The Government’s anti-Jewish bill, tightening restrictions on Jews in commerce, public service and culture was reported to Parliament today with minor amendments by a special joint committee of the two houses. The bill contains 28 sections.
The new measure is necessary, the report stated, to prevent Jews in neighboring states under anti-Semitic regimes from settling in Hungary and also to decrease the “high percentage” of Jews in Hungarian economy and “the excessive Jewish influence” on national life. Important changes have occurred in the European Jewish situation, affecting Hungary, since the original anti-Jewish law was passed last year, the report said. The new bill was held inevitable in view of measures taken by neighboring states “to eliminate or at least to restrict the living space of Jews.”
Commenting on the section of the bill which restricts Jewish franchise and permits Jews to vote only a month after general elections, the report stated that the emancipation granted to Hungarian Jews in 1867 was intended only for Jews living in Hungary at that time and their descendants.
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