Premier Maniu received a delegation of the Parliamentary Jewish Club yesterday, granting them a long audience.
The delegation presented a memorandum of the unfulfilled demands of the Jewish population in the country and asked settlement of the following questions during the present parliament session as the Jewish population expects an immediate solution. First, citizenship; secondly, organization of the Jewish communities and a subsidy for Jewish needs in addition to the ten million lei previously assigned by the government for Jewish cultural activities; third, that the government cover the budget of the Jewish schools; fourth, extension of government support to the private Jewish schools, the establishment of a teachers’ seminary for training teachers for the Jewish schools, and that Jewish pupils in the government schools be exempt from attendance on Saturday.
The Premier promised to study the memorandum and to discuss with his cabinet members the demands submitted.
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