October 4, 1940
RELIEF
(Grintinued from Page 4)
states, hundreds of thousands of
native-born Jews and refugees
who are being declassed, uproot-
ed and deprived of economic and
civil rights, are receiving every
possible kind of assistance.
Throughout South and Central
America and in Shanghai the
J. D. C. conducts extensive pro-
grams of refugee aid.
WHAT IS HAPPENING
IN PALESTINE?
And, now, what of Palestine
—where 500,000 Jews, more than
half of them refugees from Hit-
lerism, have found a permanent
haven and home? How has the
war affected these forward-look-
ing people? Have they been able
to counteract the economic set-
back resulting from the conflict
of which they are a part? Does
immigration continue? Are the
newcomers absorbed into the in-
dustrial and agricultural fabric
of the country? Do land pur-
chase • and colonization continue?
As British-mandated territory,
Palestine is in the theatre of the
present war. Although the coun-
try has been placed on a war
Tooting, Jews of Palestine are
carrying on uninterruptedly the
program of rebuilding, immigra-
tion and colonization supported
with funds provided by Ameri
can Jews through the instrumen-
tality of the United Palestine
Appeal, constituent agency of
the United Jewish Appeal for
Refugees and Overseas Needs.
Though Palestine has endured
one year of war, the Jewish com-
munity of 500,000 has maintain-
ed a steady tempo of progress
in its program of construction.
The flow of Jewish immigration
has been sustained, colonization
has gone forward and the estab-
lishment of new industries has
helped to restore the economic
structure to normality. Alterna-
tive channels of immigration have
permitted Jewish refugees to
find their way to Palestine, de-
spite the closing of the Mediter-
ranean.
The present crisis has confront-
ed the Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine with emergency problems of
unusual gravity, creating a situa-
tion in which it is required to
provide substantial resources for
special industrial and public
works projects beyond the needs
of its regular budget for advanc-
ing the development of the Jew-
ish homeland.
There is in addition a greater
dependency on the United Pal-
estine Appeal this year, owing to
the fact that sources of mater-
ial support in Poland, Holland,
Belgium, France and other coun-
tries have been wiped out by the
devastation of war.
A state of war is not a new
experience to the Jewish com-
munity in Palestine. Three and
one-half years of Arab disorders
have taught the Jews of Pales-
tine the full meaning of emerg-
ency and challenge. They have
learned to meet both in every
phase of activity whether it be
economic or agricultural or whe-
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then it involved the crucial issue
of assuring the security and de-
fense of Jewish urban or rural
districts.
In the present emergency Pal-
estine, which is linked with the
remaining democracies of the
world in the defense of western
civilization, is going forward with
its tasks of rebuilding, determin-
ed to maintain the channels of
hope and escape for Jewish ref-
ugees fleeing from the zones of
disaster in Europe. Through the
United Palestine Appeal, Ameri-
can Jewry has the responsibility
and opportunity to carry on this
program :
(1) IMMIGRATION: Despite
the closing of the Mediterranean
as a result of Italy's entry into
the war, immigration of Jewish
refugees into Palestine has con-
tinued throughout the entire per-
iod of the present conflict. By
means of a special agreement
with fife Russian Government ref-
ugees seeking to enter Palestine
are employing a number of al-
ternative emigration channels.
The new routes extend from
Greece, Rumania, Sweden, Lith-
uania and Russia. There are many
who have used the overland route
through Turkey and Syria. In
the eleven months from Septem-
ber 1, 1939 to July 31, 1940, a
total of 16,000 Jews arrived in
Palestine. During the six months
from April to September, 1940,
the British Government made
available 9,000 certificates to the
Jewish Agency for Palestine.
(2) ABSORPTION OF REF-
UGES: Refugees arriving during
the past year have brought little
more than the clothes on their
backs. The Jewish Agency for
Palestine has been called upon
to extend an increasing measure
of financial support for the main-
tenance of impoverished refugees,
many of whom require medical
care. In addition, it is required
to provide for the absorption and
retraining of non-quota immi-
grants who are released by the
government only on the guaran-
tee that they will not become
public charges. In the early part
of July and August„ 1940, the
Palestine Government released
2,235 non-certificated immigrants
who had been detained in in-
ternment camps. These refugee-,
were permitted to remain in the
country and become integrated
in the Jewish community only
after the Jewish Agency gave
its assurance of support. Since
1933 approximately 90,000 Jew-
ish refugees from Germany were
absorbed in Palestine through the
cooperation of the United Pales-
tine Appeal.
(3) AGRICULTURAL COLO-
NIZATION: To provide oppor-
tunities for agricultural settle-
ment for the newcomers, the Pal-
estine Foundation Fund and the
Jewish National Fund which are
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