If the Government did not secure such a reduction, he said, there Jwould be competition between Gov-Jernment and civilian demands upon available resources, and therefore his JOrst duty was to use taxation as an instrument for curtailing civilian expenditure and directing it into proper channels.
The Chancellor sketched roughly the order "of priority of. demands. starting with those connected with the direct prosecution of the war, Next came the need to increase Jhome production of food. And the Jother demand for which provision Jmust be made was the maintenance Jor the export trade.
'The same point was made by the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, in answer to' questions before Sir John Simon made his statement.
He said "the Government would make use of every effort to ensure [that the country's exporting capacity
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