in White Russia an opportunity to enter the collectives and cooperatives notwithstanding the fact that they have no voting rights.
The decision says “those admitted to the land collectives or cooperatives should also be the impoverished Jews who have no voting rights. They may have been engaged in labor and they may have been doing small trading but if they have not exploited labor and quit trading not less than a year ago they can join the collectives or cooperatives now.”
The White Russian Communist party’s decision besides being tremendous relief for the declassed Jews of the small towns is also a great victory for those Jewish Communists of White Russia who bitterly opposed the latest swing to the extreme Left measures in the Ozet’s ranks.
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