Dov Hoz, the chairman of the State Committee of the Jewish Agency, of the decision. David Hacohen informed Hushi of his disapproval of the decision, since it had not been approved by the official organizations of the Yishuv, despite the fact that the Workers Council of the Histadrut had approved the new policy. On the following day, 30 September, the German consul in Haifa turned to influential Olim from Germany to have them convince Hushi to call off the new policy. The consul announced that the Second Officer would apologize and would be punished for his offensive remarks, but Hushi did not relent, and the Bamburg returned to Germany empty. In order not to hurt the interests of the Jewish Yishuv, Hushi contacted "Citrus Center" in Jaffa with a request to find other ships with which to send their produce to Europe. He wrote to them: "We do not want to cause you [financial] loss, and therefore we are giving you options and time to organize the matter. We are not able to overcome our emotions, and the emotions of our workers, to continue to load German ships." References Published works In the House of the Workers of Israel (1943) External links Abba Hushi Archive on the Digital collections of Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa 1898 births 1969 deaths People from Lviv Oblast People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) Austro-Hungarian Jews Ukrainian Jews Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jews in Mandatory Palestine Israeli Jews Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Mayors of Haifa Ahdut HaAvoda politicians Mapai politicians Jewish socialists Hashomer Hatzair members