The Ministry of Economics ordered an end yesterday to the system of investigation conducted here by different chambers of commerce to determine which firms are Aryan and which are Jewish.
The investigations were ordered discontinued and the Ministry stated that while preference should be given Aryan firms in ### orders for public institutions, discriminations against Jewish firms should not be practiced and they too may receive orders.
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