An instance of official discrimination against Jews in commerce was revealed today when it became known that the government salt monopoly had granted a concession to the widow of the Polish air hero, Zwirko, on the sole condition that she refrain from trading with the Jews.
The widow, having no experience whatever in business, wanted to form a partnership with Jewish specialists in order to exploit the concession she had been given for the district of Nowogroke. Permission was refused by the gov-
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