Newspaper Page Text
1
p °g«- 4
THE/ SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, December 25, 1953
LEGAL NOTICE
GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAID COUN
TY:
TH# petition of JACK M. GOLDBERG, PETTY
BREGA* AN and DAVID S. EISENBERG. all hav-,
log the post office addrett of 1502 Atlanta !
Federal Saving* Building, Atlanta. Georgia,
respectfully shows to the court os follows:
1.
Petitioners desire for themselves, their as
sociates and successors to be granted a
charter of incorporation under the style and
heading of
SIMPSON STREET APARTMENTS, INC.
for o period of thirty-five (35) years, with
the dant of renewal thereafter as provided
by Hi*
The object of said Corporation is pecuniary
gain ana profit.
3.
The purpose for which the Corporation is
formed and the business and objects to be
carried on and promoted by it are as fol
lows:
(a) to create a private corporation to pro
vide housing for rent on a monthly or yearly
bosis to be regulated by the Federal Hous
ing Commissioner as to rents or sales,
charges, capital structure, rate of return, and
methods of operation in the manner and for
the purposes provided in Section 207 of Title
II of the National Housing Act and the
Administrative Rules and Regulations there
under to enable the financing of the con
struction of such rental housing to be ob
tained with the assistance of mortgage insur
ance under the National Housing Act as
amended, and as such to < cquire any real
estate or interest or rights thsrein or appure-
tenant thereto and any and ail personal prop
erty in connection therewith. So long as any
property of this corporation is encumbered
by a Mortgage or Security* Deod insured
under the National Housing Act it shall en
gage in no other busniess than the construe
t)<^ and operation of a rental housing pro
(b) to Improve and operate, and to sell,
convey, assign mortgage or lease real estate
and personal property.
(c) to borrow money and Issue evidences
of indebtedness in furtherance of any or all
of the objects of its business: to secure the
same by mortgage, security deed, pledge or
other lien.
(d) to enter into, perform and carry out
contracts of any kind necessary to, or in
connection with, or Incidental to the accom
plishment of the purposes of the Corpora
tion.
4.
The principal office and place of business
of the corporation shall be in Fulton County
Georgia.
5.
The Corporation shall have not more than
seven (7) nor less than three (3) Directors,
elected by the common stockholders except as
hereinafter provided in Article 6, who shall
act as such until their successors are duly
chosen and qualified, however, there shall
always be an odd number of Directors.
The total amount of the authorized capital
stock of the Corporation Is Two Hundred
(200) shares, of which 100 shares having a
par value of $1.00 per share shall be desi
gnated "Perf erred stock" and 100 shares,
having no par value, shall be designated
"common stock/ 1 which shares of capital
stock shod have the preferences and restric
tions as hereinafter provided, upon insurance
by the Commissioner of a certain Mortgage
or Security Deed (hereinafter called the
Mortgage) »old preferred stock shall be ls-
sured to the Federal Housing Administration
and delivered to the Federal Housing Com
missioner in order that the Commissioner, in
connection with the insurance of said mort
gage under the National Housing Act, may
regulate and restrict the Corporation as to
rents or sales, charges, capital structure, rate
of return and methods of operation as pro
vided in this charter and to enable the Com
missioner to protact the contingent liability
of the Federal Housing Administration as in
surer of such mortgage. So long as said
mortgage insurance shall be in effect said
preferred stock shall be held by the Com
missioner or i.ik successors and snail be reg
istered upon the books of the corporation In
fhe name of the Federal Housing Adminis-
{ ration or its nominees. During such period
he Corporation shall not be required to
change such registration, nor to recognize
eny persons other than the Administration or
representatives of the Administration, as the
holders of the Preferred Stock.
(a) Dividends upon the stock of the Cor
poratlon of any class may be declared only
as of and after the end of any annual or
semi-annual fiscal period. No dividends shall
be declared or paid except of earned income
legally available for dividends in excess of
all operating expenses, taxes, assessments,
fixed charaes, mortgage insurance premiums,
required allocations to the Reserve Fund for
Replacements, and interest and principal on
the insured mortgage, including principal
payments permittee! to be passed by reason
of prepayments theretofore made, up to the
end of the then current dividend period, ex-
cludinq from such computation of funds
available for dividends or distribution, any
surplus created by revaluation of corporate
assets not approved In writing by the holders
of the Preferred Stock.
