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economically as well. It is very likely that Great Britain will find it 

 necessary to go along with the United States £,s far as postwar inter- 

 national trading policies are concerned. We are lending enormous 

 quantities of goods to ovt allies, v;hich in the end must be donated to 

 them or we must accept commodities which they produce as payment of theii 

 obligations. This would seem to indicate that after the war is over :>'e 

 shall be confronted with a very delicate international situation. We 

 shall find it more and more difficult to expert our surpluses, and at 

 the same time, we shall be called uoon to accept the surpluses of other 

 countries, and this may mal-.e it difficult for some high-cost industries. 

 Agriculture may be asked to accept some of the inevitable sacrifices 

 involved in this adjustment. 



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