ABSTRACT
Of the supports on which the Jewish National Home must rest it was recognized from the beginning that immigration was one of the principal. The Zionist Organization accepted responsibility for the good character and bona fides of the immigrants whom they sponsored and to some extent for their health. These regulations were the most generous of any adopted by any Government anywhere resolved to exercise some control over immigration. As experience was obtained the procedure followed in arriving at the quarterly quota of immigrants to be admitted under the Labour Schedule developed. In the preparation of a new immigration schedule the Zionist Executive was expected to submit a sum in the following form: Prospective new employment in detail, less existing unemployment and prospective reduction of labour in consequence of approaching completion of contracts.
