The British Supply Council, today denied the charges made by a witness before a Senate sub-committee that Jews are being discriminated against when American applicants are hired by the British Purchasing Commission.
“It has never been the policy of the British Purchasing Commission, nor of any of the other British missions in the United States, to discriminate against any applicant for employment on religious grounds,” the Council said.
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