The Siberian press is aroused over a case where judges of a Soviet court have been charged with persecutions of their associate, a Jew. The Communist Control Commission has instituted an investigation into the case of Shusman, assistant prosecutor in the District Court of Krasnoyask following complaints that the presiding judge and his associates systematically persecuted Shusman, calling him “Zhid” (Jew.)
Zolotov, an associate judge of the Court, stated publicly, “I am afraid to lose my job; otherwise I would openly advocate pogroms. The judges Matson and Yablokov as well as Advocate Kalenin, demanded that Shusman misapply his judicial functions. When Shusman refused they threatened revenge.
The incidents in the Court were revealed when Shusman published a letter in the local paper stating, “I cannot endure it any longer. The persecutions have becoming unbearable.”
The fight against anti-Semitsim and religion was urged by Bauman, Secretary of the Moscow Communist party, addressing a district conferece here.
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