The AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS SANCTIONED THE “ARYAN PARAGRAPH” FOR THE FIRST TIME BY CONFIRMING INTRODUCTION INTO THE STATUTES OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND MUSICIANS AND PIANO TUNERS OF A PROVISION BARRING JEWS FROM MEMBERSHIP.
THE ACTION WAS TAKEN DESPITE INTERVENTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT BY THE JEWISH RELIEF COMMITTEE AND THE UNION OF AUSTRIAN SOCIETIES FOR THE BLIND, WHICH WARNED OF THE PRECEDENT CREATED. THE UNION HAS NOW WARNED THE ASSOCIATION THAT IT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM MEMBERSHIP UNLESS IT EXPUNGES THE “ARYAN PARAGRAPH” FROM ITS STATUTES BY OCT. 15.
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