The Jewish Democratic Committee of Rumania has prepared for submission to President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee a note informing them of the anti-Semitic attitude of the National Peasants Party and the National Liberal Party, both of which are in opposition to the Democratic bloc which recently swept the national elections.
The note will be forwarded to the western Allies on behalf of Rumanian Jewry, after a nation-wide campaign to obtain signatures to it. The note relates the suffering of the Jews under pro-Nazi regimes which preceded the present government, pointing out that the Peasants and Liberals were either in power or aided the parties in power during anti-Jewish drives. In contrast, the note declares that under the present Groza government Jews have been granted equal rights, and representatives of Jewish parties sit in parliament.
In addition, the Jews point out that many of the anti-Jewish incidents during the recent election campaign were instigated by the opposition parties which, the Jews assert, “consider themselves protected from abroad.”
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