asked in the House of Commons today what the duties were of the Government directors on the board of the Anglo-Persian Oil Ca. and, seeing that participation in the price-fixing ring was a matter' of policy affecting the tax-payer, what instructions were given the Government directors, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr, Winston Churchill, replied that it was the duty of the Government directors to follow any Government: instructions but the Government were chuged nol to interfere in the commercial management of the company and, therefore, the ques~ tion of marketing was outside the scope of legitimate int the Government. If the question of the Navy's oil supply arose, how-fever, that would undoubtedly be a question for Parliament.
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