A report published in London that the governments of the United States and Great Britain have suggested to the Vatican that it attempt to save the remnants of the Jews in Nazi-held Poland by enlisting the aid of the Catholic Bishops in the Reich was termed “unfounded” by well-informed circles here today.
The Rome radio today announced that a decree will soon be issued by Mussolini’ cabinet ordering the exclusion of Jews from membership in professional corporations even if they are engaged in work useful to the country’s war effort.
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