Sixty thousand Jewish kustars, (artisans) will be organized into new artels (artisans’ cooperatives) during 1930 and provided with raw material, according to plans adopted by the Gospel, the organization which maps out the Soviet’s industrial plans. The same plans call for an additional 31,000 Jewish kustars to be organized into artels in 1931.
These new kustar’s artels will receive one million roubles worth of leather for shoemakers, ten million roubles worth of lumber for wood work, ten million roubles worth of textiles and two hundred tons of flax. These measures are the result of the Soviet cabinet’s reported decision to improve the situation of the Jews in the small towns.
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