Colonel Josef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister, assured a delegation of Jewish leaders today that his Government would take “adequate precautions” to prevent recurrence of anti-Semitic excesses.
He declared to a deputation from the Joint Foreign Committee, headed by Neville Laski, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews that in recent declarations to the Sejm (Parliament) on the position of the Jewish community, Premier Koscialkowski and Minister of Interior Raczkiewicz had expressed the Government’s unanimous opinion in condemning anti-Semitism.
He added that the Polish authorities had taken firm measures to suppress anti-Jewish disorders and would take greater precautions in the future.
Col. Beck admitted that the bill restricting kosher slaughtering passed by the Sejm would result in the Jewish communities suffering economic loss, but declared he hoped that a means would be devised for suitable compensation to enable Jewish communities to carry out their duties and charitable activities. Until now, the communities have levied taxes on cattle slaughtered according to the Jewish ritual.
The Joint Foreign Committee includes the Board of Deputies and the Anglo-Jewish Association.
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