Vienna, Nov. 13.
The Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Innitzer, today issued a pastoral letter urging Austrian Catholics to ignore devoutly the Church's foes "who have malicious intentions" He said that enemies of the Catholic Church were spreading rumours that the Church "was about to impose a heavy tax on all Catholics, including an hourly fee for the religious education of their children. The Archbishop's flatly denied these rumours.
The Archbishop's letter was understood to be the aftermath of reports that the Austrian Nazis were planning a campaign to induce children over! fourteen years of age and parents of children under that age to register their opposition to religious education.
Nazi spokesmen warned Catholics against seeking trouble with the Government.
There was one example in which the wreckers included such public servants as tax officials, postmen and employees of the local power station and other business.
Jews are forbidden to operate on the Berlin Bourse for the time being. This is to prevent a slump following heavy Jewish selling of investments in order to pay contributions to the milliard Mark indemnity. Jewish holdings may be taken over by the Bourse Committee The vigorous anti-Jewish campaign, conducted by the press, the radio and from the public platform, has not been without its effect on a section of the German public.
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