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Amtorg and the rest of the Am family have to do with exports and imports. When a consumer's co-operative wants 1,000 U. S. typewriters it goes to Amtorg. Amtorg goes to a typewriter company and buys the typewriters. Then Am-Derutra, which is exclusively a transport company, ships the typewriters to Russia.
Bron. Information on Board Chairman Bron's pre-Soviet period is extremely vague, inasmuch as very few of the individuals now prominent in Russia were famed members of Tsaristic society. He was born in the Ukraine, studied at Zurich and Kiev (he is a Doctor of Philosophy), taught school. He emerged from Revolutionary chaos as Minister of Foreign Trade for the Ukraine (1917-22). He has served on the Supreme Economic Council and has been Amtorg's chairman since 1927. Trader Bron is married, has two children, lives in Manhattan.