A statement from the Polish Government with regard to reports that anti-Jewish remarks were made by Polish Premier Gen. Sikorski and his secretary, Dr. Retinger, during their recent visit to Mexico, was released here today by the Polish Information Center. The statement was issued by S. Stronski, Polish Minister of Information in London, and cabled to New York for publication. It reads:
“There was no Jewish incident of any kind during General Sikorski’s stay in Mexico. He received the representatives of a Polish-Jewish Organization in a friendly way, and among other things spoke to them of a few cases in which Mexicans, especially trade unions, were complaining of various Polish Jews who did not conform to Mexican laws and were engaged in illegal occupations and employed “sweated” labor. The General asked the delegation to take care not to smirch the good name of Polish citizens, more especially as Mexico was willing to give asylum to thousands of Polish refugees. The Jewish delegates promised to look into these matters and do their utmost to uphold the good reputation of Polish Jews.
“General Sikorski also received in Washington and New York delegations of representatives of leading American-Jewish organizations and had most satisfactory talks with them about Jewish problems, during and after the war,” the statement concludes.
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