Facts, Figures, May 28, 1945

More. Army orders for cigarets have been cut by one-third, thus releasing 200 million packages of cigarets a month for civilians. In addition, the civilian supply of book matches will be increased by June —and civilians will get approximately two million books a month.

One-Way Trade. The National Association of Manufacturers, consistently opposed to tariff reductions that would allow foreign goods to enter the U.S. market, plumped for bigger exports. NAMer Frank L. Hopkinson told a Senate subcommittee on foreign trade that high-grade American salesmen "trained in smelling out a market" should be added to the diplomatic corps.

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