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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Friday, September 27 1946

Palestine Economy Making Tremendous Strides

By II. F'RUMKTN
(Economic Advisor to Illstadrut)

The Jews in Palestine have al-
ready traversed a good deal of
the road toward a peace-time econ-
omy. There is full employment in
the land, a shortage of labor and
a continuous increase in bank de-
posits. Thus, conditions are much
the same since the end of the war
as they were during the war—
though for entirely different rea-
sons. This is due to the Inner
stability of the Jewish economy
and to its adaptability to new
conditions.
The statistical department of
the Histadrut estimates that the
total number of Jewish workers
in Palestine (not including the
wives of the workers) as of the
beginning• of 1948 was 163,000 men
and women workers, as against
157,000 at the beginning of 1945.
Two years ago it was estimated
that over 60,000 Jews were en-
gaged in the entire war effort.
Today there remain only 14,000
servicemen not all of whom will
come into consideration as far as
the labor market is concerned af-
ter their demobilization. Some of
them are returning to agricultural
settlements, to civil service posi-
tions and to specific jobs In the
cities, to the liberal profession,
parents' homes, etc. Besides these,
a number of them are engaged in
army contract work which will
last for another few years.
True, the Jewish economy in
Palestine has not yet completely
passed over to peace time market
conditions, but that does not les-
sen the great positive significance
of the fact that the transition in
the field of employment is reach-
ing completion without any crisis
that might bring about any un-
employment whatsoever. On the
contrary, even after the end of
the war, all branches of the Jew-
ish economy are now crying out
for more manpower.
Absorption of War Workers Into
Post-War Economy
How • did this come about?
Where were all the workers who
were laid off from the war in-
dustries absorbed? How did the
few thousand who left the mili-
tary projects a year ago read-
just economically? Where are the
demobilized soldiers being ab-
sorbed? In what miraculous way
are the additional immigrants who
came to the country after the
war finding employment?
The answer involves an analysis
of the occupational distribution of
the Jewish workers at the be-
ginning of 1945 and now. Such an
analysis shows that even today,
even after a complete stoppage of
government orders in industry,

40,000 men and women workers,
i.e. no less than in 1945, are em-
ployed in this branch of the
economy! Jewish industry thus
did not contract its area of pro-
duction; it merely changed its
market sources. It adjusted rapid-
ly to the new conditions and is
now selling much more than it
did on the domestic market. It
even increased its export to some
extent. In this way it absorbed
within itself all those who were
released from work on government
orders.
Labor agriculture continued to
expand and to grow. In 1945 it
absorbed an additional 2500 men
and women workers, not includ-
ing the demobilized soldiers who
returned home as members of
their respective settlements. The
number of adults in the agri-
cultural settlements is now 29,000
as against 26,500 at the beginning
of 1945.

Jewish citricuiture also absorbed
an additional 1000 Jewish workers.

Jewish building construction has
expanded steadily tend now em-

are struggling against a labor
shortage which is impeding their
expansion. It is equally well-
known that Jewish building con-
struction is already now being re-
stricted for lack of workers, even
before it has reached the point
of expansion commensurate with
the need of the hour which calls
for additional tens of thousands

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A considerable number of men
and women workers were absorbed
within the various services: child-
care, teaching, medicine, civil
service. These service occupations
are undoubtedly one of the most
important additional sources of
employment that are not always
apparent and often underestimated
as against the more obvious
sources of employment.
These are the avenues of ab-
sorption of those tens of thous-
ands of workers who were re-
leased from the war economy.
These facts prove clearly that
the Jewish economy made great
progress in 1945 toward the in-
crease and expansion of its pro-
ductive capacity and toward its
adaptation to the new needs. For
that very reason it was able to
absorb all those workers.
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