Palestine, 1933-1937
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-3) correspondence between J.L. Cohen and Creech Jones about the Workers' Travel Association (WTA) visit to Palestine that Creech Jones organised and accompanied, mentioning the help given by Dov Hos and Zev Vilnay, 8 Apr-19 May 1933
- (fols. 4-6) similar correspondence between Zvi Schwarz and Creech Jones, 27 Apr-18 May 1933
- (fols. 7-12) letters from Creech Jones to Vilnay, Hos, and Professor Norman Bentwich about the enthusiasm and impressions of the party, and about arrangements for future visits of the WTA to Palestine, 18-19 May 1933
- (fols. 13-22) details of expenditure on the first tour to Palestine, drawn up by Hos and Creech Jones, with correspondence between them, 21 May-29 Jun 1933
- (fol. 23) The Spectator, letter to the Editor by Israel Cohen (Zionist Organisation, London), on the 'Problem of Palestine', 11 May 1934
- (fol. 24) replies from Vilnay to Creech Jones, 28 Jun 1933
- (fol. 25) letter from Creech Jones to Walter Ayles, Secretary of the British Commonwealth Peace Association, giving addresses from which literature on Palestine could be obtained, 5 Jul 1934
- (fols. 26-42) draft and two typescripts of an article by Creech Jones entitled 'A Few Impressions by a Gentile Socialist after a short visit to Palestine', written for World Jewry, with a covering letter to the Editor, J.H. Castel, 5 Jul 1934
- (fol. 43) The New Statesman and Nation article on 'Prosperity and Strife in Palestine', 18 Aug 1934
- (fol. 44) Daily Telegraph, article on 'Some Observations on Palestine from the Economic Aspect' by Sir Robert Waley Cohen, Chairman of the Economic Board for Palestine, 11 Oct 1934
- (fols. 45-46) letter from Creech Jones to Hos about two tours to Palestine to be led by E. Muggeridge and Herbert Morrison, and about his own attempts to get union support for representatives on such tours, 1 May 1935
- (fols. 47-50) letters from Creech Jones to Hos, Morrison, Cohen, and Josiah Wedgwood about arranging a dinner for people interested in Palestine, 19 Nov-13 Dec 1935
- (fols. 51-55) correspondence between Creech Jones and Arthur Lourie (Jewish Agency for Palestine) about meeting Professor Frankel of Johannesburg to discuss Palestine and South Africa; also about Dov Hos's Memorandum for the Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions and the work done by Creech Jones in the House of Commons on behalf of the Agency, 27 Nov 1935-27 Feb 1936
- (fols. 56-61) correspondence between Creech Jones, Bentwich, and the Jewish Agency about an Austrian Jew who had, through his sister, asked for Creech Jones's help to emigrate from Vienna to Palestine, 1-31 Jan 1936
- (fol. 62) details of the tour to Palestine and Syria arranged by the WTA between 8 Apr and 8 May, 24 Jan 1936
- (fols. 63-70) correspondence between Creech Jones and Lourie about the former's Question in the House on a clause in the Immigration Amendment Bill, with a copy of a letter from M. Shertok, Executive of the Jewish Agency, to the Chief Secretary, Jerusalem, about the clause, 12 Feb-2 Mar 1936
- (fols. 71-73) The Palestine Post, letter to the Editor from Shalom Kassan about the payment of the Grand Mufti, with a covering letter from Kassan to Creech Jones and the latter's acknowledgement, 22 Jun-1 Jul 1936
- (fols. 74-75) letters from Lourie and A. Abrahams, Political Secretary of the New Zionist Organisation, to Creech Jones about his speech in the Debate on Palestine in the House of Commons, 22-3 Jun 1936
- (fols. 76-77) correspondence between L.A. Silman, a Jewish constituent, and Creech Jones about the recent deputation from the Yorkshire Jewish Community to Yorkshire MPs at the House of Commons, 24-28 Jul 1936
- (fol. 78) letter from Lord Marley asking Creech Jones to join the Parliamentary Council of both Houses of Parliament to support the work of the ORT, 'an international organisation which carries out constructive schemes for the vocational training and agricultural settlement of distressed Jewish populations in Eastern European countries', 24 Jul 1936
- (fols. 79-87) copy of the Petition of the Jewish communities of Jaffa and Tel Aviv to the High Commissioner of Palestine about the large proportion of Arabs in Government service, police, and judiciary, sent to Creech Jones by the Chairman, Daniel Sirkis, 21 Aug 1936
- (fols. 88-90) correspondence between Max Seligman and Harry J. Berger, Tel Aviv, and Creech Jones about the formation in Palestine of an organisation to urge the conversion of Palestine into a Crown Colony, 23 Sep-29 Oct 1936
- (fols. 91-100) correspondence between Joseph Leftwich and Creech Jones about his book and the aims of the Freeland League to establish Jewish settlements in British Dominions, discussing means of interesting MPs and the Dominions in the scheme, 3 Dec 1936-11 Jun 1937
- (fols. 101-102) correspondence between Lourie and Creech Jones about a Memorandum by the Jewish Agency for Palestine submitted to the Royal Commission, 22-27 Jan 1937
- (fols. 103-104) correspondence between Abrahams and Creech Jones about meeting to discuss the policy of partition, 18-19 May 1937
- (fols. 105-106) correspondence between L. Bakstansky, General Secretary of the Zionist Federation, and Creech Jones about tickets for the Debate in the House on Palestine, 14-16 Jul 1937
- (fol. 107) letter from Silman to Creech Jones on the Report of the Royal Commission, 19 Jul 1937
- (fol. 108) letter from Lourie to Creech Jones about a booklet on Palestine by J. Baratz, 27 Jul 1937.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1937
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/30, folder 1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk