(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish welfare organizations in the Republic of Poland are clearly being discriminated against in the distribution of government subsidies.
This charge was made by Deputy Heller in the Sejm during the debate on the budget of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare. Jewish welfare organizations receive a minimum of government subsidies. For instance, the Association for the Protection of Jewish Orphans, which has a budget of three million Zlotys per annum, receives only three percent from the government.
While the Christian summer colonies for children receive 6 Zlotys per capita, the JJewish summer colonies receive only 1 Zloty 30 Groschen for each child. This is being done at the same time when the burden of taxation rests most heavily on the Jewish population, Deputy Heller stated.
Deputy Waclaw Wislicki declared that the system of monopolies, which was established, he stated, for the purpose of suppressing private commerce has been a failure. The taxation system is unfair, he added. The urban population pays on the average 73 Zlotys per capita, while the rural population pays only 3 Zlotys 30 Groschen per capita.
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