p.

8.

way of putting it) - & in Oct they suddenly
stopped the monthly payments & offered her £10
down to finish - which she refused & quite
rightly so, I think - & the £2 monthly remains
stopped. It really is too bad, I think, & I feel strongly
about it. The Jews - & the Arabs to a lesser extent - may
not be doing any actual fighting, but they definitely
are taking the place of British troops & so saving
men & shipping etc.

Another hard luck case has concluded successfully
today. A chap called Zilberberg was married to a
girl who was an illegal immigrant into Palestine
& in addition all the marriage papers had been
left behind in Germany. So, when he joined the Army
he declared himself to be single & so got no
Family Allowance. In August, he got moving with
the Rabbi & obtained his marriage certificate & so
qualified for the Allowance from that date. I
found out that his wife was going to have a
baby, & was v. poor - & so I put up a case to
the Command Paymaster to have the Allowance
antedated to his date of entitlement - 11 Nov [40?]
& today I had a letter from the C.P. that
this is agreed to. So that is another £20
for the wife - quite a nice help at such