The dispute between the Comzet, government department for settling the Jews on the land, and the land commissariat regarding the granting of three million roubles of credit for the Jewish colonists from the Agrarian Bank has been settled by the Soviet cabinet in favor of the Comzet. The latter had asked three millions while the Agrarian Bank had offered only half of that sum. As a result of the slash by the Agrarian Bank the fields of the Jewish colonists in Ukrainia were in danger of being behind in their Spring sowing.
By the decision of the Soviet cabinet the Jewish colonists in the Ukraine can now look forward to being provided with the necessary credits.
The land commissariat will also provide the new Jewish settlers in Ukrainia with one hundred thousand puds of seeds from the government reserves. On the other hand the old Jewish colonists, even those that have been collectivized, will not get seeds for the Spring and will have to do their own worrying about seeds.
The Soviet press today complains that the Ukrainian Jewish colonists submitted only 28 percent of their quota of seeds to the government. The situation is worse in the Jankoy and Yevpatoria regions where the Jewish colonists submitted only seven percent, claiming that they consumed the seeds for food because of the bread shortage. It is understood that the government will be compelled to provide the Crimean Jewish colonists with seeds simply because it cannot afford to have any territory unsown.
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