Instructions to thoroughly investigate the social and economic situation of the national minorities were issued today by the Soviet government of Central Russia. It is believed that these instructions may lead towards the reinstatement of the declassed Jews into their cooperative rights.
On the other hand, the commissariat of internal affairs announces today a new law project of further restrictions for the declassed, who have no election rights and will be ousted from municipal dwellings even if they live in the suburbs. This affects thousands of Jews who, deprived of the right to live in the larger cities because they are ex-traders, have solved the problem of dwelling by settling in the nearby summer resort suburbs.
The announcement also states that those to be ousted from their suburban dwellings will not only include the socalled former bourgeoisie elements, but those whom they support, and their homes will be nationalized. Even those who are entitled to vote in Soviet elections will be ousted if it should be found that their occupations are not useful labor. Exceptions will be made for scientists and former soldiers of the Red Army. Houses built by private owners will remain in the ownership of the declassed, in accordance with a previous law.
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