A special government commission for a wide investigation of the Jewish economic situation in White Russia and Ukrainia was decided upon at today’s session of the executive of the Central Executive Committee, the highest governing body in the Soviet Union. The commission, which will consist of two members of the Central Executive Committee, still unnamed, and A. Merezhin, Jewish Communist leader, and vice-president of the Comzet, government department for settling the Jews on the land, will leave for its investigation in the middle of June.
The commission will study the economic status of the Jews. It is instructed to pay special attention to the question of bringing the Jewish youth into industry and labor, to acquaint itself with the Jewish artisan problem and to study colonization problems.
The highest Soviet officials listened today to report of the Jewish situation in Russia. The report was presented at the session of the Central Executive Committee presided over by Michael Kalinin, president of the Soviet Union. Tremendous interest was aroused by the report.
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