13. 1948
THE CANADIAN JEWISH REVIEW
Tfae Largest Single Land-
Owner In Palestine
B|r H. M. CaUtrman, Of Montreal, Qmsrcd Secretory Of Tk4 Canadian J*wi*k Congr�
report which the Jewish Fund executive submitted the twenty-second Zionist held in Basel In December, �overing activities of the Ke-M-|C�yemeth from October 1939 flnpteuitm 1946, reflected among feer important details the amount land purchases by the JNF the fateful transitional These seven years were its Paper" years during which the purchase of almost 96% * Palestine soil was either jpjejkjMtsd outright or severely re-strieted for Jews.
3%t land regulations of the illfttte Paper, like every other of its\ discriminating clauses, show Wfuud any shadow of a doubt, tmtt tike mandatory power had de-tefmined to arrest the Jewish deve-lofsnent of a National Home and endeavoured to establish the Jew. $ah Ylahuv as a permanent mino-
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rity. Brents -Iscc the issuance of the White Paper have borne out these contentions and have turned against Britain some of her most devoted friends.
It is a matter of history that Jews in Palestine have branded the measures as illegal (as did the Mandates Commission of the old League of Nations) and refused to be treated as colonials. The J.&F., like the Jewish Agency, decided not to co-operate with the mandatory in the execution of the White Paper land laws. The late Menahem Ussishkin at that time wired to the J.N.F. offices and leading workers in the entire world: "Read Jeremiah 82: Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah and of the hill country, and in the cities of the South, for I will cause their captivitiy to return, said the Lord".
Everyone connected with the Keren-Kayemeth, knew that land purchasing was and would be the main task confronting the Jewish people* Everyone also knew that due to the land sale restrictions the prices of land would rise steadily, particularly, in thejree-sone designated by the White Paper. It will remain a blot on the good name^of the mandatory power, the manner in which it carried out the racial land laws of the White Paper; refusing grants of land to Jewish ex-servicemen who had voluteered to serve Britain in her darkest hours, although in the Zones A and B sufficient Crown 2t is interesting*
>'4Nwith all their might � in the -!� , ft of law and promises-made to us by Britain and the world. In the first stage of the war, . the Arabs' showed a lack of confidence as to what the future promised, especially as to what the outcome of the war in the Western desert would be. As a result of this Arab pessimism, the J. N. F. received more land offers than at any other time in its land-purchasing history. Unfortunately, however, this great opportunity waB of no great benefit because the J.N.F. at the time had no funds. It was only later that contributions to the Jewish National Fund could be counted in terms of millions!
In the meantime prices of land in Palestine increased five fold. What governments in other countries did for their ex-servicemen who desired to settle on land, was refusesd by the mandatory power to the Palestinian Jewish ex-eervicement It was a repetition of the experience meted out to the Erets veterans after the last world war. It became clear that the Jewish National Fund would have to shoulder this responsibility. Twenty - two settlement groups were created in the Jewish units, 18 composed entirely of ex-soldiers and four of servicemen and civilians. There are three other groups with a majority of ex-servicemen. In addition, 400 individual soldiers have joined existing cooperatives and collective settlement
The Jewish National Fund is present everywhere in Palestine, whether it be in colonization of soldiers, furnishing land for urbain housing and industry, reforestation and soil irrigation (from Oct. 1989 to Sept 1946 � 1,280,937 trees were planted), swamp drainage and anti-maleria projects or water research and water supplying.
The Jewish National Fund is dose to the hearts of all Jews in
munal purposes, apart from social servieee and purely local institutions).
Since 1946, the Jewish National fund has purchased another 150,-000 dunams of land � so that today it is the largest land-owner, owning approximately 60% of all Jewish land in Palestine, This is estimated at 1,860,000 dunams. In the light of recent political developments in and around Palestine, we can again learn the great lesson of the importance of Jewish land reserves in Palestine. Ussishkin of blessed memory and many others have warned us that it is of vital importance to purchase land as long as it is available.
They visualised dangers and difficulties, and demanded immediate action!- Their fears have mate-rialised in many forms, and every Jew can appraise the fearful costs, in terms of money and in terms
infringement of the provisions of the regulations in the land purchases of the National Fund. In other words, hatred with a vengeance � because the Jews refused to accept the betrayal of the White Paper and fought against
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The Department of History of the University of North Carolina today was exonerated of charges made recently by Leonard Bernstein, of Harrisburg, Pa., graduate student, that he was advised by the department to discontinue his work for a doctorate in history because of his religion and political views.
The department was cleared of the charges in a report submitted to Chancellor R. B. House by a special committee appointed by the administrative board of the graduate school to conduct a thorough inquiry. The committee's report was unanimous, and Chancellor House concurred.
Mr. Bernstein took his undergraduate work at Harvard and received his MA. degree in history at the University of North Carolina last August.
The report said that "Mr. Bernstein, by insistent questioning, and irritating repetition through a series of interviews, with eight members of the Department of History, most of which were long and circuitous, himself interjected the issues of politics and religion. Certain members of the department were indiscreet in allowing themselves to be drawn into discussions of controversial issues involving religion and politics which had had no bearing on the decision of the department with reference to Mr. Bernstein."
Mr. Bernstein withdrew officially from the university Jan. 21 but is eligible to return.
Dr. A. Ray Newsome, head of the history department, told the committee that the decision to advise Mr. Bernstein not to proceed toward candidacy for his doctorate was made at a meeting of the department Jan. 9 for the purpose of "making an evaluation of each graduate student registered in the
The decision wee based on Mr. Bernstein's saedjocro work amd personality and at the. departasent meeting no rsfeicaos was mad* to Mr. Bernstein's religion or petition! views. Dr. Neweosne said. Dr. Mew-
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devoted Jew knows, that in spite people and that we must proceed
of every negative development; the speedily. Yes, speedily before it
land purchase is still the main is too late. _
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