Senator Dr. Meyer Ebner, the President of the Club of Jewish Deputies, and Deputy Theodore Fischer, one of the members of the Club, visited to-day the Prime Minister, Professor Jorga, in order to convey to him the congratulations and good wishes of the Jewish population on his assumption of the Premiership. The deputation proceeded to lay before the Premier the views held by the Jewish population on the present situation in the country and their wishes in regard to specific Jewish questions, especially on national and religious matters and the organisation of the Jewish schools.
Professor Jorga, in thanking Senator Ebner and Deputy Fischer for their good wishes, assured them that his Government, though it would primarily be occupied with urgent economic questions, would devote its greatest attention, however, also to the problem of the minorities. It would respect the principle that the minorities have equal rights in the country and must receive grants out of the State funds which are raised by means of taxation to which they, too, contribute.
The deputation in again thanking the Prime Minister, expressed its satisfaction at the appointment of Herr Brandsch to the Government, and added the hope that the Government would set up within the framework of his Secretariat of National Minorities a special Department for Jewish affairs which would be under the direction of an elected representative of the Jewish population.
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