Foreign Minister Egon Berger-Waldenegg’s denial that Austria has discriminated against the Jews is the direct result of representations made to the Austrian Minister of Finance, Dr. Karl Buresch, by Sir Otto Niemeyer, noted banker, when Austria sought a loan in London, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today.
Sir Otto, it was learned, vehemently reproached Dr. Buresch for the ill treatment of Austrian Jews by the present government, particularly the unjustified dismissals of Jewish physicians, nurses and teachers by municipal authorities in Vienna.
Dr. Buresch promised that Austrian authorities would withdraw all anti-Jewish measures and reinstate a number of the dismissed Jewish professionals, it was stated.
The Austrian Foreign Minister, in his statement, not only denied
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