(b) The holders of the Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receive, when and as de
clared by the Board of Directors, cumulative
dividends at the rate of five per centum
(5 per cent) of the par value of each share
per annum. Dividends at such rate shall be
declared and set apart for payment before
any sum or sums snail be set apart for or
applied to the purchase or redemption of
the Preferred Stock and before any dividend
or other distribution of income shall be de
dared, set apart, paid or made in respect of
any other class of stock.
(c) The net earnings of the corporation,
after providing therefrom dividends on per-
ferred stock may be applied in payment of
dividends to stockholders.
(d) Anything In this Certificate of Incor
poration to the contrary not withstanding, no
dividends shall be paid upon any of the
capital stock of the corporation until all lia
bilities of the corporation maturing more than
one (1) year from the creation thereof (other
than the mortgage insured by the Commis
sioner have been paid).
(•) In the event of any voluntary or It.
voluntary liquidation or dissolution of the
corporation, the holders of the Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to receive for each
share held, out of the assets of the Corpora
tion available for distribution to its stock
holders, whether from capita), surplus or
earnings, an amount equal to the sum of
par value of the shares held, plus dividends
thereon to said date of liquidation or dis
solution before any distribution of such
assets shall be made to the holders of the
common stock.
(f) The Preferred Stock at any time out
standing may be redeemed bv the corpora
tion at par and dividends thereon unpaid
to the date of such redeemption, provided,
however, that such stock shall be so re
deemed, upon, but in no event before, the
termination of any contract of mortgage in
surance covering any indebtedness of the
Corporation without obligation upon the
Commissioner to issue debentures as a re
sult of such termination. Preferred Stock so
redeemed shall be retired and cancelled. So
lonq as the Preferred Stock shall remain
outstanding no other class of stock either
preferred or common shall be purchased or
redeemed or otherwise retired or cancelled in
whole or in part without the consent of the
holders of the Preferred Stock.
(g) In the event of any default by the
corporation, as hereinafter defined, and dur
ing the period of such default the Federal
Housing Commissioner as holder of the pre
ferred stock, voting as a class, and for the
purpose of making effective the regulation
and restriction set forth in this Charter and
to protect the Interest of the Federal Housing
Administration as insurer of the mortgage,
shall be entitled to remove all existing di
rectors of the corporation and to elect new
directors In their stead: Provided, however,
that one of said directors may be the owner
or holder of one or more shares of com
mon stock. When such default or defaults
shall have been cured and the Commissioner
as holder of the preferred stock is assured
by the holders of the common stock, in such
manner and to the extent as the Commis
sioner in his sole discretion may determines
that further defaults of a similar nature will
not occur, the right to elect directors shall
again vest In the holders of the common
stock.
(h) Except as otherwise provided by law
or as set forth in this Certificate of Incor
poration, all voting rights shall be vested
in the holders of the common stock.
(i) The amount of paid In capital with
which the Corporation shall begin business
shall be Two Hundred and no/100 ($200.00)
Dollars.
7.
A Reserve Fund for Replacements shall be
established and maintained by the Cor
poration by the allocation to such fund in a
separate account with the mortgagee or. un
der the control of the mortgagee, in a safe
and responsible depository designated by
the mortgagee, commencing on the date of
ths first payment towards amortization of
the principal of the Mortgage, unless a later
dole is approved in writing by fhe holders
of the Preferred Stock, of an amount equal
to $228.66 and a like amount monthly there
after Such fund may be In the form of a
cash deposit or invested in obligations of, or
fully guaranteed as to principal and interest
by, the United States of America, and shall
at all times be under the control of the mort
gagee. Such fund is for the purpose of effect
ing replacements of structural elements and
mechanical equipment of the pro|ect and for
such other purposes as may be agreed to in
writing by the holders of the Preferred
Stock. Disbursements from such fund may be
made only after receiving the consent in
writing of the holders of the Preferred
Sotck.
