Replying today to several questions in the House of Commons about meetings here at which speakers allegedly made slanderous statements about the Jewish community, J. Chuter Ede, Home Secretary, asserted that police reports did not indicate that the institution of court proceedings was Justifiable.
The Home Secretary declined to direct punitive action, explaining that his Ministry was not a “prosecuting authority,” but he gave his questioners assurance that he would welcome a public prosecution “if the facts warranted it.” He added that he was in “fairly constant touch” with members of the Council of Christians and Jews in the study of means “by which attacks on the Jewish community could be brought to an end.
Mr. Ede denied that anti-Semitic speakers in London halls and on street corners received better police protection than did other speakers.
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