Davar, Labor Zionist daily, protested today against a numerus clausus said to have been introduced by the Palestine Government against Jewish workers in Government workshops and enterprises.
The paper cited a number of cases in which, it said, Jews were not admitted to positions even at the same wage as Arabs, although in general the Jewish wage scale is much higher.
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