A greater Jewish police force for the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv is demanded from the Palestine government in a resolution adopted today by the municipality here.
The resolution points out that the 200 Jewish policemen now in the Tel Aviv force are not enough to keep the city in order, in view of the constantly growing population. The resolution demands that the government not only increase the number of Jewish policemen but also the salaries paid them in order to keep them in the service.
An appeal was issued by the municipality today to Jewish youths, urging them to enter the police force. The appeal emphasizes the importance of having a larger number of Jewish policemen preserving order in the city.
The problem of attracting Jewish youth to the police force has long been one of the most important faced by Jewish institutions. The salaries for policemen are so low that even Jews who have long been in the force are quitting. Because of the present shortage of laborers in Palestine, an average unskilled worker veterans a better livelihood than a policeman. The number of Jews in the Palestine police force has therefore tremendously decreased within the last few years, and is still continuing to decline. The proportion of non-Jewish policemen in Tel Aviv is today about the same as that of the Jewish, because of the decrease in the Jewish force.
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