(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A considerable increase in the number of Jews engaged in the country’s industries is reported on the basis of figures received here from various parts of the Union of Socialist Republies.
The distriet of Kiev is taken as a typical example of this development. The figures. which pertain to the period 1924-1926 show the growth in the number of Jewish workmen in the Russian trade unions. The number of Jewish workers in the metal industry in 1924 amounted to 67 per cent of the total employed. In 1926 the percentage of Jewish workers in this industry was 194 per cent.
In the chemical industry. the percent age of Jewish workers grew from 28.9 per cent in 1924 to 46.8 per cent in 1926; the increase in the leather industry was from 18.4 per cent to 40 per cent in the same period. The increase in the building industry was from 25.6 per cent to 28.5 per cent. The percentage of Jewish workers on the sailways increased from 1 per cent of the total to 1.4 per cent; in the postal telegraph service the percentage increased from 2.7 to 5.4. A similar development is recorded from all other districts.
The Communist Yiddish daily, “Emes”, also publishes a report of a decrease in the emigration of Jews from Soviet Russia. Again the district of Kiev is taken as more or less typical of the entire country. In 1925 800 Jews in this district received permission from the Soviet authorities to emigrate. Most of them proceeded to Cuba. North America and Palestine.
In 1926. the number of emigrants fell considerably, due to the improved condition of the artisans and also to the colonization work. In the first quarter of 1926. 392 Jews emigrated from the district. Ninety-nine of this number left for Palestine. 72 for North America. 31 for Canada and 100 for South America. In the second quarter of last year only 30 Jews emigrated from the district of Kiev. Of this number 8 left for Palestine. the “Emes” states.
During the third quarter of 1926 only 10 Jews emigrated from this district and only 12 in the last quarter of the year. None of these emigrants went to Palestine, the paper states.
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