London, May 9.
The possibility of British tobacco firms buying. more tobacco from Greece was raised at question time in the House of Commons today by Lieut-Commander Fletcher, Labour member for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire, He suggested that such a step would enable Greece largely to escape from an economic subjugation to Germany.
Mr. Oliver Stanley, the President of the Board of Trade, in replying said that the question of increasing imports of oriental tobacco had recently been examined in detail, but the difficulties were very considerable.
"We are not yet a totalitarian country," he added, "and are not in a Position to force people to smoke what they do not want to smoke.—Reuter. join in an "appeal to all peoples to do everything they can to prepare for the day when the horror of war will disappear."
President Roosevelt also addressed a message to the congress, He expressed the conviction that, "The work of this conference will show the whole world the indisputable advantages of common assemblage on a basis of common friendliness for the purpose of discussing problems of mutual interest, '—Havas.
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