Evening star., 1939-10-28
British Seek 10 Boost
Trade in. j. :. and
Latin America
Also Tries to Keep
At Home as Much
Money os Possible
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 28.-Great Britain
was pictured authoritatively today
as driving her war-regimented in
dustries to increase sales to the
United States and other American
countries for dollars with which to
buy war materials.
The nation also is trying to keep
as much money as possible at home
through producing domestically
what formerly was bought abroad,
particularly food, and through strict
control Of the export of foreign ex-
change necessary to buy American
goods.
BY buying less and selling more
abroad, officials hope for speedy re-
covery of Britain's business life from
the first shocks of the war. In the
first month Of the war, exports de-
creased AZ per cent through the
sudden dislocation of trade.
But now, British manufacturers
plan with government help to
capture the markets of Germany
whose overseas effort before the war
was toward increased trade with
South America.
Merchant Navy Modified.
They see one big asset in the
shipping situation. The German
merchant marine virtually has been
swept from the seas. Britains huge
merchant navy. however, has been
modified under government control
Shipbuilders, pooling their efforts
under government direction, plan to
turn out 3,000-ton cargo vessels on
mass production basis to add still
further to British maritime superb
ority.
The Board of Trade, a govern
ment department, is starting talks
with groups of industries on best
lines along which to push for Ger
many's overseas markets.
Oliver Stanley. president of the
Board Of Trade and thus gov
eminent minister, says of his de-
partment's aims:
What We want to do particularly
is to stimulate trade to certain
countries whose currencies are val
liable to us. such as the United
States and Canada, from which we
are bound to import large quanti-
ties of materials required for the
war"
Sir Charles Hipwood, director OF
the National Union of Manufac-
turers, hailed the Board of Trades
activities as a realization by the
government of the Importance OF
trade to pay for our supplies
Trade Contol Criticized.
Control of trade and industry
within the country has brought
sharp criticism of "muddle- -headeo
bureaucracy" from sections of the
press and assurances from ministers
that only such control as was abso-
lutely necessary would be imposed.
Rationing and pooling" of gaso-
line is in operation. Under the pool
ing system. individual brands cease
to exist and the government controls
distribution. Gasoline pumps and
trucks now have pool posters
pasted over the refiners' symbols.
Only a few pools are in operation
so far. Government-appointed con-
trollers, who administer the pools
have been named, however, for steel
alcohol, timber, wool. jute. fax
hemp, leather, silk. gasoline, fish
railways, coal, meat, bacon. sugar
cocoa, flour, butter and yeast.
Food rationing is scheduled to
begin next month.
The War Emergency Committee
of the Motor Agents Association
estimates that unless motorists are
given bigger gasoline ration, six
of every 10 gasoline station operators
and automobile dealers will have to
shut up shop.
Two Enemy Battleships Loose.
Two of Germany's three fast,
heavily -gunned pocket battleships
the Deutschland and the Admiral
Scheer, have been ranging the high
seas for a month and have sunk at
least three ships, British naval au-
thorities said last night.
1t was the first time authorized
British spokesmen had accepted
previous reports that the Admiral
Scheer had been operating in the
South Atlantic Prime Minister
Chamberlain told Commons of the
Deutschland's operations Thursday
In the view of the authorities, fear
of British sea patrols was keeping
the two raiders from the main ship
ping lanes There has been no direct
word of either raider since October
Is and the Admiral Scheer was con-
sidered likely to have slipped around
Cape Horn to the Pacific from the
South Atlantic.
Both raiders are 1O,OO0-ton vessels
with a cruising range up to 10000
miles. which could be increased in
definitely with arrangements for re-
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