The entire population in the collective Jewish farms in Crimea was mobilized today for harvesting the new crop, which is expected to be the most bountiful ever produced by Jews in that region.
In view of the shortage of farmhands, all Jewish farmers and their families will be living in the fields during the harvest period. Special tents are now being pitched to accommodate the Jewish workers with lodging, dining facilities and recreation.
The mass removal from the colonies into the fields will start within the next few days. The Crimean authorities are also making arrangements for an open-air theater in the fields, where the Jewish colonists will enjoy concerts and dramatic presentations given by artists of the Jewish theaters in Moscow, Kharkov and Kiev.
The Comzet, the government committee to settle Jews on the land, has now worked out a plan for the settlement in Crimea of the rest of the declassed Jews of the Winnitza region. This region, located in the Ukraine, is particularly known for its large number of declassed Jews.
The Comzet has decided that half of the quota assigned for new Jewish colonists in Crimea this year should be allocated to Jews from Winnitza.
Local authorities in this region were instructed today by Moscow to give every assistance possible to Jews who desire to proceed to Crimea.
The Comzet has at the same time sent instructions to its representatives in the Winnitza sector to organize further emigration.
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