Tokyo, Sept. 25. Sir. Ichi Kishi, a deputy spokesman the Cabinet Information Board, in A Tadio broadcast to the nation last night explained Japanese feelings over ted States aid to Russia.
Mr. Kishii said that it was incon-Vable that United States aid to la by shipments via Vladivostok §yolild constitute a menace to Japan because of the shortage of American A 5 per cent rise in the use of cotton seems the most reas estimate, based on admittedly income plete data assembled after the Far Eastern crisis had precipitated the freezing of Japanese assets in the United States. This action was followed by a Government order halting all civilian processing of silk to conserve available supplies for military uses.
Approximately 43,000,000 dozen pairs of silk stockings were pr. here last year. If cotton were substituted, the Department of Agriculture has estimated that 300.000 bales of long staple cotton would be required. Such cotton is grown domestically principally in South Carolina, Arizona, Florida and the Mississippi delta.
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