Repeated efforts on the part of Nazi authorities to bring about the dismissal of Egon Wertheimer. German-Jewish member of the League Information Section, have failed, it was revealed here today, and Wertheimer was transferred from the German Information Section to the important work of helping prepare for the World Economic Conference in London.
Wertheimer is the former London correspondent of the Vorwaerts, and is a well-known Socialist. He has been under continual attack by the Nazi press.
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