Socialist headquarters in Vienna have been requested by their branches in the provinces not to send Jewish speakers to their communities in connection with the forthcoming election campaign, it was learned here yesterday.
Jews who are converts to Christianity and those who are non believers are likewise on the banned list, it is learned.
The Nazi press states that trade union leaders have joined in this demand and have also asked that the number of Jewish candidates for Parliamentary posts be reduced.
The Social Democratic press does not deny the substance of these allegations. Social Democratic circles moreover explain that the tendency to exclude Jewish speakers is not based on anti-Semitism but is a tactical method to be used in fighting the Nazis who have infused the masses with anti-Semitic poison.
It is easier for a Social Democrat who is a non-Jew to influence the workers against the anti-Semitism preached by the Nazis than it is for a Jewish speaker who is essentially handicapped, it is stated.
It is also necessary to counteract the dangerous Nazi allegation that the Social Democratic party is led by Jews, it is asserted.
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