Plage Laval affair

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News ReleaseFrom the Press Office of the√ CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS√ UNITED JEWISH REFUGEE AND WAR RELIEF AGENCIES√ WAR EFFORTS COMMITTEE OF THE CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESSTORONTO OFFICE: 150 BEVERLEY STREETWINNIPEG OFFICE: 402 CONFEDERATION LIFE BLDG.STATEMENT OF CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESSMONTREAL1121 ST. CATHERINE STREET WESTTel. Plateau 6891The public learned with amazement that in Plage Laval on Saturday night, July 24th a gang of hoodlums deliberately set upon a number of people and subjected them to a mauling of a very severe nature. The victims were Jewish residents of this summer colony and included an R.C.A.F. lad and a well-known athlete and veteran of the last war. This latter victim, the well-known former Olympic boxer and star rugby player, Moe Herscovitch, who responded to the call for help, was so severely assaulted that he will probably lose the sight of one eye and will suffer irreparable damage to the other.The condition is serious when a group of young men can in the time-honoured fascist fashion, pile out of trucks and attack innocent citizens. Neither statements of the Canadian Jewish Congress nor promises from the police authorities will restore the sight of this war veteran. The Canadian Jewish Congress, however, feels that this state of affairs, if not checked in time, will lead to further strife and inter-racial disturbances.Press reports indicate that this was a dance hall brawl. The facts, however, do not support this contention. It was a premeditated action to terrorize and assault Canadian Jews for no other reason than that they were Jews. In fact, shortly after the attack at the dance hall, a young men who had not been there was walking home when ten or more of the x gang accosted him and on learning from him that he was Jewish inflicted painful injuries on him.Other hoodlums of the same group combed the beach looking for Jews and spotted four young men in bathing suits whom they threatened. To their credit, some French Canadian young men in the vicinity offered to assist the four Jewish men who are all serving the ranks of the R.C.A.F.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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