Paris, June 4.
The French trade balance deficit for the first four months of 1938 reached Frs. 30,000,000 compared with Frs. 50,000,000 for the similar period in 1937, M. Raymond—Patenote, Minister of Economies, announced in a radio broadcast today.
"A remedy to our troubles must be sought not on further taxing of ihe nation's income but in the increase of the income which reduce the proportion of taxation, he said. "The Government thus decided to galvanize production and consumption by a plan of public
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