As a result of Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports abroad of the debate on the Jewish question at a meeting of the Vienna municipal council on Friday, the city administration was forced today to publish the official report of the meeting, which the Austrian press had been prohibited from publishing.
During the debate Dr. Ehrlich, Jewish member of the council, related in detail the anti-Jewish discriminations practiced by the city administration. Lord Mayor Schmitz promised the Jews equality of treatment and agreed to investigate Jewish complaints against his administration.
The statement of the Lord Mayor aroused amazement in Jewish circles since, it was pointed out, a lengthy memorandum containing Jewish grievances had been submitted to him last July, when he agreed to consider the memorandum.
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