Jewish regions in Crimea, similar to those established in the Ukraine, are now an eventuality to be anticipated, according to announcements made here. The possibility arises out of a decision of the Crimean Land Commissariat granting the Comzet, governmental department for settling Jews on the land, the right to exchange land with the government agricultural units now lying between the Jewish colonies in Crimea. Until now, Jewish regions in Crimea, long advocated by the Comzet, were impossible, because the colonies were split. The unifying venture is further made practicable through a new grant of ninety-five thousand hectares of land which can be used for exchange purposes. Fifty thousand hectares are already under Comzet jurisdiction, and preparations are under way to start settlements of Jews in 1930. The Agrojoint is digging wells there.
Hope is also laid on the land reform now going on in Crimea whereby the land taken from the Kulaks is being given to the Jews, thus supplying additional exchange possibilities. J. Golde, a member of the Comzet, has left for Crimea, in connection with this decision, to which great importance is attached.
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