A deputation of Jewish merchants, headed by Senator Trusker and Deputy Wyslicki, called on the Polish Minister of Commerce Osicki to confer with him concerning the projected concession to Jewish storekeepers.
The concession would be applicable not only to Jewish, but also to non-Jewish storekeepers, the Minister declared.
The deputation pointed out that the concession would be of practically no value to the Jewish merchants during the summer and that it would therefore be necessary to permit the Jewish storekeepers to open their stores on Sunday for three hours during the summer months instead of two hours on Saturday evening. The Minister pointed out that the question of permitting Sunday trade is a matter which must be submitted to the Sejm. He stated he would consider taking this up, but it is hardly certain, be said, that such a measure would be passed, while the Saturday evening concession could be brought about by a government ordinance. He promised to submit the wish of the deputation to the cabinet.
Deputy Wyslicki submitted to Professor Edwin Kammerer, the Princeton University economic expert before his departure from Warsaw, a memorandum expressing the viewpoint of the Jewish merchants on the economic situation in Poland and the possibilities for the stabilization of the Polish currency.
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