Dr. Rudolf Kuraz, Czechoslovak Consul General in New York, today stated that the case of Emil Beer, Jewish industrialist whose factory was confiscated by the government following a strike of his employees, was under investigation by the authorities and that the matter would be straightened out as soon as the red tape involved could be gotten out of the way.
Asserting that the Czechoslovak. Government has a good record in restoring speedily Jewish-owned property to its owners or their heirs, Dr. Kuraz said that even in his country it took some time to clear up cases in dispute. He urged that newspapers which have been impatiently demanding an immediate decision on the Beer case give the recently overhauled civil service set-up time to function properly.
As evidence of his government’s friendly attitude toward the Jews, he cited recent reports of HIAS and the World Jewish Congress that the Czechoslovak Government has aided Jewish refugees passing through the country and has restored Jewish property to its rightful owners. He also stated that the government has spent 80,000,000 crowns to aid some 130,000 transient refugees, mostly Jews, during the last 15 months.
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