Abolition of Czaristic Restrictions Postponed As Committee Disagrees

Abolition of the anti-Jewish legal disabilities based on the old Czaristic laws was again postponed when the Constitutional Committee of the Sejm could not agree on the recommendation that a new law be introduced into parliament to annul the limitaion measures.

In view of the fact that the Sejm is nearing the conclusion of its sessions, this question will not come up again until the next session.

In the Constitutional Committee today, when the question of abolishing the Czaristic restrictions was discussed, the Socialist deputy, Liebermann, the official Speaker on the question, emphasized that according to Article 126 of the Polish Constitution, a special law must be adopted in order to abolish limitation. He therefore urged the introduction of a law annulling the existing national and religious restrictions.

Assistant Minister of Justice Sieczkowski replied that no special law is necessary since the Polish High Court does not recognize the Czaristic restrictions.

Deputy Isaac Gruenbaum, affirming that the High Court does not recognize the restrictions, emphasized that the highest administrative tribunal does recognize them and according to the official statement of the Minister of the Interior, the decisions of the administrative tribunal rank above the rulings of the High Court.

Prof. Winiarski, National Democrat, proposed that a special judicial committee be named for the purpose of considering the question whether the abolition of the law is necessary. The proposal was rejected by a majority vote. Thereupon the National Democrats in the committee voted against the proposal of the speaker to prepare a law for abolishing the restrictions. This action resulted in postponement.