Direct negotiations between the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden, representative body of German Jews, and the Ministry of Education concerning the new school laws proclaimed last week by Minister of Education Rust, began here today.
The Reichsvertretung is demanding of the Ministry of Education that separate Jewish schools be maintained by the Reich Government on the basis of national minority rights.
Minister of Education Rust is inclined to subsidize these special schools, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learns, but official Nazi leaders are opposed to this, on the grounds that no public funds should be spent for Jewish needs.
Strong opposition to the negotiations being carried on by the Reichsvertretung concerning the new laws enacted by the Reichstag disenfranchising Jews, was voiced today by two Jewish organizations, while a third, the independent Federation of Orthodox Jews of Germany, held a special conference to consider its course.
The two organizations opposing the action of the Reichsvertretung are the Jewish State Zionists, led by Dr. Georg Kareski, and the Jewish Volksbund, led by Dr. Alfred Klee.
A proclamation issued by the Kareski group declares that the Jewish State Zionists are not represented in the Reichsvertretung and that they disagree with the steps taken by the latter body to negotiate with the authorities for regulation of the Jewish laws.
The statement issued by the Volksbund demands of the German Government: 1) assistance for Jewish emigration, especially to Palestine; 2) assistance for the development of Jewish cultural autonomy within the Reich: 3) support for Jewish social and religious institutions; 4) a subsidy for the Jewish school system.
The Volksbund also resolved to demand complete reorganization of Jewish representation and leadership in Germany by displacing the Reichsvertretung by a Jewish national council composed of representatives elected by all Jewish communities in the Reich. This body should be chosen by direct elections and should be recognized by the German government as the only authorized body representing Jewish interests.
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