Dismissal of the chief of the government tax office here was ordered by national officials today following mass protests by the city’s Jewish population. The official is accused of abusing his powers.
Reports that ruthless tax collectors were ruining the Jewish population in many districts and townships by excessive taxation have been frequent during recent months. The dismissal is an outgrowth, apparently, of the government’s promise that the matter would be investigated.
Jewish delegations from various places had appealed in person to central authorities, declaring that many a collector, failing to find money in the houses of Jews who had been unable to meet tax bills, which not infrequently amounted to twice the income of the individual taxed, had made off with furniture and charity boxes.
Members of the Jewish parliamentary club charged last week that the Jewish population of Poland was being taxed far in excess of its proportionate representation in the general population of the country.
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