Jewish Deputy Charges in Parliament That Jews Are “privileged” Element in Country

The first anti-Jewish statements on the floor of (##) new Polish parliament were made this week by Deputy Ziegmunt Zulawski, a former (##)ader of the Polish Socialists, who broke with the party and is the only “independent specialist” member of parliament.

Criticizing the present regime, the aged Socialist also attacked the Jews. He (##)id that “the Jews in Poland today are a privileged element” and blamed them for the anti-Semitic tendencies in the country, asserting that “anti-Semitism is a reaction (##) Jewish behavior.” He particularly criticized the fact that “Jews are occupying (##)gh positions in government offices.”

Prof. Joseph Sack, one of the Jewish deputies, replying to Zulawski’s charges that the Jews received special treatment in the government budget, pointed out that (##) sum which the Jewish Central Committee receives from the government is less than (##)ve percent of the committee’s budget. Ninety-five percent of the budget, he as(##)rted, is covered by Jewish contributions from abroad. “The largest part of our (##)dget is being spent on constructive work which also serves the interests of the country,” he added.

Sack, who is vice-chairman of the Jewish Central Committee, emphasized Polish (##)wry’s support of the present government. He lauded the government’s policy of (##)anting the Jews “full and actual equality,” of encouraging Jewish national life (##)thin the country, and of taking “a positive attitude toward the emigration tenden(##)es prevailing among a large part of the Jewish population.” He also praised the (##)stitude taken by the Polish delegation at the United Nations special assembly on Palestine.