Board of Deputies Urges British Jews to Avoid Fascist Disorders

The Board of Deputies of British Jews, at a meeting today, urged Jews to steer clear of disorders inspired by Fascists. A resolution was adopted protesting against Fascist attempts to identify Jews with Communists.

Neville Laski, president of the board, reporting on the foreign situation in the absence of Leonard G. Montefiore, said the Jews had received little encouragement from the recent session of the League of Nations.

While the Assembly’s decision to continue the office of High Commissioner for Refugees indicated awareness of its responsibility for alleviating the suffering of expatriates, Mr. Laski said, the removal of causes creating refugees could not be expected in view of the present “impotence” of the League.

Referring to Germany, he assailed “fashionable journalists” who write about the Reich after short visits there. He described the continued Nazi boycott and persecution of Jews.

SIMON TO SEE LABOR DELEGATION

Sir John Simon, Home Secretary, has announced his willingness to receive a Labor deputation to discuss the Fascist problem, expressing the hope it would make a practical contribution to the solution of the question.

Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal leader, declared in a statement that the “provocative marches” of Sir Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts into the Jewish East End were “outrages against a free constitution.”

The London County Council, which is headed by Herbert Morrison, Laborite leader, cancelled the permit for a Fascist meeting at the Hoxton House School because of the danger of disturbances.

The request for the interview with the Home Secretary was made by Mr. Morrison, in the name of municipal councillors and labor deputies, in a letter warning that “rapid, decisive action” was necessary if “social disaster and political chaos” were to be averted.

URGE BAN ON PRIVATE ARMIES

The Star reported that a Government subcommittee has recommended a ban on private arms and anything of a quasi-military nature in order to suppress disorders in London’s East End and other parts of England.

According to the Star, the subcommittee made its recommendations to the Cabinet on the grounds that “subversive methods entirely foreign to British traditions of democratic freedom” were being employed by such groups as Sir Oswald Losley’s Blackshirts.

Prohibition of banners bearing provocative personal and racial slogans will also be asked, it was stated.