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Here I remained until June, 1913, when I returned to Palestine with the object of taking motion pictures and stereopticon views. These I intended to use in a lecturing tour for spreading the Zionist propaganda in the United States. HERE I REMAINED UNTIL JUNE NINETEEN THIRTEEN WHEN I RETURNED TO PALESTINE WITH THE OBJECT OF TAKING MOTION PICTURES AND STEREOPTICON VIEWS THESE I INTENDED TO USE IN A LECTURING TOUR FOR SPREADING ZIONIST PROPAGANDA IN THE UNITED STATES
rt. Its effectiveness may be judged by the fact that the Arabs, weary of Turkish venality,--as open and shameless as anywhere in the world,--began in increasing numbers to bring their difficulties to our tribunal. Jews are law-abiding people, and life in those Palestine colonies tended to bring out the fraternal qualities of our race; but it is interesting to note that in over thirty years not one Jewish criminal case was reported from forty-five villages. Zicron-Jacob was a little town of one hundred and thirty "fires"--so we call it--when, in 1910, on the advice of my elder brother, who was head of the Jewish Experiment Station at Athlit, an ancient town of the Crusaders, I left for America to enter the service of the United States in the Department of Agriculture. A few days after reaching this country I took out my first naturalization papers and proceeded to Washington, where I became part of that great government service whose beneficent activity is too little known by Americans. Y THIS COURT ITS EFFECTIVENESS MAY BE JUDGED BY THE FACT THAT THE ARABS WARY OF TURKISH VENILITY AS OPEN AND SHAMELESS AS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BEGAN IN INCREASING NUMBERS TO BRING THEIR DIFFICULTIES TO OUR TRIBUNAL JEWS ARE LAW ABIDING PEOPLE AND LIFE IN THOSE PALESTINE COLONIES TENDED TO BRING OUT THE FRATERNAL QUALITIES OF OUR RACE BUT IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN OVER THIRTY YEARS NOT ONE JEWISH CRIMINAL CASE WAS REPORTED FROM FORTY FIVE VILLAGES ZICRON JACOB WAS A LITTLE TOWN OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIRES AS WE CALL IT WHEN IN NINETEEN TEN ON THE ADVICE OF MY ELDER BROTHER WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE JEWISH EXPERIMENT STATION AT ATHLIT AN ANCIENT TOWN OF THE CRUSADERS I LEFT FOR AMERICA TO ENTER THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A FEW DAYS AFTER REACHING THIS COUNTRY I TOOK OUT MY FIRST NATURALIZATION PAPERS AND PROCEEDED TO WASHINGTON WHERE I BECAME A PART OF THE GREAT GOVERNMENT SERVICE WHOSE BENEFICENT ACTIVITY IS TOO LITTLE KNOWN BY AMERICANS
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