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Show AUTO INDUSTRY TO ' TAKE SURPLUS CARS j i i WASHINGTON", Dec. 2 1 .Through agreements with representatives of the automobile industry, the war department's depart-ment's surplus stocks of automobiles and trucks will be taken up by the Industry itself and not placed on the market except ex-cept In that way. The number of cars and trucks to be disposed of has not been determined. Reports that the department intended to do its own selling, which caused some anxiety among dealers and a flood of inquiries from bargain hunters, were denied de-nied today by Assistant Secretary Crowell. AM trucks owned by the government gov-ernment will be needed for some time, and. In disposing of surplus property, Mr.' Crowell said every care would be "taken to cause the trade as little disturbance as possible. |