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$3,000,000 to Be Sought for Palestine in World Drive Next Month

October 1, 1937
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A MINIMUM OF $3,000,000 FOR COLONIZATION AND RELATED ZIONIST ACTIVITIES WILL BE SOUGHT IN A WORLD CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BALFOUR DECLARATION, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THE PRESENT GRAVE SITUATION IN PALESTINE WAS DISCUSSED AT A MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL JEWISH GROUPS CONVOKED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE. SPEAKERS STRESSED THE URGENT NECESSITY OF STRENGTHENING ACTIVITIES OF THE PALESTINE FOUNDATION FUND.

OF THE QUOTA, APPROXIMATELY HALF WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP SECURITY, CONSOLIDATE NEWLY ESTABLISHED COLONIES, STRENGTHEN INDUSTRY AND FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT.

ELIEZER KAPLAN, ISAAC GRUENBAUM AND JOSEPH SPRINZAK WERE AMONG THE SPEAKERS AT THE MEETING, REPORTING ON THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND THE DIASPORA. LEIB JAFFE SPOKE ON RECENT ACTIVITIES OF THE PALESTINE FOUNDATION FUND.

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