Public Speech Declared "Fascinating"
Tokyo, June 22. OMEN have a big influence on the economic life of a nation and the success of' the Government's policy depends on women's mental attitude and ce-operation, the Finance Minister, Mr. Seibin Ikeda, declared yester: day in an address opening national thrift week.
Speaking before an assembly of 4,000 housewives, the Finance Minister said economic operation: s are as necessary as military operations in modern warfare.
He pointed out that economic warfare' is financed by national savings and urged the housewives and the nation to be more thrifty.
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