Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-18 | Page 4 | France Adopts Rules Barring Jews from Variety of Jobs

i France Franc Adopts Rules Barring Jews From Variety of Jobs VICHY France Oct cd 18 UP France followed the lead of ol most of Europe Friday est establishing strict Jewish anti-Jewish measures for forthe forthe forthe the first time in her history Persons with three Jewish grandparents or with two Jewish grandparents and married to a Jew were excluded from all aU public public pub pub- lic lie administrations from the press the motion picture industry Industry indus indus- try ry and radio from holding an I officers officer's rank in any branch of the armed forces from working in the law courts in any other capacity than as a lawyer and from the colonial administration Unofficial estimates placed the number of Jewish citizens of France and the colonies colonies' at slightly slight slight- ly more than Estimates of the number of foreign Jews were slightly higher Only exceptions made were for Jews who were decorated either in m the wars of 1914 or 1939 or for Jews who rendered distinguished distin distin- services in literary artistic artistic artistic ar ar- ar- ar or work The government also promulgated promulgated promulgated gated a decree giving local prefects prefects' prefects prefects' prefects pre pre- the right to confine any foreign Jew to concentration camps to be set up in each department department department de de- or 01 to fix the places of residence similar to the central European ghettos Jews retained permission to work In liberal professions But recent governmental measures aimed at newly naturalized Jews forbade anyone working in the medical or legal professions if their heir parents were not pot French citizens The statutes give give- Jews who fall in the established newly categories categorIes categories cate cate- gories two months to leave their positions Retirement pensions and compensation according to the length of service were granted