The Vichy authorities intend to take more stringent action against the Jews in unoccupied France, it was indicated today.
Xavier Vallat, newly-appointed Commissioner for Jewish Affairs, gave a hint of the policy he would follow when he told the newspaper Le Journal in an interview that the Jewish problem was one of foreigners attempting to seize the reins of control of the French people.
Commenting on this statement, the paper added that the sweeping anti-Jewish legislation in force in occupied France should be extended to the free zone and that restrictions on Jewish ownership of property should be enacted.
Vallat’s duties, according to a law published in the Official Journal, include drafting all legislation relating to Jews and their participation in public life, “fixing the date of liquidation of Jewish property in cases where such liquidation is prescribed by law,” appointing receivers for Jewish property and controlling their activities.
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