The Corporation shall not without prior
approval of the holders of the Preferred
Stock, given In writing (a) sell, assign, trans
fer, dispose of or encumber any real or per
sonal property, or rents except as specifically
permitted by the terms of the Mortgage; (b)
remodel, reconstruct, demolish or suostraet
from the premises constituting the protect
and subject to the mortgage; (c) permit the
occupancy of any of the dwelling accom
modations of the Corporation except at or be
low the rents fixed by the schedule of rentals
provided for hereinafter; (d) consolidate or
merge the Corporation into or with any
other Corporation; go Into voluntary liquida
tion; carry into effect any plan or reorganiza
tion of the Corporation; redeem, purchase or
cancel any of its shares of stock, or effect
any changes whatsoever In its capital struc
ture; alter or amend this Certificate of Incor
poration; or amend Its by-laws (e) fall to
establish and maintain the Reserve Fund
for Replacements as set forth In this Certifi
cate of Incorporation; (f) incur liabilities
(direct or contingent) which will at any one
time exceed in the aggregate $5,163 00, or
any liability maturing more than one year
from the creation thereof, except the inde
btedness secured by the Mortgage or neces
sarily Incidental to the execution and de
livery thereof; (g) invest any funds of the
Corporation in any property, real, personal or
mixed, except obligations of, or fully gua
ranteed as to principal and inferfst by, the
United States of America as provided In this
Certificate.
9.
(a) The happening of any of the following
events shall constitute a default within the
meaninq of that word as used in this Certifi
cate; (1) the failure of the corporation to
have dismissed within thirty days after com
mencement, any bankruptcy, receivership, or
any petition for reorganization filed by or
against the corporation under the provisions
of any State insolvency law or under the
provisions of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as
amended, or upon the maxing by the cor
poration of an assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, unless said action is previously
approved in writing by the holders of the
preferred stock; (2) the failure of the Cor
poration to pay the principal, interest, or
any other payment due on anv note, bond,
or other obligation executed by it, as
called for by the terms of such instrument;
(3) the failure of the Corporation to estab
lish and maintain the Fund for Replacements
as provided in Article 7 hereof or the use of
such Fund except as permitted in said Ar
ticle; (4) execution or filing for record by the
Corporation of any instrument which imposes
a restriction upon sale, teasing or occupancy
of the property subject to the Mortgage or
any part thereof, on the basis of race,
color or creed; (5) discrimination by the
Corporation in tne selection of tenants
againist any family by reason of the fact
that there are children ir» the family; (6) the
violation of any of the terms of this Certifi
cate, or the failure of the Corporation, to
perform any of the covenants, conditions or
provisions required by its to be performed
by this Certificate, the By-Laws of the Cor
poration, the Mortaage, or any contract to
which the Corporation and the Commissioner
of the Mortgagee shall be parties, or the
failure to carry out in full the terms of
any agreement whereby the loan covered
by the Mortgaae is to be advanced or the
project is to be constructed and operated;
(7) The failure of the corporation to report
to the holders of the preferred stock any
changes In the ownership of a majority of
the controlling stock of the corporation or
inits officers and directors or in its official
address to which mail is to be directed or
notices sent; (8) the prepayments of any ob
ligation of the corporation contrary to the
provisions of such obligation; (9) the failure
of the Corporation to obtain a renewal of
this charter prior to the expiration thereof,
as provided in Article 12, infra.
(b) Upon any default by the Corporation,
the president or the secretary, or either of
them, as may be required by law, shall at
the request in writing of the holders of re
cord of a majority of shares of the Pre
ferred Stock, addressed to him at the office
of the Corporation and stating the purpose of
the meeting, forthwith call a special meeting,
to take place within ten days after such call,
of the Preferred Stockholders for the purpose
of removal of existing directors and the elec
tion of new directors. If such officer shall fail
to issure a call for such meeting within
three days after the receipt of such reauest,
then the holders of a majority of the shares
of the Preferred Stock may do so by giving
notice as provided by law, or, if not so
provided, then by giving ten days' notice
of the time, place and object of the meet
ing by advertisement inserted in any news-
j paper published in the county or city in
I which the principal office of the Corporation
I is situated. When such default shall have
I been cured, the president or the secretary
or either of them, as may be required by
law, shall, at the written reqquest of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding
1 shares of the common stock of the Corpora
j lion, call a special meeting of the common
stockho'ders of the Corporation at which
the then existing directors may be removed
I and new directors elected by the common
j stockholders. Such officer shall give notice
i as provided by law, or, if not so provided,
FLASHBACK IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
Jews Commence New Amsterdam Settlement
First in Exclusive American Jewish Press Series on Jewish Tercenteary Celebration
I
By CHARLES M. SEGAL
, NEW AMSTERDAM, New Ne-
iherland, September, 1654: —
[Twenty-three Jews from Brazil
arrived here earlier this month on
ithe French bark “St. Charles,” af-
t«pr months of harrowing experi
ences on the high seas. Captain
Jacques de la Motte, master of
the French vessel, has stated that
he had rescued the Jews from
Spanish pirates, who had robbed
them virtually of all their posses
sion*.
