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The Pilsudski government will issue a number or ordinances and regulations to enable the national minorities in the country to enjoy the rights guaranteed to them under the Polish constitution, declared Professor Mikalowski-Pomorski, Minister of Education in the Bartel cabinet, in an interview with the correspondent ow the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here.

“The difficulty in applying the minority rights to the Jewish population is greater than with regard to the other national minorities, in view of the fact that there is no unanimous opinion among yourselves on the language question or on any other cardinal problem,” the Minister declared.

Professor Mikalowski-Pomorski declared himself opposed to a numerus clausus against Jewish students. “Pupils of the Jewish schools in which Hebrew or Yiddish are the language of instruction would be allowed to take the state examinations which would enable them to enter the colleges and universities, but the government is hampered by lack of a qualified staff,” he stated.

“If the Sejm will grant the president broad powers, ### for a short time, all the painful problems of the national minorities in Poland will he solved,” he declared.

Charles J. Oppenheim. Vice President of Oppenheim. Colhns & Co., will retire at an active officer on June 1, after continuous service of fifty years with the company ### announced.

With his wife, Mr. Oppenheim expects to devote much of his time to ### Mr. Oppenheim has been active for many years invarious charitable enterprises. ### the Josephine Home on the ### the Lakeville Institution at Staten Island and the Widowed Mothers’ Association. Mrs. Oppenheim was one of the founders of the Town Hall.

Henry Morgenthau, former Ambassador to Turkey, announced that he and a group of associates were planning an “International Week,” to promote international understanding, in which leading public ### from ten nations would join in a speaking tour of American universities.