Leaders of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities today conferred with legal experts on the modifications which they intend to suggest on the articles against anti-Semitism and racial discrimination which are to be included in the new penal code now being prepared.
The Union also intends to ask the Italian Government to put the provisions against anti-Semitism and discrimination into effect before the entire penal code is approved, it was indicated today.
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