Concern was expressed here today at the rising incidence of anti-Jewish manifestations attributed to an outlawed semi-fascist youth group which has been particularly active during the last three days of political tension here, and to other reactionary elements which were among those to climb the de Gaulle bandwagon.
The outlawed extremist group, Jeune Nation, has plastered the walls of Paris in recent days with anti-Jewish slogans. Groups here representing the French settlers in North Africa, the “colons,” have also undertaken anti-Jewish agitation, charging that “foreign Jews” are getting the best jobs.
Observers here are quick to point out that anti-Semitism is no part of General Charles de Gaulle’s policy and to recall that when Gen. de Gaulle established his government in France on the country’s liberation in 1944, his Commissioners of the Republic, through whom the central regime exercised authority throughout the country, were quick to aid the Jewish refugees as they emerged from the underground and sought to re-establish their identity.
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