The Minister of Education and Public Worship, Dr. Derer, has received a delegation from the Union of Jewish Students from Poland, the “Svepomoc”, headed by Deputy Dr. Angelo Goldstein, of the Jewish National Party in Czecho-Slowakia, appealing to him for protection against the agitation against foreign Jewish students, particularly from Poland, which is now in progress at the Universities of Prague and Bratislava.
Deputy Dr. Goldstein explained to the Minister the position of the Jewish students from Poland and other countries, saying that he spoke only for the Jewish Nationalists, because he could not accept responsibility for any others. These students are compelled by the numerus clausus in their own countries, he said, to come to Czecho-Slovakia to continue their studies, and they abstained from all political activity while they were in Czecho-Slovakia. They only asked for protection to enable them to pursue their studies without molestation.
The Minister of Education, in his reply, said that the trouble was due to the overcrowding at the Universities, which he hoped was only temporary, and he was sure that as soon as this shortage of room was overcome, everything would again be right. #e assured them that he would not permit any social injustice to be committed.
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