The “poor but healthy” Jews—
as a local clergyman described
them.— have already written to
friends in Holland for funds to pay
for their passage _here. Not with-
ho shall give ten days' notice of the time,
place and object of such meeting.
10.
The following provisions are hereby
adopted for the conduct of affairs of the
Corporation and in regulation of the powers
of the Corporation, the directors and stock
holders:
(a) (1) No charges shall be made by the
Corporation or by any other person for its
accommodations in excess of a rental sched
ule to be filed with and approved In writing
by the holders of the Preferred Stock, or their
duly constituted representative, prior to the
opening of all or any part of the project for
rental, which scheaule shall not exceed,
except with the then consent of the
Preferred Stockholders, a maximum average
rental per room, per month, of $16.25 based
on a count of 368 rooms. Dwelling accom
modations of the Corporation shall not be
rented for periods of less than one month
or in excess of three years nor shall the prop
erty of the Corporation be rented as an en
tirety. Store, office or other commercial ac
commodations, if, any. shall be rented ac
cording to a schedule fixed by the di
rectors and approved in writing by the hold
ers of the Preferred Stock prior to the rent
ing of such accommodations.
(2) The Corporation shall have the right
to charge to and receive from any tenant
such amounts as from time to time may be
mutually agreed upon between the tenant
and the Corporation but not without the writ
ten approval of the holders of the Preferred
Stock, for any facilities and/or services
which may be furnished by the Corporation
or others to such tenant upon his request,
over and abo'-e the facilities and services
included in the approved rental schedule
including, among otner things, furniture or
furnishings .telephone operator and switch
board services, electric current, gas, air cool
ing and conditioning and other additional or
extraordinary facilities or services which may
be furnished by the Corporation on others
in connection with the operation of such
housing facilities.
(3) The Corporation shall not without prior
written approval of the holders of the Pre
ferred Stock require as a condition of the
occupancy of leasing of any unit in the pro
ject the purchase of any corporation stock
either from the Corporation or any stock
holder or the payment to or deposit with the
Corporation, or any other person or persons,
of any amount other than the prepayment of
the first month's rent plus a security deposit
in an amount not in excess of one month's
rent to guarantee the performance of the
sovenant* of the lease.
(b) (!' No officer, director, stockholder,
agent, or employee of the corporation shall
in any manner become indebted to the Cor
poration.
(2) The Corporation shall maintain its pro
ject, the grounds, buildings, and equipment
appurtenant thereto, in good repair and in
such condition as will preserve the health
and safety of its tenants.
(3) The Corporation, its property, equip
ment, buildings, plans, office, apparatus, de
vices, books, contracts, records, documents,
and papers shall be subject to inspection and
examination by the holders of the Preferred
Stock or their duly authorized agent at all
reasonable times.
(4) The books and accounts of the Corpo
ration shall be kept in accordance with the
uniform system of accounting prescribed by
the holders of the preferred stock. The Cor
poration shall file with the holders of the
Preferred Stock the followinq reports verified
by the signature of such officers of the Cor
poration as may be designated and in such
form as may be prescribed by, the holders
of the Preferred Stock:
(a) monthly occupancy reports, when re
quired;
(b) a semi-annual financial statement with
in sixty (60) days after the declaration of
any semi-annual dividends,*
(c) annual reports prepared by a certified
public accountant to be filed within sixty
(60) days after the end of each fiscal year;
fd) specific answers to questions upon
which information is desired from time to
time relative to the operation and condition
of the property and the statues of the mort
gage,
(e) copies of minutes of stockholder's and
directors meetings certified to by the Se
cretary of the Corporation, to be filed
within thirty (30) days after such meeting.
11.
