The Board of Deputies of British Jews is considering making strong representations to the Home Office in connection with a decision made by the Council of Municipal Corporations to hold municipal elections in 1950 and 1951 on a Saturday.
When H. Hopkins, town clerk of Darlington, asked at a meeting whether it had been considered that this meant disenfranchising Jews, Sir Miles Mitchell, of Manchester, chairman of the general purposes committee, asserted: “We had full representation on that point and have considered it.” The Board of Deputies, however, was not informed of the decision, it was learned.
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