The British and Palestine Governments are now working on proposals to aid Palestine citrus growers, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declared in a message replying to a cable of the Joint Arab-Jewish Citrus Growers’ Executive Committee.
“His Majesty’s Government and the Palestine Government , in consultation with the banks concerned, have under active consideration proposals for alleviation of Palestine’s citrus difficulties and the growers may rest assured that every effort is being made to reach a solution,” Capt. Eden said.
A delegation of the Jewish Community Council has appeared before Edward Keith-Roach District Commissioner for Jerusalem, to ask that a moratorium be declared in Jerusalem through the rescinding of the bankruptcy law.
The delegation also requested that the voluntary taxation system which Jewish organizations introduced under the name Kofer Hayishuv be given a legal status, as regards the Jewish population. The delegation asked for wider powers in connection with the collection of this tax.
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