The Polish Minister of Commerce yesterday assured Polish Jewish leaders that the much discussed economic law, which requires licenses and educational qualifications for all engaged in industry, is not directed against the Jews.
The Minister made his declaration after a series of negotiations with the club of the Jewish Deputies in the Sejm, delegations of Jewish merchants and with representatives of the Agudath Israel, orthodox Jewish organization.
The Jewish representatives also conferred with the leaders of the government party in the Sejm and Senate asking them to modify the bill when it reached the Senate. The Jewish merchants delegation later reported that the Minister of Commerce told them plainly that the “stringent provisions of the bill are not directed against the Polish Jews.” The Agudath delegation declared that “important changes in the bill may be expected.”
However, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was reliably informed that no concrete changes in the bill are planned and that the Jews will be disappointed in their hopes for a sharp modification of the new economics bill.
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