Roumanian Representative Here Says New Religious Law Beneficial to Jews

The new communities law, passed by Roumanian upper and lower houses, ### sponsored by the Maniu government, despite the protest of Roumanian Jewish leaders is beneficial to the ### of Roumania, since it inaugu### for them a system of religious whom similar to that obtaining in the United States, was the contention ### in a statement issued by I. Romanian, technical counsellor to the ### Legation in the United States, on the basis of advices received ### his government’s Foreign Office a ###charest.The Roumanian Legation in the United States feels that the Jews of New York should be pacified by this ### nation regarding the agitation ### started in some Jewish circles. ### any case, it should be best to await ### and more precise information ### will show the situation in its ### light,” Mr. Rosenthal declared.

The answer came from the Roumanian Foreign Office to Mr. Rosenthal ### reply to an appeal of the United Roumanian Jews of America and the American Jewish Congress, addressed ### Prime Minister Maniu. The For ### Office states that “the agitation ### by the modification of the law ###### is of a localized character. We were instructed to indicate to the ### Roumanian Jews and the American Jewish Congress that this ### does not infringe upon any of the (Continued on Page 4)

“The Roumanian government desires to inform the United Roumania Jews of America and the American Jewish Congress of the following: The modification introduced has been requested by the Union of all the Orthodox and Spanish communities, with the approval of the Union of Synagogues and Temples of Bucharest. Out of the twenty synagogues in the capital, eighteen have declared themselves for and two against this new law.

“This bill was, therefore, needed, and since it tends to standardize in a great measure the organization of the Jews, and on the other hand, since the constitution guarantees to every citizen freedom of religion, the government has decided to pass this law which assures the Jews full liberty to organize themselves according to their own wishes. In reality, this law does nothing else but unifies the regime within the whole country, with the purpose of assuring the same rights to all the Jews. It inaugurates for the Jews in Roumania the same system of religious freedom which exists in the United States.

“The Roumanian Legation feels that the Jews of New York should be pacified by this explanation regarding the agitation which started in some Jewish circles.

“In any case, it would be best to await further and more precise information which will show the situation ### its true light.”