Washington, June 14.
N urgent appeal for improved world trade conditions as a pathway to peace was voiced here yesterday by the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, as the Government celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Administration's reciprocal trade agreement system.
"Five years ago today the Trade Agreements Act was approved by the President and became a law," Mr. Hull said.
"By it the Government of the United States inaugurated its programme of promoting our foreign commerce through reciprocal trade agreements whose advantages should be open to all who wished to adopt a liberal trade policy.
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