Paris, Apr. 4.
To increase home production arid exports abroad, the Chamber of Deputies today adopted a Bill creating a High Council for Exports in the Commerce Ministry. The vote was taken by count of raised hands.
M. Gabriel Plancker said the Exports Council will keep in permanent contact with the various industries to follow the development of industrial production, will enlarge channels of export and create new ones, will seek to establish ce-operation between the various ministries interested in export trade and, finally, will advise the Government on measures calculated to encourage exports.
M. Louis Rollin, Minister of Commerce and Industry, declared the Bill will not create more red tape but simplify administrative procedure. War demands possession of foreign currencies, which only exports can yield. Therefore France, he stated, must export to obtain the necessary foreign credits.
The Bill asked for the sum of Frs. 4,000,000 to permit the Government to strengthen the Commerce Ministry and ease its task of concluding trade agreements concerning the blockade.—Havas.
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