The hearing on the bill which would make compulsory the stunning of animals immediately before or after slaughter, thus becoming in effect an anti-schechita measure, scheduled to take place today before the judiciary committee of the legislature has been indefinitely postponed.
According to all indications, it is doubtful whether the bill will come up at the present session of the legislature. From authoritative sources it was indicated that the bill will be calendared and may never reach the Senate or the House for vote.
The bill had originally been passed by both Houses and was ready for signature by the governor when a protest of Jewish leaders throughout the state caused its, withdrawal from the engrossing clerk’s office and re-introduction with amendments. Rabbis and lay leaders with the aid of counsel have been preparing to oppose the measure as aiming against the Jewish method of slaughtering animals for food.
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