The Italian Government has taken measures against publication of books, production of plays and radio broadcasts by Jews, The Times reported today from Rome.
Italian publishers, the dispatch said, have received an official warning that books by Jews are not to be published without special authority, books by foreign Jews are not to be translated into Italian, no plays by foreign Jews are to be produced and Jews are not allowed to broadcast.
The move was expected for some time, The Times said, but no publicity was given to the new anti-Jewish regulations. It will be interesting to see whether they will be followed by more demonstrative measures, the report declared, and there is reason to believe such measures are under consideration.
Because of the small Jewish population of Italy, it seems hardly likely that anti-Semitism will gather much strength, unless raised by official propaganda, The Times correspondent asserted. But Italian Fascism, he added, has given more than one proof of late of its susceptibility to influence from Berlin.
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