Hope for an improvement in the present economic situation of Polish Jewry as a result of last week’s conference in this country between the American Jewish Committee and the Polish Ambassador to the United States, is seen by Jacob Fishman in an editorial in yesterday’s Jewish Morning Journal. The establishment of friendly relations between representative American Jews and the Polish Ambassador here is the only way which can lead to the amelioration of the present terrible economic sufferings of Polish Jewry, in the opinion of Mr. Fishman.
“One should first of all bear in mind,” says Fishman, “that the Pilsudski government will in all probability remain in power for quite a few more years. For the first time Pilsudski’s government has received a clear majority in the last elections to the Polish parliament.”
“It is again a fact that Jewish politics in Poland, as it was formerly represented in the Jewish Parliamentary Club, is completely paralyzed and will probably remain in this condition as long as the present Sejm will be in existence. Thus the Jewish political leaders in Poland have virtually lost their contact with the leaders of the Polish government and with the governing spheres.”
“Fortunately there are two factors which are of some comfort for the Polish Jews. First is the fact that Pilsudski, in spite of all his faults, is still far from being an anti-Semite. He is not in agreement with the Jewish political leaders of Poland, but there is still a great difference between him and the other Polish politicians. In the second place there is the fact that Poland wishes to maintain the good will of the Jews in America, since Ambassador Filipowicz understands very well the considerable Jewish influence exerted in American political and financial circles.”
“We therefore greet with satisfaction the steps which have been taken here for better Polish-Jewish relations. The promises to abolish the Tsaristic laws and to relieve the enormous tax burdens of Polish Jewry mean something, and we hope that Poland will soon fulfill the promises given by its Abassador here.”
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