POSITION SURVEYED

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 82, 7 April 1933, Page 7

POSITION SURVEYED

HOPE AT WHITE HOUSE

POINTS IN POLICY

NEW YOBK, April 5. The '^New York Times" Washington correspondent telegraphs:—; "At last President Koosevelt and Mr. Eamsay MaeDonald Are to meet anl try to. repair the broken world to* gether. Mr. Eoosevelt in a statement/ issued today declared that 'in tha course of the informal, exchange ot, views between- the British and our* selves regarding the general economic situation and the problem of disarmament, the President has felt that . a visit to Washington by the British.' Prime Minister would bahelpful.' Th« President Tepeatedly since his election; has remarked that Mr. MaeDonald if an old friend who Would vastly prefer; to deal personally with him. "A meeting will take place, and up'oa what happens there depends not only) the fate and location of the Inter* national Conference, but also whether* there will be a conference at all. Tha President wants Anglo-American, and; if possible Anglo-French-American, ac* cord in advance on international' eco>! nomic questions. He wants the waf! debt question to wait on the ; larger: isaues, and'above all he wants to havai a talk with Mr. MaeDonald." SUMMARY OF POINTS. "The Administration's foreign, policy) as thus far disclosed contains the fol* lowing points:— 7 (1) A preliminary meeting ati Washington of representatives of| certain class A Powers to prepare forj the World Economic Conference. ' (2) A grant of power from Con* gress to the Administration in ad* vance to make effective international trade agreements and to defer tha; June 15 war debt payments if these agreements have net been conclude^ and Congress has adjourned beforap that instalment date. (3) Suspension until the nest ses* sion of Congress of any effort ta| . have the United States join, thai World Court. (4) ' Cessation Of activity on th«| Far-Eastern question until thesaf matters have been adjusted. (5) Blending war debts and dis* armament with other economic prob* lems. "If Europe can be persuaded to da} that,", continues the correspondent^ "whether the official Economic Confer* ence as well as the preliminary on«|. will be held at Washington is up taf Mr. MaeDonald. If he wants to keepj it in London and preside over it that will be done. If he should join, that indicated French movement to transfer) the main conference to. Washington; that may be agreed upon."