Thirty-thousand Rumanian Jews are ready and eager to emigrate to Palestine, because of the difficult economic conditions here, but are unable to do so because of the British White Paper policy, Abraham L. Zissu, Rumanian Jewish leader and representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today.
Revealing that he has filed a protest against the evolution of Jews from Palestine with the British embassy here, Mr. Zissu said that “150,000 Jews in Rumania are deprived of the means of earning a livelihood. The only solution to their problem is emigration. About 30,000 have already made all preparations to go to Palestine, and their situation is desperate because of the restrictions on Palestine immigration.”
In a move to improve the economic position of the Jewish population, the government today promulgated a series of laws formally rescinding the anti-Semitic legislation of the previous regime. They provide for the reinstatement of Jewish public and private employees, for the return of confiscated Jewish property and for the revision of contracts drawn up under pressure of anti-Jewish legislation and agitation.
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