A meeting of 60 Arab leaders convened by the Palestine Arab Higher Committee today voted to reject the Government’s request that they agree to the admission to Palestine of 1,500 Jews monthly, pending the findings of the Anglo-American inquiry committee.
One of the seven members of the committee which met with High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham on Saturday, when the proposal was made, told the meeting that the High Commissioner had said that since the Arab League had been consulted on the immigration issue, he felt that the Palestine Arabs should also be asked to present their views.
Today’s meeting, which was attended by members of the Higher Committee who had seen General Cunningham, members of the Supreme Moslem Council, leaders of the Arab orthodox Christian community, chambers of commerce and union leaders, Bedoiun sheiks, and officials of various Moslem societies, decided to ask the return to Palestine of the ex-Hufti of Jerusalem who is now in French custody.
At the same time, the Higher Committee called on Arabs here to observe the boycott of “Zionist goods” proclaimed by the Arab League by abstaining from patronizing Jewish enterprises of any kind, even transportation facilities or places of entertainment. It also announced that a sub-committee of experts has been formed to organize the boycott, in Palestine “on a practical basis.”
Chief Justice William Fitzgerald, who was asked to make an investigation of the Jerusalem municipal set up, after the city council was dissolved following a controversy between Jews and Arabs over the mayoralty, has completed his report, it is learned here. However, it is understood that the Government does not plan to make public his recommendations until after the inquiry commission has completed its work.
The High Commissioner yesterday signed an agreement with the American-controlled Trans-Arabian Pipeline Co., giving it permission to lay pipelines across Palestine, connecting oil fields in Saudi Arabia with Palestine ports, particularly Haifa.
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