Canadian Jewish Congress Asks Quebec to Delay Law Prohibiting Name Changing

Samuel Bronfman, president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, has telegraphed Quebec Premier Duplessis asking that the government hold up a vote by the legislature on a bill making it illegal to change one’s surname without an act of the legislature.

Mr. Bronfman’s wire asked a delay until the Canadian Jewish Congress has had an opportunity for giving its reasons for opposing the measure, which it feels may bring economic and even physical difficulties for thousands of Quebec Jews and non-Jews.