Jewish Writer Takes Issue with Dewey’s Statement on Poland

Hillel Zeitlin, a prominent Jewish writer of Poland, referring to the recent Jewish Telegraphic Agency interview with Charles Dewey, American financial representative in Poland, declared himself surprised that a person who has studied economic conditions in Poland for such a considerable time had not seen the realities of Jewish artisans losing their employment, of never being absorbed in other professions and of the small Jewish traders losing their business and being unable to earn their bread in any other way. Mr. Zeitlin also said that “so far the Jews do not stand a chance for employment in their fight for the right to work. Only two Jews are employed on the tramways and few are government employes. It is true that a law does not exist prohibiting Jews in the government employ but in reality it is quite different. As an American Mr. Dewey should have paid more attention to the facts than to theories.”