Postponement of the decision on the status of Palestine until after the cessation of hostilities is a severe blow to essential and preliminary planning and organization, and may seriously affect the flow of Jewish immigration to Palestine after the war, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver declamed here last night addressing a meeting of the United Palestine Appeal. He demanded that Palestine be placed under a special administration and that the Jewish Agency be vested with governmental powers. The local UPA quota is $330,000.
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