(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A demonstration of unemployed Jewish workers took place here today before the offices of the Immigration Department and the Zionist Executive.
Several hundred unemployed workers participated in the demonstration, demanding that the dole for the unemployed be increased. Leaders of the demonstration also formulated the demand that the directors of the Teachers Seminary, now in process of construction, employ workers only through the Labor Employment Office. Four of the participants in the demonstration were arrested. One was injured in the clash.
The Palestine press reports that in connection with the threat of the Jewish labor organization to withdraw its representatives from the Zionist Executive in Jerusalem if no immediate steps are taken to relieve the unemployment situation, Dr. Weizmann sent the following cable to Ben Gurion, one of the leaders of the labor organization:
“I will consider the resignation of the representatives of labor from the Zionist Executive as a split in the movement. I, too, will then resign.”
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