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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 184, 2 May 1933, Page 9

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Economic Conference OPENING BY KING Official Wireless. Rugby, April 29. The Foreign Office has Issued the following communique “The committee set up by the Council of the League of Nations for the organisation of the World Monetary ami Economic Conference met at the Foreign Office to-day under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. It was decided to convene the conference on June 12 in London at the new Geological Museum. Sir John Simon announced that his Majesty the King had been graciously pleased to indicate that he would personally open the conference. “The representative of the United States, Mr. Norman Davis, informed the organising committee that at the opening of the conference the American delegation Intended to propose a tariff truce. The organising committee agreed to circulate the terms of this proposal with an invitation for June 12 to the States so Invited for their Information.” PROPOSAL TO JAPAN (Received May 1, 8.30 p.m.) Tokio, May 1. Japan is favourably considering a proposal by Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, to Mr. Matsudaira for an Anglo-Japanese industrial conference in London to discuss Empire-wide trade relations. The Government also generally approves the American proposals flor a world-wide tariff truce.