Statements voiced at various times in the British Parliament charging that the censor in Palestine has prevented Jewish newspapers there from publishing reports stimulating Jewish recruitment were denied here last night by George Hall, British Under-Secretary for Colonies.
Answering a question posed by A. Creech Jones, Independent Conservative member of the Parliament, Hall declared that recruiting leaflets prepared by the Jewish Agency were approved by the British military authorities and were distributed without any material alterations being ordered. There was no attempt to expunge appeals to Jewish national feelings from these leaflets, he maintained.
The Under-Secretary for Colonies also informed the House of Commons that Jewish recruits were allowed to wear blue-and-white armbands, the only proviso being that a red stripe be added to the badges to indicate, by the color combination, that the soldiers had joined the British forces. To this the Agency agreed, Hall said. The Colonial Under-Secretary also denied that Jewish recruiting meetings had been suppressed.
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