The draft of the Polish budget does not satisfy the Jewish demand, declared Senator Koerner during the budget debate in the Senate. “The Jews reject the favor of 100,000 zlotys for Jewish religious needs out of a total of 20,000 zlotys allotted for all creeds. The government does not listen to our demands but agrees with the statements of the Polish ambassador to the United States that Jews in Poland are well off. Even the anti-Semitic ‘Gazeta Warzawska’ indicated that there were eighty percent Jews among the 64 firms that went into bankruptcy in January of this year while all through 1928 there were only 63 bankrupts.”
Father Kaspszyk interrupted Senator Koerner calling out “perhaps the Jews are doing this intentionally in order to prepare for the fifth alyjah (immigration wave).” Senator Koerner replied that only working elements were recruited for that.
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