(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An appeal urging the Soviet Government to legalize the emigration of Russian Jews to Palestine was made in a proclamation issued by the Central Committee of the Poale Zion in Russia.
The proclamation was issued in connection with the present elections to the Soviet.
MEASURE INTENDED ONLY TO RELIEVE UNPRODUCTIVE LABOR, COMMUNIST PAPER SAYS
Settling on the land is a measure provided only for unproductive workers, according to the Communist paper, “Der Stern.”
The paper relates that in a number of industrial centers, Jewish factory workers have established groups for the purpose of settling on the land. The paper appeals to these workers to refrain from doing so, because the colonization plan aims to settle on the land only those Jews who are unable to do productive work in the towns.
During the week January 15 to January 22, 4,603 Jewish families in the Ukraine registered with the Comzet, the governmental department for settling Jews on the land. This group included 416 families with no means, 2,240 families possessing 10 roubles per family, and the rest with less than this sum.
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