Czech Jewish Leaders Receive Svoboda’s Assurance That Millennium Will Be Celebrated

Two Czechoslovakian Jewish leaders reported here today that President Ludvik Svoboda had given them his personal assurance that they could proceed with preparations to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the Jewish community In Czechoslovakia. According to Frantisek Fuchs of Prague and Dr. Benjamin Eichler of Bratislava, the celebrations will culminate next July when the Prague community hopes to be host to an international Jewish gathering. The Czech Jewish leaders attended a meeting of the European Executive of the World Jewish Congress here. Other representatives of East European Jewry present were Dr. Lavoslav Kadelburg, of Yugoslavia, and Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen, of Rumania. Jewish communities of Spain and Greece were also represented.