DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE end The Legal Chronicle

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THE LAND EDICT WILL NOT ENDURE

affected by its measures. Step plc's being, it gains stro n th ,
by step, in fulfillment of a sys- struggle and resist. and "1- 'c'
tematic design, the Administra- Jewish people will not rest the
n or
Analysis of Recently Promulgated Regulations tion proceeded along this path be silent as long a s • , this
leist law
of violating its obligations to persists.
By DR. ABRAHAM GRANOVSKY
the National Home, now capping law is i s false to claim
"SEE WHAT YOU BUY,
i !hat
necessary or e , . •.ii la u the
EDITOR'S NOTE: In this article the author, who is director of the all with this stunning blow.
BUY IN GLASS"
By striking at the heart of to Palestine. Indeed, it cala useful
Land Department of the Jewish National Fund in Jerusalem
and one of the outstanding experts on the Palestine land prob- the National Home it commits ous effect on the entire Pales T
tin t.
grievous crime against
the economy will very sou,becoinee
lem, analyzes the recently promulgated land regulations. In-
Jewish
people
precisely
at
a
time
manifest,
jurious to Jews, unwanted by Arabs, the land edict which at-
particularly on ; 11 6-
tempts to turn back the wheels of history, will not endure, when our people's need of a Arab section. Since the itithr k
Home is more desperate, when of the disturbances i!I April
is his conclusion.
Passover Greetings
hundreds of thousands of Jews 1936, the Arab popul.• 1 ion - ha ,
The new land law is a direct tracts, notably in Beisan, were are being driven into the wilder- been in a state of g,r , ,, \ ju g has
betrayal of all Britain's obliga- allotted to Arabs. All our hold- ness like wild beasts, and many poverishment. Dwincli,ng, ;,,
tions to the Jewish National
thousands more are living in a creasing unemployment,
extor- -..
Home. Article 6 of the Mandate ings we have had to buy for hard state of unspeakable helotry.
tion of money by the . errorists
cash,
and
at
grossly
exaggerated
for Palestine prescribes that the
The British Government can- directly and indirectly. has af-
Practical Furriers - Designers
Administration shall encourage prices. Nothing was ever done not wonder at the wave of con- fected every class of
Store Your Furs in Our
"close settlement by Jews on by the Government to check the sternation and resentment that ulation. The crying nee their pop-
•! of the
Certified Cold Storage
the land, including State lands rising scale of these prices. On its action arouses. Can there be Arab economy today is :or
cap-
Vaults
and waste land." That encour- the contrary, precisely here the a graver injustice on the part ital. It needs that 11 . ivifying
agement has never been given. Government gave free play to of a great democratic nation element today more thiin ' it has
8262 TWELFTH ST.
Cor. Virginia Park
Practically no state lands were economic forces. There was which prides itself on espousing ever needed it before. Previous.
ever given to Jews, although vast nothing in the Government's fis- the cause of weak peoples, than 1Y, capital streamed to it through
MAdison 1110
cal system to facilitate settle-
ment by Jews on the land. In dimming the last ray of hope a variety of Jewish channels, of
course of time, we gave up ex- of a people on the brink of the which one of the most important
pecting the encouragement which abyss, even though it be a peo- was the sale of land. The dis-
Passover Greetings
Passover Greetings
pie which has tasted the bitter turbances largely blocked these
the Mandate prescribed.
Yet not only did the Palestine dregs of injustice from the hands channels. When normal condi.
Government ignore the specific of many nations? tions were restored, Arab land-
prescription of the Mandate, but
But the Jews will not accept owners, large and small, found
it consistently hindered the this latest decree. Of that there to i the renewed sale of land their
Jews' own activities, for instance, need be no question. It will only means of salvation from
by its Tenants Protection Legis- fight it to its uttermost strength, their distress. Hence the offers
KARL ROSENBLATT
