Sir Walter Shaw, chairman of the 1929 commission that investigated the Palestine disturbances of that year, died Saturday night at his home in Dorset. He was in his 75th year.
Sir Walter and his commission spent six months in Palestine investigating the riots. The commission’s report, made public in 1930, attributed the outbreaks to economic fears of the Arabs. It admitted existence of “inherent difficulties” in the mandate’s terms and absolved the Arab leadership of inciting the disorders, but voiced criticism of the Grand Mufti for not controlling his followers.
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