The Palestine Government admitted today that it has refused to grant visas to an American Jewish economic commission which desires to visit Palestine to make an economic survey of the country in connection with post-war immigration and settlement possibilities.
Chief Secretary G. V. Shaw told a press conference that the government had decided that the commission’s work was not directly connected with the war effort, and, therefore, would not issue visas to its members, but would attempt to supply them with the necessary reports.
The commission, which is non-Zionist and independent, is composed of Robert Nathan, former chief of the planning division of the War Production Board, Louis Bean and Oscar Gass. They have been attempting to secure visas for the last five months.
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