Nearly 1,500 men in the towns and colonies have been recruited to help in the orange picking and other seasonal agricultural works which are being neglected because of shortage of labor. Most of these recruits have relinquished lucrative jobs in building trades in order to aid the farmers, lest they lose their agricultural season. Many School-boys have become volunteer workers and are camping in tents near the groves. Girls in navvy trousers are a common sight in the labor contingents.
As a result of intensive activity to help the farmers, the building trade in Tel Aviv is practically at a standstill, in spite of the great need for housing and business premises. It is hoped that the grant of the new immigration quota by the Palestine government will case this pressure.
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