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harmony vrith the Western World. Regrettably the Soviet Union nas cnosen a ro nda-bout method in trying to attain a rHoprochement with tiie Catholic Ghurch through Oremanski. But 3oviet diplomacy, possibly due to the prolongei. nostility of the Western Wrold to the Soviet Union, often utilises unusual diplomatic methods. noA^eyer, tnese considerations and the fate of Orlemanski ranst not hide the importa~t results of his visit for Polani and other countries."

On 11ay l$th, the influential "Tirres Despatcn" compared the treatment of Urlemanski by the Ghurch with its treatment of tlie Fascist a .itator the priest Father Cough-lin. The newspaper states that it cannot .judge whether or not aisciplinary action should te taken against Orle anski, but it knows that the Church did not punish Coughlin. Coughlin, says the newspaper, for many years openly carne out in support of Hitler. He compared Roosevelt with ilitlor and publicly insulted the President.

NO. 4703    May 23rd 1944.

ANTI-S2I TTISM II'! PCLISH AE..Y

De;:iocrati Dickstein tmblishes Documents

Prominent Denocrat representative from New York, Dickstein, j^newe&ifta attack upon anti-Semitism within the Polish Army which Dickstein, with representative Celler, has continued now for several weeks /reports a TASS Washington corres -ondent/. Dickstein madę a brief speech in the House of Re resentatives in which he replied to Representative ijesinski /from Michigan/, who attempted to refute Dickstein' s and Celler's attacks. Afterwards Dickstein published in the ‘-'ongressional Record Docunents revealing that the Polish 'General Ariders in 1941, while officially for-biddin. anti-Semitism within the Polish Forces, clearly hinted at his fuli synrpathy with anti- Somites.

Tne first document which Diclcstein published is an order 3igned by Anders date-lined "Office of the ^o.Łinsnder of ti.e Polish Arned For ces in the USoR. Buzuluk,

Nov. 4th, 1941". •'hiders orders co manders strictly to enforce for Jews the same rights within the Polish Army as for Poles, and to fight all traces cf enti-Semitisnu

^A’he second document, similarly dated Co,.mander's Office, Buzuluk, Nov. 30th, 1941, is addressed "personally, to co.imand rsⁿ, and refers to the first order. Anders writes:    "I do*not aesire that a commander ndsunderstands. I understand very v/ell

tne motives for anti-Semitic excesses in the Polish Arny. "hey echo the disloyal hootile behaviour of Polisn Jews in the o as tern art of Poland in 1939-40. ^rfhere -fore I am not surpri3ed that our ardent, patriobic soldiers consider this que3tion urgent, and that our Govemment and Aray aiscount jja3t ezperience. Our defence of Jews seemingly is misimderstood - historically unjustified."

Dickstein also published the report of the Polish Ninistry for National Defence from Doctor fartakower, Chairman of the American Division of Representation of Polish Jew^ ry, dated London, Feb, 9th, 1944, giving conclusions from three days inveatigation of the position of Jews in tne iolish forces in Scotland between Jan. 21st and 24th, 1944. Tartakower sald that after intervievri.ng soldiers in caią>, the Chief Chap-lain, Pajor --elzer, Field Rabbi Captain Klepfish, General Ciuchoweki and a group of Polish-Jewish so. diers in London, he considers the position of Jewish soldiers in the Polish Anny distrersing, "prirnarily ecause of riolent anti-Semitism in the ranks. "