103 in particular, the recent postponement of extension works at Haifa and the unwillingness of Government to construct a second deep-water harbour, are likely seriously to jeopardise the safe shipping of the citrus crop as from the season …

104 share, it is submitted, is due to Jewish labour both as citizens and as members of that community which by its development activities causes the growth of the volume of work on public works. 3. In public works this share should be fixed…

105 present a beginning has at last been made with the introduction, of Jewish labour into porterage work at the Haifa harbour, but the share thus given to Jewish labour lags far behind the proportion which the Jewish Agency considers to be…

106 uniform policy in all Government departments and offices in regard to the use of Hebrew. All documents, forms and correspondence issued to the public should be couched in the official language of the section of the population to whom th…

107 about 2%. In as much as sections of the Transjordan Frontier Force are stationed permanently in Palestine, the regulation requiring candidates for enlistment into the Transjordan Frontier Force to know Arabic cannot but be regarded as a…

108 create the impression among the Arab population that the strike had the sanction of Government behind it. This impression was strengthened by the inadequate measures taken to prevent intimidation and to protect the peaceful inhabitants,…

109 7. The uncontrolled state of the land frontiers of Palestine rendered possible the illicit importation of arms on a considerable scale and the incursion of armed bands of marauders, the heads of which assumed control of the rebellious e…

APPENDIX VI STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY ON THE POSITION OF SECURITY IN PALESTINE In view of the continuing state of lawlessness and of the growth of terrorism in the country, the Executive of the Jewish Agency deems it necessary t…

Ill of the organisers of the disturbances and its attitude to their activities served to strengthen this dangerous belief on the part of the Arab population. The apparent interruption of the disturbances about the middle of October in no wa…

APPENDIX V.l. GOVERNING LETTER TO THE MEMORANDUM OF 1 THE JEWISH AGENCY TO THE PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION FOR 1936 London, 4th May, 1937. HIS EXCELLENCY, THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PALESTINE, GAVERNMENT OFFICES, JERUSALEM. YOUR EXCELLENCY…

oi the Government's measures for dealing with the disturbances. The Arab political strike was not declared illegal, and the Government made no attempt to interfere with it, though it was openly used to demonstrate defiance of Government aut…

114 and also those arising out of the disturbances—must be deferred until the Report of the Royal Commission has been made public. I would, however, take this opportunity of drawing attention to a number of practical matters of urgent impor…

115 of the goods and passenger traffic passing through it was Jewish — enabled the Arab strike leaders to bring that port to a standstill thereby dealing a serious blow to the authority of the Government, and strengthening the strike and th…

116 Haifa by a direct motor-road. It is my painful duty to point out that the absence of such direct communication in 1936 caused avoidable loss of life and waste of military resources. I would likewise urge that adequate provision be made …

117 ing half-year have revealed the need for additional labour both in agriculture and in a number of industries. It was a cause of deep satisfaction to the Jewish people that all through the disturbances immigration continued, and that the…

APPENDIX VIII STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY ON THE LABOUR SCHEDULE OF APRIL-JULY , 1937. The Executive of the Jewish Agency feels impelled to make public its position in regard to the decision of the High Commissioner by which the s…

119 The allocation of these 220 certificates, which in fact constitute the main body of the schedule, reduces the whole system of the labour schedules to a travesty. The Jewish Agency regrets that it is unable to accept this schedule of 200…

APPENDIX IX. MEMORANDUM OF THE JEWISH AGENCY ON THE PALESTINE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1936. London, 18th July, 1937. His Excellency, The High Commissioner for Palestine, Government Offices, Jerusalem. Your Execellency, I have the honour, on behal…

121 is contained in the section on public security, the impression is throughout conveyed that the outbreak was in essence a conflict between two equally aggressive communities, the Arabs having killed a certain number of Jews and the Jews …

122 stated at first that he did not know whether his assailants were Jews or Arabs and that he did not recognise them. He then made a further statement to the effect that they were Christians. The statement in the Report that the victim des…