Tokyo, Feb. 25.
The Die: session which seemed likely to wind up business on March 1 today had its first ment when Mr. Rye Koyama demanded that the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, resign.
Mr. Koyama alleged that Mr. Ko-hayashi was responsible for leakage of the Cabinet Planning Board's plan for the projected "new economic He also accused Mr. Kobayashi of evading tax payments in his private capacity of an industrialist.
The Minister of Commerce and American Defence Gets Aluminium Priority Washington, Feb. 22.
The Government has placed alum num and machine tools on a mandatary priority basis under the defence programme.
Under this order, which expires on May 31, defence orders must be given priority, and in consequence, the supplies of such articles as household pots and pans may be delayed for a few months.
This is the first time that such action has been taken under the powers which were recently granted,—Reuter.
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