An agreement concerning Revisionist participation in the general mobilization of Palestine Jewry for the armed forces and in the internal defenses of the country has been reached between the Yishuv’s Security Committee and the Revisionist Organization, it was announced here today. The pact marks the end of lengthy negotiations which threatened to break down on many occasions.
At the plenum of the Vaad Leumi, the Jewish National Council, today Dr. Joseph Bart, reporting on the financial situation of the Yishuv, urged the immediate enactment of a voluntary income tax on the Palestine Jewish community in order to raise about $4,000,000 to cover the Vaad Leumi’s war budget for the next six months. Under this plan all other collection drives would cease. Dr. Bart’s proposal further urged that sanctions be used against “financial shirkers” while those fulfilling their duty would receive “Yishuv passports.”
Joseph Saphir, mayor of Petach Tikvah, who represents the right-wing bloc in the Council, demanded that the plenum adopt a resolution prohibiting future strikes by the teachers in the Jewish schools. This demand was opposed by David Remez, Laborite leader.
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