorest sections of the community, and White Russia is instructed to furnish 550 mechanics likewise from among the poorest elements of the population.
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