United action with the Jews will result in a reduction in the government’s financial assistance to the Arabs, a district officer is reported to have told the Arab villagers who joined the Jewish settlers in the Emek in memorializing the authorities for assistance because of damages suffered from the plague of field mice.
The Davar, which reports the above incident, says that the government ignored the joint Arab-Jewish petition by arranging for seed and fodder loans in each village separately. The Davar asks who empowered the district officer to say what he did.
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