The barring of Jews from the totalitarian Party of the Nation was believed today to foreshadow issuance of a sweeping new anti-Jewish law.
The Government intends to decree further limitations on the activities of Jews, informed quarters said. Jews may be prohibited from owning farm lands or engaging in professions.
(A Swiss radio broadcast reported that one of the demands in the Soviet ultimatum to Rumania, which resulted in cession of Bessarabia and northern Bukowina, was for revision of the Rumanian political system. The report caused speculation on the effect of such a demand on the Axis alignment of the Bucharest Government and its concomitant anti-Semitic policy.)
Porunca Vremi, nationalist newspaper, urged new anti-Jewish measures, declaring that a national policy based on racial ideas was part of the future foundation of the Rumanian State.
“Rumania could not remain a haven for the wandering Jews,” the paper said. “All Europe is today burning Jewish ambitions at the stake and Rumania could not exclude herself from this development.”
Constantin Bratianu, head of the former Liberal Party, is reported to have issued circular letter to his adherents urging them to join the new party.
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