OCR Text |
Show AMERICAN AUTO DEALERS FORCED TO QUIT FRANCE PARIS, May 1. Dealers in American automobiles believe their business in France will be completely wiped out by the i governmental decree issued on Wednesday forbidding importation importa-tion for an indefinite time of all chassis weighing" less than 2500 kilograms (5500 pounds). Only tho heaviest of trucks can be admitted to France from foreign for-eign countries. Nearly all the American automobile auto-mobile firms have branches here and managers say nothing remains, apparently, but to close up shop. 3YL Isaacs, minister of com- inerce, says the government act- i ed not especially for the purpose pur-pose of protecting French commerce com-merce and industry, but with a view to improving the financial situation. O : Oi |