Assurances that any plan for post-war reconstruction of Palestine will not interfere with the industrial development of the country “essential to an expanding livelihood and the absorption of new immigrants,” was demanded in the House of Commons today by David Adams, Laborite.
Colonial Secretary Oliver Stanley replying stated that the population of Palestine may be certain that any post-war reconstruction scheme would be “designed to encourage rather than interfere with sound industrial development,”
Mr. Adams also drew the attention of the Colonial Secretary to the fact that the Haifa municipality has reported that at least 10,000 inhabitants of the city are living under unhealthy and unsanitary conditions due to the housing shortage. He urged that the Palestine Government be instructed to remedy the situation. Mr. Stanley replied that the Palestine Government is alive to its responsibilities and though no substantial progress is possible during the war, plans are being prepared for the time when such improvements will be possible.
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