February 18, 1962

Article on shift by some major publicly owned real estate investment cos from purchase of existing properties to new construction

French see peace talks virtually completed; speculation on terms

The Administration's proposal to levy an extra duty on imports of cotton goods to offset the subsidy on exports of the fiber is meeting strongerthan-expected opposition from foreign textile interests.

East-West disarmament negotiations have gone on for seventeen years, with little or no progress toward a formal accord. On the limited question of a nuclear test ban alone there were 353 fruitless sessions at Geneva over a three-year period before suspension of the talks last month.