(J. T. A. Mail Service)
Questions touching upon the policy to be pursued with regard to Jewish emigration to the Argentine were heatedly discussed at the meeting of the Central Committee of the Emigration Society in Warsaw.
Mr. Woll, delegate from Vilna, opposed the new plan of training the emigrants in artisanship. There are thousands of qualified artisans among the Jews who desire to emigrate and there is no need to produce new artisans, he declared. The money which is spent for training them could better be used to supply poor prospective emigrants with the funds to enable them to proceed abroad.
Th speaker also urged the Emigdirekt to influence the lea to accept into its colonies not only qualified agricultural workers but also Jews from small towns who are familiar with gardening and agriculture on a small scale.
Mr. Rudnitzki joined Mr. Woll, claiming that the training of emigrants as artisans was not the business of the emigration society and should be left to those organizations which specialize in this work or to the Hechalutz.
Mrs. Stein dwelt on the difficulty of the emigration problem. The situation. according to her, was such that experiments are necessary. It is necessary to transform the Jewish emigrants into agricultural workers and the Jewish emigration stream ought to be directed to places where land can be obtained for them.
S. Biber declared the joining of the Emigdirekt with the lea merely in the sphere of emigration, excluding colonization, was a great defect. The future of emigration, especially to South America, is of an agrarian nature. “We do not know how many Jews will be able to find employment in industry. For the time being we know that there is a crisis in industry, while the agrarian possibilities in the South American countries seem to be unlimited and they will most likely develop more and more in the future. Therefore, colonization is an integral part of the entire emigration problem.” he said.
Mr. Biber proposed the election of Mr. Naumberg to the Executive because of the study the latter had made of the colonization problem in the Argentine. This proposal aroused a good deal of excitement as it is known that Mr. Naumberg would not be acceptable to the lea. After a heated debate the proposal was defeated. It was decided that the executive remain in power until December when a convention will be held.
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