Plans for forthcoming elections to the Jewish Community Council were mapped here today at a meeting of 600 Jews. It was decided to change the election law so that not only tax payers, but Avery Jew over the age of eighteen, including foreign nationals, may vote.
The meeting was attended by Minister of State Property Peter Krauland, representatives of Chancellor Figl and other ministries and a representative of the Russian military authorities. David Brill, president of the Jewish Community, outlined to the gathering the demands which will be presented to the Minister of Religion.
A plea by one of the speakers for the return of Jewish property was interrupted by a man in the audience who shouted: “We do not want wealth. We want only bread and homes, and to be treated as decent human beings.”
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