The Palestine government was severely criticized in a resolution adopted here today at a plenary session of the Histadruth addressed by E. Dobkin, head of the immigration department of the Jewish Agency, on the question of possibilities of war-time Jewish immigration into Palestine.
The resolution expresses dissatisfaction over the fact that the Palestine authorities are delaying the announcement of the immigration schedule for the October March period which should have been issued some time ago. This delay, the resolution points out, is having an adverse effect on Palestine’s economy since it prevents the entry into the country of Jewish immigrants entitled to visas under the delayed immigration schedule. The total Jewish immigration into Palestine in 1941 was announced today by the Jewish Agency as 4,113, including 443 capitalists, 549 workers and 1,069 students.
A conference of the Hapoel Hamizrachi, orthodox laborites, at which the question of that organization rejoining the Histadruth was discussed, concluded today without coming to any decision. The conference is expected to be resumed within a few days.
Declaring that more than a third of the Yishuv is dependent on handicraft industry for a livelihood, Dr. Emil Schmorak, economic adviser of the Jewish Agency, today stressed the necessity for increased technical education for Jewish youth. Only 800 students are enrolled in technical schools, he revealed.
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