Capt. Eble said that the Japanese wage scale for potters is approximate: iy'six cents an hour, compared with the: American wage rate of 70 cents fan hour, Since roughly 65 per cent sales value of pottery and chit Tee" bought 78500800 working hours, lea bought ing hours, which were lost to American work: ers.
Capt. Eble applied the same for-inula to the other items on the import Hist," He concluded his report by saying, "anyone who thinks we have favourable balance in our trade with Japan is greatly mistaken."—United Press, Dollar Devaluation Washington, June 6, The various financial markets are rife with rumours today that the gold dollar will be devaluated in the very near future, However, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau reminded journalists of his declarations dai fon this subject recently. It was only last week that he stated such rumours; did not merit even a denial,
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