A new Government Agricultural Council has been sot up consisting of two British, six Arab and five Jewish members. The Jewish members are Dr. Arthur Ruppin, member of the Jewish Agency Executive, Dr. J. L. Magnes, chancellor of the Hebrew University, Mr. Victor Kohn, of the Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association, (Pica), Mr. Eliezer Yaffe, representing Palestine Labour, and Mr. Harry Viteles, of the Palestine Co-operative Bank.
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