Palestine Jewish schools are expected to resume functioning on Monday, with the likelihood that the Jewish teachers will come to an agreement with the Jewish Agency Executive today.
Heschel Farbstein of Poland, chairman of the treasury collegium of three of the Jewish Agency Executive, has offered to arrange for the payment of four months arrears in salaries to the teachers over a period of three years instead of five years as previously suggested. It is believed the teachers will agree to this arrangement.
The teachers’ strike and their besieging of the offices of the Jewish Agency Executive was in protest against the Agency’s failure to pay the arrears.
A final answer is awaited from the teachers today. Should they accept the compromise, the Palestine Jewish National Council will take over the supervision of the educational system. Such an arrangement had been concluded between this organization and the Jewish Agency, but the Council refused to abide by it early this week when it failed to reach an agreement with the teachers on arrears and on guarantees of salaries for 1933.
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