FIGURES MADE PUBLIC TODAY BY THE BUCHAREST BAR ASSOCIATION REVEAL THAT FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS A NUMERUS NULLUS HAS BEEN IN EFFECT AGAINST JEWISH ATTORNEYS. NOT A SINGLE JEW WAS ADMITTED TO THE ASSOCIATION, MEMBERSHIP IN WHICH IS REQUIRED BEFORE ATTORNEYS MAY PRACTICE, FROM DECEMBER, 1935, TO SEPTEMBER, 1937. IN THE SAME PERIOD THE ASSOCIATION ADMITTED 1,919 NON-JEWS.
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