Central government authorities confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today that the Czechoslovakian Ambassador in Washington, Dr. F. Veverka, in a memorandum submitted to the Czechoslovakian Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, had pointed out that in matters of tariffs and patents, lawyers from Washington, not New York, should be employed, inasmuch as New York lawyers are Jews for the most part, toward whom certain American authorities are unfriendly.
The Ambassador further points out that it is best to approach Washington lawyers because the departments of tariffs and patents are located in Washington.
This memorandum, which was sent confidentially, was circulated by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the interested parties and leaked out through the press.
The authorities confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the authenticity of the report, regretting, however, that its publication should have been brought about through an indiscretion.
The statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency pointed out that the Washington Legation intended only to bring to the notice of interested firms the true situation, and that anti-Jewish motives cannot be attributed to the Legation.
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