Minister of Finance George Leon has decreed that all officials of Jewish descent be dismissed, beginning Aug. 1.
Dr. William Filderman, president of the Union of Rumanian Jews, conferred with Leon on the status of Jewish administrators of corporations. Chief Rabbi Alexander Safran and Filderman also conferred with the minister on the Jewish ritual slaughter problem.
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