Anti-semitism in Russia Must Be Acknowledged in Order to Combat It

Statement Made by Secretary of White Russian Communist Party (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

A frank admission of the existence of anti-Semitism among the workingmen in Soviet Russia is essential in order to combat it successfully by an educational process.

This was the opinion expressed by Knorin, secretary of the White Russian Communist party, in his report submitted to the party conference which is now in session in Mindk. It is dangerous to deny the existence of a growing anti-Semitism among the working classes, not only in White Russia, but also in Moscow. Leningrad and throughout the country. This is due to the lack of education among the masses. The danger exists lost this growing anti-Semitism join hands with the old contra-revolutionary anti-Semitism, he stated.

At the same conference the demand was voired that the Soviet authorities withdraw the legalization of the Communist Poale Zion party. The attack on the party was made by ## secretary of the White Russian Jewish section of the communist party. The Poale Zion are a contra-revolutionary element. They are carrying on an agitation among the Jewish workers, which has no place in Russia. They must go to Palestine be urged.