The Board of Deputies of British Jews appealed to the British Government today to “bring its influence to bear” on the Austrian Government to change its present “harsh and unnust policy” on the claims for restitution and indemnification advanced by the Committee for Jewish Claims on Austria.
In a statement adopted at a meeting here, the Board proteated the Austrian treatment of the “very moderate measure of compensation” for Jewish victims of the Nazis asked by the world Jewish groups, which the claims committee represents. It underlined that the assets taken from Jews, and still remaining within the Austrian economy, was far greater than the compensation requested. The Board stressed the very favorable position of the Austrian economy and appealed to Britain, which had given Austria so much political and economic assistance, to intervene with the latter.
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