A denial of statements recently made by Maurice Biederman before the Judea Democratic Club of Brooklyn that the New York Telephone Company and the Brooklyn Edison Company did not employ Jews, was issued yesterday by officials of these two companies. Officials of the two public utility companies pointed out that some of the most important positions in their firms were held by Jews.
Mr. Biederman had called on the 1,000,000 Jews of Brooklyn to unite in a political group “to end the unequal and unfair treatment which we are receiving”.
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