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Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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[JUDAICA]. -- BEN-GURION, David (1886-1973). Typed document signed (''David Ben-Gurion''), as Chairman the executive committee of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, in Hebrew. Tel Aviv, 13 March 1944. 2 pages, 4to, on Jewish Agency for Palestine stationery, some minor staining or marginal chipping.
CONSIDERING ACTIONS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MIDST OF WAR AND FAR-REACHING PLANS FOR THE PEACE PERIOD.
Establishing a sub-committee for seamanship affairs: “The technology engineering committee of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Yisroel has decided to appoint a sub-committee for the seamanship affairs. Their duty will be to arrange plans for expanding the positions with the Jewish settlement has in the seamanship, and to conquer new positions” [translated].
The mandate of the sub-committee was to bear responsibility for Jewish defense on the ports of Eretz Yisroel, seamanship preparation for the youth, development of fishing in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, establishment of transportation from the port of Eretz Yisroel to other world ports, freight transportation, and the development of Jewish seamanship insurance. Ben Gurion’s order appointed Dr. H. Widra, Y. Horin, Engineer E. Tovim, S. Tolokovsky, B. C. Meyerovits, Dr. M. Soloveitchik, Yitzchak Rokeach and David Remez to the sub-committee.