Evening star., 1934-01-21
Jews Flock to Palestine

out this challenge, q hard adjustment
lies before them. They carry with
them German efficiency and Punktlfch-
keit; against them lie Palestinian stub
bQrnness and Ievantine complacency.
The latter two already have begun to
merge; the Jews have brought their
modernism with them, but they have
learned to ease 1t up with Oriental TO-
or-maybe-next-week attitudes.
What will happen when the German
pours In his contribution remains to be
seen. There are many who believe that
this influx is the healthiest thing that
could happen to Palestine; certainly it
might turn out to be so, but there will
probably be many explosions en- route
and much suffering among individuals.
The absorption into Palestine of the
new German elements will have to take
place in one Of the divisions that the
country offers-in communal agricul-
ture, in co-operatives of privately owned
land, in strictly private agricultural en-
terprises. hired labor and city business
undertakings. The process of absorp-
ton is being eased and aided by new
organization known as the Union of
German People, which works in con-
junction with colonization organiza-
tions and the powerful and many-faced
Federation of Labor in Palestine.
Grasp New Form Of Life.
Underlying the branches of the labor
federation Is the strength of communal
agriculture, for 1t is in these stirring
settlements, situated for the most part
in the Emek, the valley in the north
ern part of Palestine, that one recog-
nizes the grasp of a new form OF lie.
1t is a life manifestly devoted to the
future and to the earth.
First of all, the children are housed
and cared for In the most modern cir
cumstances attainable. and their men,
tai and physical health shows 1t. Then
comes the concern over the land. the
cattle and the poultry. Many a colony
boasts a most up-to-date threshing
combine. shows off its poultry arrange
ment. with it's system of stamping each
egg with the number of the hen that
laid it. so that at the end Of the year
the best can be chosen for progenltors,
and points out its clean cattle pens.
The workers themselves, in numbers
that may reach 200, live cleanly, with
all necessities, but it is all very rudl-
mentary in form. The dairy and Vege-
table produce Of the communal farms
are again handled by a cooperative.
Yet, in spite of this very fundamental
and strong basis, 1t is doubtful whether
this branch of Palestinisn enterprise
will be able to take care OF many Ger
man settlers at present. No drained
land is Immediately available for the
establishment Of new groups Of German
settlers; schemes are on the way, but
will take time.
The land that will probably be most
quickly ready is around Haifa Bay. New
he
ready a different kind of settlement is
under way. 1t is combination OF
town labor and truck farming. set
tlement will be opened within commut-
ing distance from Haifa. 1t will be
divided into small plots, large enough
for agriculture on minor scale. Ano
the family will support itself, both
through the efforts of those that Will
find occupation in the city and through
farming.
ONLY Sales Cooperative.
In the larger. outlying cooperative!
of privately owned land also there L
still some ground available for private
| purchase and it is in that direction
that many of the German immigrant
would like to turn. For this capital i
necessary. Even for those who ar
I accustomed 10 agricultural WOk ~ L
| hard because it means that all th'
branches of activity-land cultivation
dairying and poultry raising-must b,
carried on separately by each family
Only the sales and purchasing ends ar
! handled comparatively.
Yet even from professional rank
there have been many applications TO
this kind of settlement. Over tn
| whole influx lies the conviction tha
/ it is not for themselves that they hav
come but for their children. The olde
members, even If they are only in thei
thirtieS, do not hope to acclimatiz
themselves. They come with the feel
ing that their own lives are done for
Many of them, lawyers and doctor
and dentists. men of 35 and 40. ar
willingly renouncing their profession
and taking on the responsibility of agri
cultural enterprise For the lawyers
is almost necessity, since the periot
of training both in the languages o
Palestine and in the law of the land
would be too long
Physicians are making more Of al
effort to adjust themselves in thei
| own profession, but they. too, are awar
! that there is room for just so many.
Yet before that point of saturatior
Is reached the medical equipment o
Palestine will show good effects. fol
Palestine has needed this influx O.
medical talent and training. But thu
bearers of 1t themselves and the law