Histadruth Leader Here Confirms Decision to Send Medical Unit to Soviet

Confirming the report that the Histadruth, Palestine Federation of Labor, has decided to send a medical unit to Soviet Russia, Israel Mereminsky, Histadruth delegate in America, issued a statement here today disclosing that organized Palestine labor is now in communication with labor leaders in England with regard to establishing immediate contact with Jews in Russia. The statement reads:

“The Histadruth, facing since outbreak of the war very difficult building and defense problems, has all the time been in close contact with the British labor movement. When the Russo-German war broke out, the Histadruth addressed itself to labor leaders in England with regard to the question of establishing immediate contact with Russia and the Jews there. The decision as to how the contact will be established as well as to the sending of the delegation will be taken soon after the opinions of the British labor leaders are received. In the meantime the Council of the Histadruth in Palestine decided to send to Russia a trained medical unit to render medical aid on the war front and also to the civil population in the war-suffering sections of the country.”