Premier Jonas Cernius, head of the new Government of National Concentration, said in a declaration today that the Government would not infringe on the rights of minorities and would continue the centuries-old tradition of friendship between the Lith people and the national minorities. No one will be persecuted because of race or religion, General Cernius declared.
Organizations of national minorities will be incorporated in the Patriotic Front of National Unity, it was declared by M. Guzas, leader of the Lithuanian ex-servicemen and initiator of the Government of National Concentration, in announcing that all parties, organizations and youth associations would shortly lose their separate existence.
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