Repeated anti-Jewish provocations in Alsace by Nazi agents during recent tense days today prompted the Alsation Federation of Labor to issue a proclamation denouncing anti-Semitism as playing into the enemy’s hands and urging all workers to defend attacked Jews.
The agitation resulted in minor anti-Jewish attacks in some towns, particularly in Metz, were Nazi agents had distributed facsimiles of a railway ticket with this text: “French Railways. Free Ticket to Palestine. Car Reserved for Dirty Jews. This is a One-Way Ticket Without the Right to Return.”
A clash was also reported in Lille, where an Algerian Jew, Samuel Jais, who was wounded during the World War, was attacked and defended himself by firing his revolver, slightly wounding one of his attackers.
Meanwhile, in a number of synagogues in Paris immigrant Jews swore collectively allegiance to France in solemn ceremonies conducted by rabbis. Other synagogues will join Sunday in the prayers for peace urged by President Roosevelt.
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