(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dr. Hermann Diamond, Jewish socialist deputy from Eastern Galicia, will join the Polish coalition government under the premiership of Count Alexander Skrzynski, according to reports circulated today in the lobby of the Polish Sejm.
Dr. Diamond is expected to assume the portfolio of Minister of Commerce
Dr. Diamond, who is known as one of the best financial experts in Poland, is a leading member of the Polish Socialist Party (P. P. S.) and has served on various economic missions to England and other western countries on behalf of the Polish government. He is known to oppose the Club of Jewish Deputies in the Polish Sejm for its nationalist policy, as he is one of the leaders of the assimilationist group.
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