Statistical refutation of charges by the Dutch Nazi leader, A. Mussert, that Holland is dominated by Jews was offered today by the well-known Jewish banker, T.M. Beugel, in an article widely published in the Dutch press.
Mr. Beugel’s article presents the following facts:
Of 50 members of the Upper House of Parliament, five have Jewish mothers;
Of 100 members of the Lower House, five have Jewish mothers and only three are full Jews;
Of 65 members on the provincial executive boards, there are only four Jews;
Of 590 members of the Provincial Estates, representative body of the local government areas which elects the members of the Upper House, thirty are Jews;
There are five Jewish aldermen among 73;
There is no Jewish burgomaster in twenty of the country’s largest towns;
Of 990 members of law college faculties, 46 are Jews;
There is no Jew on the general staff of either army or navy;
Of all the large scale industries, only one, the N.V. Unilever Verkoopcentralen has Jews on its board of directors, there being four Jewish directors of 24 on its board;
Only 18 percent of brokers on the Bourse are Jews;
Only two banks in Holland have Jewish directors;
No great daily newspaper in the country has a Jewish editor.
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