Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-19
Jews TO SUBMIT
BILL OF RIGHTS
TOC0NFERENCE:
Will Request Provision in
Peace Treaty to Safeguard
All Races; Nine Dele
gates Elected.

| Philadelphia, Dec. ia bill Q
rights which it is proposed shall be
incorporated in the organic laws OF
states. that may be established as Z
result Of the world war. was adopted
at the final session today OF the
American Jewish congress and vii
be presented to the Versailles peace
conference by delegation of min,
representing the Jews of the Unitet
States.
The delegation, which was increaS
ed from seven to nine and elected b
the congress, is as follows:
Judge Julian w. Mack, Chicago
president of the congress; Stephel
5. Wise, New York; Louis Marshall
New York; Col. Harry Cutler, Pro
violence, r. l.; Jacob de Haas, Nel
York: Rabbi B. l. Levinthal, Phila
delphia; Nahum Syrkin, New York
Joseph Barondess, New York, ant
Morris Weinchevsky, New York
Bernard c. Richards. New York.
secretary of the delegation which
under instructions to leave for Eu
rope as soon as possible.
Bill of Rights.
Mr.. Marshall, chairman OF tn
committee on Poland, in presenting
the bill of rights to the congress eX
planned that it was drafted jointly b.
four committees that have been con
sidering conditions i'll Russia, Pc
land, Galica, Lithuania, Ukrainia, an,
the new Slovak nations. The re
port, presented by Mr.. Marshall
recommended:
That the American Jewish con
gress respectfully requests the peac'
conference to insert in the treat.
of peace as conditions precedent f.
the creation of the new or enlarge
states which it is proposed to cal
into being that express provision b.
made a part of the constitution
such states before they shall be
finally recognized as states by the
signatores of the treaty. as follows
AL inhabitants of the territor,
of (name of nation) including sucl
persons together with their families
who subsequent to August !, 1914
fled, removed or were expelled
therefrom and who shall within tel
years from the adoption of this pro
vision return thereto shall for al
purposes be citizens thereof. provld,
ed that such as have heretofore beer
subjects of other states, who desire
to retain their allegiance to suCl
states or assume allegiance to then
successor states. to the exclusion 0
nationality citizenship may do st
by formal declaration to be made
within a specified period.
"2-For a period OF ten years iron
the adoption of this provision ne
law shall be enacted restricting an
former inhabitant of state which
included the territory of (name c
nation) acquiring citizenship there
i'll.
Equality Under Law.
"3-All citizens of (name OF II"
tom without distinction as to rae,
or creed shall enjoy equa
civil, political, religious and nationa
rights, and no laws shall be enacte'
or enforced which shall abridge tn
or immunities of. or i'm
pose upon any person any dlscrlm
nation, disability or restriction what
soever OH account of race, national
ity or religion, or deny to any per
son the equal protection OF the law
"4-The principle of minorlt
representation shall be provided TO
by law;
national as we'll as religious bodic:
of (name of nation) shall be accord
ed autonomous management OF then
own communal institutions whether
they be religious, educational, char
table or otherwise
"6-No law shall be enacted re
strictin9rthe use of any language
and all existing laws declaring suct
prohibition are repealed, nor shal
any language test be established. 81
"7-Those who observe any othe
than the first day of the week as
their Sabbath shall not be prohibited =,
from pursuing their secular affair:
on any day other than that which
they observe; nor shall they be re
CURED to perform any acts on their
Sabbath or holy days which they
shall regard as dissertation there
d."
The congress adopted the propo'
;ition of the national Polish depart
nent and Polish national defense
committee for a commission to in
yestigate conditions i'll Poland af-
Getting the Jews and to make
public report Of the findings.
The congress adjourned to meet
within one year after the signing OF
he peace treaty or sooner if tho
European delegation should deem i
necessary.
Nav Deport Aliens.