Jewish organizations here are planning to protest the dissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda in the public schools through the use of biased text books.
One of the books that educational authorities will be asked to withdraw from the schools is “Bolivia’s Political Geography,” written by Alfredo Ayala, an instructor at the German College here. The book, which has been in use in the public schools since 1943, asserts that Jewish immigrants have contributed nothing to the welfare of the community. “This race is undesirable,” Ayala’s geography says, adding charges that Jews have not helped to increase trade and industry in the country.
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