Tokyo, Nov. 4. arrangements were being made by Ministry of Agriculture and For-entry to import foreign rice to ensure an adequate supply during the 1940. rice year, Count Tadamasa Sakai, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, told the Cabinet yesterday.
The rice supply question was the principal topic of discussion at the Cabinet meeting. The Government was planning regulations to' adjust demand and supply, Count Sakai said.
steps were being taken, he stated, to store at least 23,000,000 koku, including 15,000,000 koku in Japan proper, 5,000,000 koku in Formosa and 3,000,000 koku in Korea, at the end of the 1940 rice year. A koku corresponds to five bushels.—Domei.
Curtiss Wright led the market today and steels followed. Cuban-American Sugar preferred advanced six points. Wright Aircraft was up 5% points toa new high. Other gains in general ranged slightly above a point.
There was some profit taking on the strength of various sections and Department of State officials indicated that the "moral embargo" on shipments of bombs and aeroplanes to nations which bomb civilians still stands despite the repeal of the arms embargo. They pointed out that while urging repeal, Mr. Roosevelt sought pledges from belligerents to spare civilians,
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