(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The suicide of a Jewish labor inspector in a Communist factory, the Red Flag, in Starobelski, attracted wide attention in the Moscow press.
The chief inspector, Medviedeff, was arrested in connection with charges brought against him that his systematic anti-Semitic persecutions against Bezverki, the Jewish inspector, led to the latter’s suicide.
Bezverki demanded reorganization of the factory where he had found mismanagement. Medviedeff tried to counteract Bezverki’s demands by chicaneries. Bezverki then hanged himself.
In the note he left, Bezverki stated: “The reason for my suicide was because I was not permitted to do honest work.”
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