The establishment of a strong body representing political Zionism that will carry into the forefront the political work and will press the political demands of Zionism, as outlined by the Zionist Congress before the British government and the League of Nations, will become necessary if the Zionist Executive, “now a captive of the Jewish Agency, is unable to carry out this task,” declared Meer Grossman, vice-president of the League of Zionist Revisionists, in a statement to the press here.
Mr. Grossman also expressed regret at Dr. Chaim Weizmann’s statement in the press that “he ‘does not favor Jewish immigrants with small capital in Palestine’ because besides the principle involved, who is to determine the right to proceed to Palestine? Those small capitalists proved that they are the progressive element that upbuilds many industries.” Grossman warned public opinion not to exaggerate the immediate results of the Inquiry Commission’s report but declared that it should use the occasion “to press for a commission on major policy and for publication of the evidence taken privately.”
Five matters in which the Commission’s report is incomplete are also discussed in Mr. Grossman’s statement. He pointed out, first, that the Commission “had not investigated or reported on the sources and prevalence of arms in Palestine”; secondly, it “failed to investigate and draw attention to the fact that firearms are a common possession in Transjordania, according to H. C. Luke’s evidence”; third, it “had not inquired into the political pressure exerted on the Palestine government by the Transjordanian government in the shape of covert threats, conferences and tribal meetings during the disturbances”; fourth, it “completely ignored the connection between the Bedouin problem in Palestine and insecurity, which is particularly surprising considering that the Bedouins form ten percent of the population and are never absent from any disturbances, and failed to report on the activities of Jewish self-defense”; fifth, it “had not investigated the extent of Arab looting and its importance as an incentive for disturbances,” and last, it failed to investigate “the intrigues from internal and external political and religious sources.”
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