The High Court today ordered the reinstatement of a number of Jewish lawyers expelled by the Bucharest Bar Association during the revision of citizenships. At the same time, Istrate Micescu, head of the Bar Association and Foreign Minister in the Goga Cabinet, announced at a meeting of Christian attorneys that no Jews would in the future be admitted to the Bucharest Bar Association.
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