–Twenty-eight Jewish workers of all political groups, including the Histadruth, Revisionist, Agudath Israel and Poel Hamizrachi, were arrested today at Kfar Saba while they were picketing orange groves owned by Jews, where Arab labor was being employed.
The orange grove owners declared that they were employing Arab labor because of the shortage of Jewish labor.
The arrested pickets appealed to the Actions Committee of the World Zionist Organization now in session in Jerusalem to intervene on their behalf.
A special committee appointed by the Actions Committee immediately left for Kfar Saba to investigate the affair.
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