CANADA: Joint Effort

The U.S. and Canada last week signed a 350-word document reviving the wartime Hyde Park Agreement to create what amounts to a single rearmament program. As a first step toward coordinating defense production, Canada imposed curbs on consumer credit (e.g., one-third down payments on cars, 20% on other merchandise) similar to controls already in effect in the U.S.

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