The data submitted by the Palestine Government to the Anglo-American inquiry committee will not be made public until after the committee has left the country, it was learned today.
Other testimony and memorandums which will not be released, at least for the time being, are the opinions of experts, such as criticism of the Lowdermilk Plan, which were not even shown to the engineers who designed the project, and the memorandum submitted by South African Prime Minister Jan Christian Smute.
(The United Press correspondent in Jerusalem today reported that he learned from circles close to the Anglo-American Inquiry Committee” that the issuance of 100,000 Palestine immigration certificates “is a question of only a month or two”).
Wilfred Crick and Sir Frederick Leggett, members of one of the two sub-committees which have remained in Palestine, made an serial survey of the country this morning, in the company of several Government officials. They flew over the Negev, the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley.
Public hearings will be resumed on Thursday, when evidence will be presented by the Palestine Economic Corporation, the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, and Jewish Manufacturers Association to a sub-committee consisting of Chairman Joseph Hutcheson, Lord Morrison, James MacDonald and Crick.
A full public hearing will be held on Saturday, when the Arab Higher Committee and the Anglican Bishop of Palestine will testify. On Saturday, four of the committee members will leave for Transjordan. Monday morning, a public hearing by four members will receive testimony from the Arab churches and the Hitachduth Bnei Yishuv, an association of Palestine-born Jews. Full committee hearings will again be resumed on Tuesday, when the Jewish Agency and the Histadruth will be heard.
ARABS WILL OPPOSE MAGNES’ DEMAND FOR BI-NATIONAL STATE
Jamil Mardum Bey, former Syrian premier, who has been here for several days attempting to reconcile the differences among Palestine Arab groups, left today after having drafted what will be the official Arab reply to Jewish spokesmen who testified before the inquiry committee. It is understood that a special effort will be made to counteract the testimony of Dr. Judah L. Magnes, who called for creation of a bi-national state. The Arabs are reported to believe that his evidence endangered the Arab cause, particularly since he strongly opposed partition.
The inquiry committee today received a memorandum from the “League for Protection of Citizens’ Rights,” which is composed of refugees who entered Palestine illegally. It points out that although these 20,000 people were counted against the 75,000 White Paper quota, they are barred from seeking Palestine citizenship, may not bring their wives and children here, cannot practice the professions and cannot secure visas for even temporary visits abroad.
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