Jewish manufacturers today joined Jewish workers in picketing a store here which is selling foreign-made shoes.
Several persons were arrested today in addition to the two Jewish youths arrested on Monday as a result of the picketing which is prohibited in Palestine.
The owner of the shoe store, against whom objection is made for selling foreign-made goods, agreed today to arbitration.
The shoe industry in Palestine is sufficiently developed to supply all the shoes which Palestine needs without importing from abroad. Nevertheless, a number of Jewish stores are making a practice of importing shoes, undermining local production. The Czechoslovakian shoe firm Bata also maintains branches throughout Palestine, competing with Palestine-made shoes and provoking protest on the part of the Jewish industrialists and workers who are interested in stimulating local industry.
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