Purge in Central Jewish Body in Rumania Expected; Charged with Tolerating Zionists

Changes in the composition of the Jewish Democratic Committee here were expected today following a bitter attack on the Committee contained in a resolution adopted by the Communist party here, known officially as the Rumanian Workers Party.

The purge in the Jewish organization which supports the present regime in Rumania, but which is not affiliated with the government party, is due as a result of charges voiced in a Communist resolution declaring that the Committee failed to effectively curb nationalist tendencies among the Jews of Rumania. “It is necessary to reshuffle the Jewish Democratic Committee, introducing progressive elements into its membership,” the resolution said.

The campaign against the Jewish Democratic Committee follows a drive started by the Communist Party of Rumania against the Zionist movement, which resulted in the Bucharest. The resolution states that Zionist groups within the Committee “placed themselves outside the ranks of the Committee” by continuously hampering the organization’s efforts. It is expected that on the basis of this criticism Zionists will be excluded from the new Committee.

The resolution enumerated the present Rumanian Government’s achievements in behalf of the Jews–granting them full equality of rights and making provision for their rehabilitation and reinstatement in jobs from which they were ousted by earlier pro-fascist regimes. “Full rehabilitation, however, has been prevented by Zionists helped by other agencies of Anglo-American imperialism,” the resolution declared.

In addition to the resolution’s outlining of the government’s future policy regarding the Jewish problem, it also pointed to the Soviet Union’s example for guidance on “how the Jewish problem has to be solved in a socialistic state where exploitation has been abolished.”