(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A step similar to that taken by the Jewish Notables in Turkey, as represented in the National Assembly, was taken by Austrian Jews, as represented in the Union of Austrian Jewish Communities.
The fortieth annual convention of the Union, in session here, adopted a resolution renouncing the claim of the Jewish population in the Republic of Austria to the provisions of the international peace treaties concerning the rights of national minorities. The resolution states that the demand of the Jewish population in the Republic of Austria is only for equal rights in accordance with the provisions of the Austrian constitution.
The convention simultatteously established the fact, in a resolution adopted, that anti-Semitism is the reigning policy in the Austrian colleges and universities. During the last few years the adatission of Jews as assitant professors was stopped completely, as well as the admission of Jewish instructors. Jewish scientists were not given advancement, the resolution camplains.
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