One British firm reports its export business is fine. Chubb & Son's Lock & Safe Co. Ltd. sells safe-deposit boxes to banks, safes to individuals and business firms; 60% of its products go overseas, mostly to Latin America and the Middle East. Orders are now highest in the firm's 130 years. There is, said Chairman H. E. Chubb last week, "a general feeling of insecurity in the world today." He explained the rush to safe-deposit boxes: "The influence of wartime thought is still with us. By this I mean that individuals throughout the world still look for collective security for their...
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