Rene Cassin, a French Jew, is listed today among the eight members of the Free French National Council formed here yesterday by General Charles de Gaulle to share with him the responsibility for the policy and administration of Free France. Cassin has been selected to hold the post of National Commissioner of Justice and Education in the Council.
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