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Last week U. S. tobacco growers had their most concrete reassurance to date. Imperial Tobacco Co.'s head, Lord Dulverton, who performed valiantly against the Turks at Gallipoli in 1915, told his stockholders: "Owing to the inadequacy of alternative supplies we can never hope to become independent of the American market for very long. I hope that at the appropriate moment, some action between our Government and that of the United States will be taken, relieving this very difficult position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ricochets | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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