Only a sincerely democratic policy on the part of the Poles will create a favorable atmosphere for them in America, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, deputy speaker of the Polish National Council, declared today in his first address to the council since his return from the United States.
“Polish Jews and Polish Jewish organizations in Canada and the United States have adopted not only a friendly, but the warmest attitude towards Polish efforts,” he said. “American Jewry as a whole is sympathetic to the question of raising a Polish army-in Canada. A number of Polish Jews were among the first to join Polish units in Canada.”
He emphasized the great harm done in America to the Polish cause by the anti-Semitic weekly Jestem Poliakem, which is considered the organ of the Endeks. Premier Sikorski’s declaration regarding Jewish rights, on the other hand, made a very good impression, not only on Jewish but on general American opinion, he said.
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