Promises to improve the economic situation of Polish Jewry made last week by Titus Filipowicz, Polish ambassador to the United States, in conference with leaders of the American Jewish Committee and the Federation of Polish Jews in America, are taken with great reserve by the Jewish leaders and the Jewish press here. The papers point out that Polish Jewry should not be too optimistic about these assurances which the press sees as being intended to impress American Jewry.
“Filipowicz’ promises seem funny compared with the actual Jewish situation here,” says the Yiddish daily, Moment. “Jews are starving here and abroad our Polish diplomats are not stingy in sweet words.” The other papers are openly skeptical and hint that the promises are part of a plan to stimulate Polish exports.
“Filipowicz broke the good news on the other side of the ocean but why don’t we hear it here,” the Jewish papers ask, emphasizing that the promises may be nothing but words. The press says the Jews do not want to be fed with compromises but want the Polish government to confirm and carry the promises into effect or else they will be a mirage spelling disappointment for impoverished Polish Jewry.
At the same time the press praises Dr. Cyrus Adler’s statement at the conference as statesmanlike and containing no compliments for the Polish government but telling the truth of how world Jewry aided Poland’s fight for independence and how it is now disappointed.
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