Political report of the Executive of the Jewish Agency submitted to the ... Zionist Congress and the ... session of the Council of the Jewish Agency · 1937-08-01 · 8.1937 · p. Seite 59

59 in camera on major political issues which occupied five additional sessions. He supplemented his evidence by a statement in writing addressed to the President of the Royal Commission. 79. In the course of the subsequent sessions, evidence on behalf of the Jewish Agency was given, in chronological order, by the following : Mr. M. Shertok on questions of labour immigration, on the Jewish share of employment in public works and services, on questions of public security and on various administrative and political matters. Dr. W. Senator on general questions of immigration. Mr. E. Epstein on Arab infiltration from the neighbouring countries. Dr. A. Ruppin on questions of land policy and agricultural colonisation. Dr. M. B. Hexter on questions of land tenure and settlement, irrigation, problems of the cultivable area in Palestine and the utilisation of State Lands. Dr. B. Joseph on State and waste lands and on the proposed legislation for the restriction of land transactions. Mr. S. Horowitz on the administration of the land laws. Mr. S. Tolkowsky on the problems of the citrus industry. Mr. S. Hoofien, Mr. J. Shapiro and Mr. D. Horowitz on the economic structure of Palestine, in particular on urban settlement and industry. Mr. L. J. Stein on the interpretation of the Mandate. Mr. D. Ben-Gurion on the meaning of the Mandate, the conception of the National Home and Jewish-Arab relations. Of these witnesses, Mr. Shertok, Dr. Hexter, and Mr. Ben-Gurion gave part of their evidence in camera. 8. The presentation of the case of the Jewish Agency proceeded along the following four main lines: (1) the analysis of the Jewish world problem in relation to Palestine; (2) the description of Jewish achievement in Palestine, of its effect on the country as a whole and of future possibilities of development; (3) a statement of Jewish grievances against the Administration; (4) the insistence on the faithful implementation of the Mandate and on a policy of active assistance to Jewish efforts with regard to which an outline of proposals was submitted. The Political Department, with the assistance of Mr. L. J. Stein, was also instrumental in coordinating the evidence given by a num-