An appeal for aid for Polish Jews now in remote sections of Soviet Russia was voiced here today at a joint press conference held by Baron Korsak, Polish Consul-General in Jerusalem, Henryk Rosmarin, Polish consul in Tel Aviv and M. Kanski, head of the Polish Information Service in the Middle East.
The Polish officials estimated that among the 2,000,000 Poles in Russia there are approximately 500,000 Jews who are in a desperate condition. At the same time they confirmed that a large number of Jews are enrolled in the Polish army in Russia. At one time Jews comprised thirty percent of all Polish troops, Kanski stated, but a recent influx of Poles has reduced the proportion to twelve percent.
Commenting on the recent reconstruction of the Polish Cabinet, the Polish leaders stated that it will not affect the government’s attitude toward the Jews and that the policy of equality for all citizens in post-war Poland will be maintained. Referring to a statement by Tadeuz Bielecki, anti-Semitic right-wing Endek leader, that Jewish ghettos will remain in post-war Poland, Kanski stated that he had been authorized by Sikorski to deny such assertions. He explained that the Jewish delegation that had proceeded to Cairo last month to see Sikorski was not received for “purely technical reasons.”
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