The procedure for enforcement of conscription of allied citizens is receiving urgent attention of Government departments, Home Secretary Herbert Morrison stated in Commons today, replying to the Rev. R.W. Sorenson, Laborite, who asked that Jews fearing anti-Semitism in the Polish Army should not be compelled to join it.
Sorenson said certain Polish refugees had fled to England from fear of Polish anti-Semitic repression. Prominent anti-Semitic Poles have attempted to continue their propaganda in England, he said.
Morrison called attention to Polish Premier Wladislas Sikorski’s order of the day emphasizing equality among members of the Polish forces, regardless of race or religion.
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