No contract or other transaction between
this Corporation and any other Corporation
and no act of this Corporation shall in any
way be affected or invalidated by the fact
that any of the directors of this Corpora
tion are pecuniarily or otherwise interested
in, or are directors or officers of, such other
Corporation or any directors, individually, or
any firm of which any director may be a
member, may be a party to, or may be pe
cuniarily or otherwise interested in, any con
tract or transaction of this Corporation,
provided the fact that he or such firm is so
j interested shall be disclosed or shall have
been known to the board of directors or a
majority thereof; and any director of this
Corporation who is also a director or officer
of such other Corporation or who is so in
terested may be counted in determining the
existence of a quorum at any meeting of the
boord of directors of this Corporation which
shall authorize any such contract or transac
tion and may vote thereat to authorize any
such contract or transaction, with like force
and effect as if he were not such director or
officer of such other corporation or not so
interested.
12.
The duration of the Corporation shall be
• for a period of thirty-five (35) years with
| the right to renew this charter for such peri
od as may then be provided by fhe laws of
the State of Georgia. Not less than six (6)
months prior to the expiration of this charter
i the Corporation shall by an appropriate peti-
standing this, however, Captain
de la Motte insisted that David
Israel, Moses Ambrosius and As-
ser Levy be held in jail until full
payment for passage was made.
The three were later released
when the crew of the “St. Charles”
relented.
These Jewish newcomers were
not the first of their coreligionists
So arrive in New Amsterdam, al
though they constitute the largest
single Jewish group to set foot on
North American soil. Some years
ago, there were reports of individ
ual JewT in this area. In 1621,
there vhis a rumor that a Jew
named Eliac ^egardo had passed
through Virginia, and three years
later a "Portuguese” Jewish wom
an, Rebecca Isaaks, live? 1 there.
Only last month, Jacob Barsimson
came to New Amsterda mon the
“Peachtree” from Holland, and
fion obtain a renewal of this Charier for a
period of not less than fifteen (15) years, or
the maximum time allowed by law at the
time of such application for such renewal,
and the failure to so apply shall likewise
constitute a default within the meaning of
Article 9 of this charter.
WHEREFORE, the petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name ond style afore
said and to be granted the charter with all
rights, powers, and privileges herein set forth
and all others allowed by law.
PARKS & EISENBERG
By DAVID S. EISENBERG
Attorney for petitioners
1502 Atlanta Federal Savings Building
ORDER
The within and foregoing petition of SIM
PSON STREET APARTMENTS, INC. for a
Charter having been presented, and it ap
pearing from the certificate of the Secretary
of State attached thereto that the name of
the proposed corporation is not the name
of any other existing corporation registered
in the office of the Secretary of State, and if
further appearing the petition is legitimately
within the purview ana intention of the laws
of this State.
IT IS CONSIDERED, ORDERED AND AD
JUDGED, that the petition be granted and
that the petitioners and their associates,
successors, and assigns, be, and are hereby
Incorporated and made a body corporatea,
as prayed in the petition under the name
and style of
SIMPSON STREET APARTMENTS, INC.
for a period of thirty-five years, with all
the rights, privileges and immunities as
prayed in said petition and as authorized
by the laws of this State for corporations of
a like character.
This 8th day of December, 1953.
CLAUDE D. SHAW
fudge, Superior Court,
Atlanta Circuit
LEGAL NOTICE
GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY:
To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of HERBERT A. RINGEL, OG
DEN DOREMUS and ALEX W. SMITH, JR., all
with offices at Suite 509 Grant Building, At
lanta, Georgia, respectfully shows:
1.
Petitioners desire for themselves, their
associates, successors and assigns to be in
corporated and made a body politic under
the name and style of
"DIXIE LITHOGRAPHING CO, INC."
for a term of thirty-five (35) years with
the right of renewol as provided by law.
2.
The principal office of the corporation
shall be in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia,
with the right, however to establish branch
offices and places of business elsewhere.
3.
The object of this corporation is pecuniary
join to itself , and its stockholders.
4.
The general nature of the business to be
transacted shall be that of engaging in the
general commercial and job printing business,
including publishing, engraving and litho
graphing, and generally to carry on the busi
ness of printers, stationers, booksellers,
binders, lithographers, and to do all other
things incidental, supplemental or connected
therewith.
5.
