Justice Minister Edmund von Micecz publicly joined the lists of Hungarian anti-Semites with the assertion that “the important influence of Jews on Hungary’s economy is diametrically opposed to national interests.”
The cabinet member, speaking at a provincial meeting, went on to declare: “Gradual revision of this situation is urgently necessary. The longer a solution of this question is delayed, the more it will risk not being an equitable one.”
The mounting anti-Semitic sentiment was further illustrated in a demand by the “Turul” Students’ Association that Jewish journalists be barred from the Chamber press gallery. The Hungarian Agricultural Chamber came out with a demand that the Agriculture Ministry forbid Jewish ritual slaughter of cattle.
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