Jewish Leaders See Possibility for Settling Jews there, if Project Is Realized (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A move which may open a wide area for settling Jews on the land in Poland was made today by the Polish Government.
The cabinet today adopted the plan submitted by Minister Moraczewski for establishing a special bureau which is to prepare a plan for draining swamp lands in the Pinsk area. It was stated that a preliminary estimate made by the Government showed that the cost of the amelioration work in the Pinsk area would amount to about $50,000,000.
The plan, which is now assuming the aspects of reality, is being followed by Polish Jews with intense interest in view of the possibility it may open for Jewish settlement work on the reclaimed land.
The Jewish colonization society, Tor, which was formed in December, 1926, included in its program a clause to further the efforts to secure the reclamation of the Pinsk swamps for the purpose of creating there a large Jewish agricultural settlement.
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