Proposals to prohibit Jews from keeping shops open on Sunday submitted by the anti-Semitic Versliniki organization and the Union of Small Traders were rejected by the Government today.
An official statement said the Government did not intend to alter the present Sunday-closing law, pointing out that because Jews kept their shops open on Sunday peasants had an opportunity to make purchases in towns at savings.
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