JEWISH STUDENTS OF WARSAW ENGINEERING SCHOOL, FOUNDED 50 YEARS AGO BY JEWISH BANKERS WASELBERG AND ROTWAND, DECIDED AT A MEETING TODAY TO DEFY THREATS OF THE RECTOR TO BAR THEM FROM LECTURES IF THEY PERSISTED IN STANDING INSTEAD OF OCCUPYING “GHETTO” BENCHES ASSIGNED THEM UNDER THE GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED SEGREGATION ORDER. THIRTEEN JEWISH STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPELLED FOR REFUSAL TO COMPLY.
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