lation, its determined solicitude for its battle is for elementary that pour into the Korea Kaye-
for dispossessed Arabs, whose ex- existence, the existence of a meth, the only buyer in recent
1349 WINDER ST.
istence turned out to be a myth, people and its future.When years, both before and after the
12900 AUBURN AVE.
CADILLAC 7986
although not before Jewish set- such an issue arises, one that Present war. From all parts of
RE. 6700
tlement activities were severely strikes at the roots of a peo- the country, into some of which
we had hardly dared hope to
penetrate, these offers came in.
For everywhere the Arab plight
181 inches
was the same.
NEW EXCLUSIVE
If it constitutes a major na-
tional problem for the Jews, the
VACUUM-POWER SHIFT
new law constitutes a major per-
On all models at no extra cost. Only
sonal material problem for a
Chevrolet has this marvelous Exclusive
great section of the Arabs, for
Vacuum-Power Shift ... pioneered by
at a stroke it deprives them of
Chevrolet, supplying 80% of the shift-
the possibility of lifting them-
ing effort automatically, and requiring
selves out of the mire of dis-
only 20% driver effort ... now made
tress in which they are sunk.
even more attractive in appearance
And because it permits of noth-
and even more efficient in action.
ing else it must cast the Arab
owners into the conditions that
'revailed in Turkish times when
the landowner and peasant,
"THE LONGEST OF
0 weighed under by a growing
THE LOT"
pile of debt, fell deeper into the
hands of bloodsucking usurers.
From front of grille to rear
As then, we may expect a re-
of body (181 inches) Chev•
turn of the situation when land-
rolet for 1940 is the longest
owners lost their all, and more
of all lowest-priced cars!
and more areas fell into the
grasp of a few wealthy money
lenders.
The clangers which this law
creates for the Arab economic
system are far more potent than
might now be envisaged. Either
the Government will have to
spend enormous sums to restore
Chevrolet for '40 is the only car in the world
the ravaged Arab economy with
"THE RIDE ROYAL"
all its evil concomitants, and
with Perfected
combining all the modern features pictured
first and foremost the stifling of
Knee-Action
credit; or it will have to modify
. Remember, only Chevrolet brings you
On Special De Luxe and Mas-
this law.
ter De Luxe Series.
In the economic system of
here
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VALVE-IN-
Palestine, the Arab section of
Chevrolet's famous Per-
all these features at low prices and with low
fected Knee-Action Riding
which is particularly primitive,
HEAD SIX
System brings you ride
the mortgaging of land has al-
cost
of
operation
and
upkeep!
Only
Chev-
Chevrolet's first in accel-
results never before known.
ways been an important means
eration, first in hill-climb-
volume pro
of obtaining finance. If this aid
ing, and first in all-round
is now to be rendered impos-
rolet has the top
performance with all-
sible—and it appears impossible
round economy—now
consistent year-after-year
-after-year sales leadership
so long as Jewish capital is kept
even more outstanding
out—the improvement and de-
value. Buy the best. . . .g uy
in smooth, quiet, vibra-
velopment of the Arab economy
tionless operation.
—to give such
in the future must be ham-
strung.
a new Chevrolet for '40!
From the long range view the
blow to our work of Geulath
Ha'aretz cannot be minimized.
But from the shorter range view
it must be admitted that even
within the narrow framework
NEW SEALED BEAM
that remains there is still great
Sepa-
scope for continued activity. 'I he
HEADLIGHTS
MASTER 85
law
divides the country into
with
Ligh ts
rate Park ing
BUSINESS COUPE
three zones :
The newest, safest, most scien-
1—In which purchases a r e
Other models
tific road-lighting system ever
slightly higher
freely permitted: its area is
designed for any motor car.
about 1,300,000 dunams, of
All models priced at Flint,
which some 700,000 dunams are
/
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Michigan. Transportation
already in Jewish hands, lea' Jig

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Blue Bird
Fur Shop

MACKEY
MILLWORK,
INC.

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85 Series.

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