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Show HIGHLIGHTS... in U. S. Defense neivs ft Administrator Henderson of the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply requested manufacturers manufac-turers of farm implements not to increase the prices of farm machinery machin-ery at this time. Mr. Henderson pointed out that in announcing the steel price schedule he had stressed the wide range of finished products of which steel is a part and the importance im-portance of maintaining stable prices in these finished products. ft Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced an agreement setting up a fund of $50,000,000, contributed by the U. S., and $20,000,000, contributed contrib-uted by Chinese government banks, to stabilize Chinese currency. A joint statement by Mr. Morgenthau and Dr. T. V. Soong of the Central Bank of China, described the agreement agree-ment as a "co-operative agreement between friendly nations that are working together in many ways." |