The Union of Rumanian Veteran Army officers demanded in a manifesto today the “immediate deportation of several hundred thousand Jews who have established themselves since the war and who aggravate the danger from which the country is menaced.”
The manifesto also demanded that only pure-blooded Rumanians be permitted to write for newspapers and that principal branches of industries such as agriculture, foodstuffs and metals be prohibited from employing Jews.
It concluded with a demand that Rumania effect a rapprochement with Germany and Italy, “the two big authoritarian states of Europe.”
The statement created a great impression in view of the fact that the union comprises the greatest military heroes of Rumania.
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