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Jewish Deputies to Vote Against Constitutional Changes in Poland

July 7, 1926
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The attitude of the Club of Jewish Deputies in the Polish Sejm, toward the changes in the Polish constitution, advocated by the Bartel government, was determined at a general meeting of the Club.

The Club decided to vote only for the extension of the powers of the President. It will, however, cast its votes against the other proposed changes, including the proposal to extend the authority of the government. The deputies who are members of the Agudath Israel have decided to vote against giving the government any further authority.

Moses Goldenberg. pioneer department store merchant of Washington, D. C., died in Baltimore at the age of seventy-nine. He arrived in American as a young man just after the close of the Civil War and rose by his own efforts to the position of a leading business man in that city. He was prominent in philanthropic activities.

The well-known Yiddish writer and etymologist, Nahum Stil (Baal Dimyon) arrived in Moscow from Berlin. He is proceeding to Kiev where he will lecture at the University on Yiddish literature and scholarship.

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