“emes” at Last Admits Liquidation of Yevsektzia

The “Emes,” the chief organ of the Jewish section of the Communist party, today finally admitted that the Jewish section had been liquidated. It explains that this was due to a desire of the Communist party to conduct in a direct way the work among the national minorities and that therefore all national minority sections of the Communist party had been abolished.

The “Emes” declares “that the Jewish work has outgrown the Yevsektzia and therefore it has been liquidated. All plans concerning Jewish life will henceforth be worked out not by the Yevsektzia but by the Communist party without any interference.”

The paper points out that the Communist party will work only along Communist lines but that the actual government activities will be conducted by a special minorities instruction committee of the Central Executive Committee which “is quite different from the Communist party. “We know,” says the “Emes,” “that Jewish nationalistic elements in Russia as well as the Jews abroad will be extremely glad to see us liquidated. Some of them informed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency have already expressed joy but this should not depress us. We Communists know that the revolutionary demands of the party are above everything else.”

The Jewish Communist leader, Diamenstein, commenting on the liquidation of the Yevsektzia, said that Jewish interests would not suffer. “The Yevsektzia has done its work and is leaving a trail behind it that will be remembered.” As a member of the praesidium of the national minorities council of the Central Executive Committee, Diamenstein explained that henceforth the mission of serving Jewish interests will be entirely transferred to the local Soviets. He said, too, that few Jewish instructors will remain on the Communist party payroll.