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j eW is not so much unfitted as unac
customed, and which therefore he is
reluctant to undertake. There are, of
course, a fair number of Jewish
clerks, and Jews may be found in the
fitting shops or workshops, where
pumps, rock drills, electric locomotives
and other gear are fitted and kept in
order.
That the Jew is anxious and willing
to take a part in actual production is
proved by the fact that quite a num
ber of small syndicates are run by
Jews for working coal mines.
Financially Jews play a very promi
nent and a very important part in the
development and exploitation of the
mineral resources of this country. One
has only to mention names like that
of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, M. L. A.,
a prominent member of the directorate
of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.,
Chairman and Permanent Director of
the Anglo-American Corporation of
South Africa, Ltd., comprising the
Springs Mine, the West Springs, Brak-
pan, Daggafontein and various coal,
platinum and other base mineral work
ings; Sir David Harris, head of De
Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.; Sir
George Alba, Bart., East Rand Pro
prietary Mines, Ltd., Chairman and
Managing Director in Johannesburg
of the General Mining and Finance
Corporation, Ltd., Chairman and Man
aging Director of the West Rand Con
solidated Mines, Ltd., and many oth
ers, for the truth of this statement to
become obvious.
Direct ramifications of mining are
countless pursuits among which may
be included trading and inter-trading
the sale of machinery and mining
materials, of stationery, of provisions.
In these, as may be expected, Jews
come to the fore. Messrs. Hillman
Brothers of Johannesburg and Durban
who import and supply mining mate
rials are among the richest Jews in
South Africa. The whole of Johannes
burg, in fact, is a subsidiary growth
on the mines, and the whole of Jo
hannesburg, they say, is in the hands
of the Jews. For example, the Jo
hannesburg Stock Exchange was
closed on Rosh Hashanah this year
tor the first time, and it is invariably
closed on Yom Kippur.
I he construction of dams, reser
voirs, houses, hospitals, the leading
of current from Victoria Falls, sani
tation all arise out of the basic in
dustry of South Africa, and with all
of these, directly or indirectly, Jews
are connected.
Briefly the position with regard to
Jews and mining in South Africa is
this: on the financial side the Jew
leads and controls; on the administra
tive side he is capable and efficient;
w hile on the technical side he has not
>et proved his mettle. There are a
few Jews, however, who have made
K^od in this branch of the industry,
too, and there is no doubt that in the
course of time experience will show
at the Jew can do real productive
*ork when he puts his hand to it.
—Copyright 1928 by the Jewish
elegraphic Agency, Inc.
SALVA °OR PROHIBITS IM
MIGRATION FROM PALESTINE
Jerusalem (J. T. A.).—Immigratioi
n ‘, Palestine has been prohibitet
2 t , he Republic of San Salvador
ord to the effect that the Soutl
•American Republic would bar Pales
11 ans from entry to that country
nas been received here.
UNTERMYER URGES PALESTINE
REBUILDING
Comments on Splendid Character of
Jewish Immigrants in Homeland
Pasadena, Cal.—Stimulation to the
campaign of the United Palestine Ap
peal in this city was provided by a
statement of Samuel Untermyer, in
ternationally noted lawyer of the firm
of Marshall, Untermyer and Guggen-
heimer, who urged the local Jewish
community to participate in the fund
raising drive for Palestine rebuilding.
Mr. Untermyer, who has been ill for
some time, is recovering his health at
a resort in Pasadena.
Declaring that the type of Jew who
went to Palestine to rebuild the coun
try is splendid human material for
the reconstruction of any country, Mr.
Untermyer urged that Jew’s take ad
vantages of the opportunities offered
by the Balfour Declaration. Mr. Un
termyer, who was at one time Presi
dent of the Palestine Foundation
Fund, issued the following statement:
“No movement is quite so impor
tant to the reputation of the Jews of
America and the w’orld. When we ac
cepted the Balfour Declaration, we
pledged ourselves to the development
of Palestine as the Jewish Homeland.
Our honor before the world is involv
ed in carrying out that declaration, to
say nothing of the gratification of the
yearnings and ambitions of the down
trodden Jews of Southeastern Europe
to escape from their present persecu
tion and to lead free lives in their an
cestral home amid the traditions that
are so dear to them. I visited Pales
tine in 1927 and was tremendously
impressed by the natural beauty of
the country, the splendid character of
the Jewish immigration, and the great
strides they are making against al
most seemingly impossible odds. To
us they look for encouragement and
support, and for our own sake as well
as theirs, we dare not fail them.”
HENRY FORI) BECAME A JEW
ANTI-SEMITIC PAPER TELLS
ITS READERS.
Berlin, (J. T. A.)—The dissatisfac
tion of the German anti-Semites with
Henry Ford since his withdrawal of
his anti-Jewish campaign last year
found its climax in an article pub
lished in this week’s issue of the “Wo-
ehenschau,” the organ of former war
lord Eric von Ludendorf.
Ford has joined “the Palestine
lodge” in Detroit and has become “an
artificial Jew” the newspaper told its
credulous readers.
BRITISH JEWISH LEADERS AT-
T’VD LONDON BUDGET DINNER
London (J. T. A.).—The dinner
given in the House of Commons by
Arthur Samuel, financial secretary of
the treasury, on the occasion of the
presentation of the budget was at
tended by many prominent British
Jews.
Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister;
Winston Churchill, chancellor of the
Exchequer and Col. Leopold A. Amery,
Colonial Minister, headed the list of
distinguished guests who included
leaders of the financial and industrial
world.
Among the British Jews were Lord
Bearsted, Lord Swaythling, Sir Robert
Waley-Cohen, Charles Seligman, Otto
Schiff and Otto Kahn, of New York.
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