The capital stock of the corporation shall
consist of one hundred (100) shares of com
mon capital stock, which said stock shall
have no par value. Said stock may be paid
for by the subscribers thereto in cash, prop
erty, services or other things of value, or a
combination of the same.
6.
The corporation shali begin business with
a copitol of a least $2,000.00.
WHEREFORE, your petitioners pray that
they, their associates, successors and assigns
be incorporated as a private corporation
under the name and style aforesaid, with all
the rights, powers, privileges and immunities
herein set forth, and with such other powers,
privileges and immunities as are now allowed
or may hereafter be allowed under the laws
of the State of Georgia to corporations of
similar nature.
SMITH, FIELD, DOREMUS & RINGEL
By HERBERT A. RINGEL
Attorneys for Petitioners
Suite 509 Grant Building,
Atlanta 3, Georgia.
ORDER
The foregoing application having been
read and considered, and
IT APPEARING from the certificate of the
Secretary of Stote attached thereto that
the name of the proposed corporation is not
the name of any other existing corporation
registered on the records of the Secretary
of State; ond
IT APPEARING that the application is le
gitimately within the purview and intention
of the laws of this State,
IT IS ORDERED that the application of said
petitioners be granted and that said company
be and is hereby incorporated under the
name and style of
"DIXIE LITHOGRAPHIING CO.. INC."
with all the rights, powers, privileges and
immunities prayed for in said petition and
allowed corporations by law, and subject
to all the limitations set forth in said peti
tion.
This first day of December, 1953.
CLAUDE D. SHAW,
Judge, Superior Court,
Atlanta Judicial Circuit.
it was he who greeted the twenty-
three Jews from Brazil when
they landed here.
Great interest in the Jews has
been stimulated among the lo
cal populace, which numbers less
than one thousand and includes
Swedes, Germans, Italians, Finns,
Poles and Irish; Calvinists Luther
ans, Quakers, Episcopalians and
Catholics ;Negroes and whites. It
should be noted, however, that in
spite of the various national and
religious origins represented in the
New Amsterdam community,
Governor Peter Stuyvesant has
recognized only the Dutch Re
formed Church as the official re
ligious institution and has per
mitted no other to be established
here.
Personal interviews with the 23
Jews have revealed that most of
them had lived in Recife, Brazil.
Altftough some were Marranos
(secret J*ws), under Dutch rule
there they were free to practise
their religion.
A permanent Jewish commun
ity had been eVublished in Recife
ni the 1630’s, with V«o synagogues.
One of the rabbis of he commu
nity was the renowi^d Isaac
Aboab, who later returned *>i Hol
land. Most of the Jews were mer
chants, traders and brokers. Many
of them became sugar planters and
refiners and owned their own
mills.
When the Anglo-Dutch war
broke out two years ago, it be
came difficult for Holland to ade
quately defend Recife, with the
result that the Jews felt them
selves in particular danger. Last
January, the Portuguese recapture
of the city marked the end of the
Jewish community there. Although
the surrender terms offered by the
Portuguese were liberal, most of
the Jews returned to Holland,
where they could again enjoy reli
gious freedom and civil liberties.
However, not all the Jews went
back to Holland. In addition to
those who arrived here recently,
some are believed to have fled to
French Martinique and Guade
loupe; others to British Barbados.
Some settled in Dutch-held Suri
nam and Curacao, where Jews *
lived even before they set afoot f
in Recife.
Here, in New Amsterdam, the
Jews have shown a willingness to
shoulder their responsibilities as
members of our community,
wedged in between the wilderness
and the sea. And despite Governor
Stuyvesant’s inhospitality, they
are generally welcomed by the
other inhabitants, many of whom
are anxious for allies in their
struggle for basic freedoms denied
them by the Governor.
Germany to Grant
Amnesty to Nazis
Using False Names
BONN, (JTA) — The West Ger
man Cabinet approved this week
an amnesty bill to free Nazis who
assumed false names to escape
Allied authorities. Approval of
the measure by Parliament is con
sidered certain.
Designed to clear up “legal in
justices of the late Nazi era and
the early postwar period,” the bill
provides that those who adopted
false names during and after the
war to avoid prosecution can as
sume their old names without
punishment until July 1, 1954.
Those who committed minor
crimes during the last months of
the war would be forgiven and
Germans still in prison would be
freed. Criminals already released
would have conviction entries re
moved from their personal papers.