RUDOLF HESS, CHANCELLOR HITLER’S DEPUTY IN THE NAZI PARTY, TODAY ISSUED AN ORDER BANNING ALL “JEWISH HALF-BREEDS” FROM MEMBERSHIP IN THE LEAGUE OF GERMAN JURISTS, THE HAVAS NEWS AGENCY REPORTED. A STATEMENT ISSUED BY HESS POINTED OUT THAT HITHERTO THIS “NATIONAL SOCIALIST LEAGUE OF LAW GUARDIANS” WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO MAINTAIN ITS RACIAL REQUIREMENTS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE HITLER YOUTH AND OTHER NAZI PARTY ORGANIZATIONS.
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