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    "ocrText": "SECURITY :\n-4- 518, JOINT WEEKA NO. 17, Appil 28, 1950, from ottawa.\nProtests ageinst cortain imports from other countries\nhave also begun to assume significance. The government\nhas takon a definite and firm position that importa from\nBritain, for instance, should be encouraged but the\nsuspension of dumping dutios on automobiles, shich ham\nbeen of particular advantage to British manufacturers,\nhas been a subject of mounting eriticiem from the trade.\nButter support price reduced. The Government announeed\non April 26 that for the year beginning May 1 the price\nof butter will be supported by the purchase of firet\ngrade creanery butter at 53 cents, basia delivery St.\nJohn, Halifax, sontreal and Toronto. The support price\nhas been 58 cents since May, 1948. The Government's\nvholesale selling price will also be 53 cents per pound\ndelivery in Ontario and Quebed. This amounts to a\nsubsidy to the extent of the handling, interest and\nstorage costs of from 3 to 5 centa per pound depending\non length of storage. The Government now holds 19.4\nmillion pounds and has been unable to sell it abroad\neven at 50 cents per pound. The lower support price is\nexpected to provent a further surplus by causing in-\ncreased consumption and perhaps some decrease in pro-\nduction. Domestic butter consumption in Canada has\ndropped during the past year from 28 pounds per eapita\nto 23 pounds as a result of legalizing margarine.\nGovernment requisitions cheese. The Government has\nannounced that, beginning May 1, the cheddar cheese pro-\nduction in Ontario and Quebec will be requisitioned in\norder to safeguard filling the British 1950 cheese con\ntract, which calls for delivery of up to 85 million\npounds. The Government is anxious to fill the contract\nthis year in order to protect the future merket for\ncheese in Britain. This practice of requisitioning\ncheese has been used in the past, but not in the last\nyear or so. Stocks on hand now are 35 million\nARCHIVES NATIONAL AND\nRECORDS\nDEFENSE\nDEP\nSERVICE\nDefense Planning Security In a speech on 25 April,\nDefence Minister Claxton said that \"It doemn't make sense"
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