The revelation that the Palestine administration will eventually pass from the jurisdiction of the Colonial Office to that of the Foreign Office was made today by Commander Kenworthy, prominent Labor member of Parliament, in an address at the jubilee dinner of the Hull Hebrew Board of Guardians. The Palestine administration was at one time under the control of the Foreign Office.
Commander Kenworthy disclosed that this plan was his own proposal which he assured his hearers would be adopted. He also said that the policy of the White Paper did not meet with support of many leaders of the Labor Party. Lord Passfield, author of the much-criticized White Paper, is Colonial Secretary, while Arthur Henderson, who is presiding over the negotiations between the Jewish Agency and the British government is Foreign Secretary.
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