ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20602, 28 June 1930, Page 13

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

OPPOSITION DELEGATES. QUESTION FOR DOMINIONS. (Received June 27, 7.5 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, Juno 2G. Til the course of the debato in the House of Commons on the vote for the Dominions Office, Mr. L. S. Amery, who was Secretary for the Dominions in the late Conservative Government, suggested that at the Imperial Economic Conference leading representatives of every Party should be present. He appealed to the Secretary of State for the Dominions, Mr. J. H. Thomas, also to deal with all proposals with an absolutely open mind, and to give an assurance that no methods or subjects would be burred from discussion. Mr. Thomas said that, speaking for himself aud the Government, they would exclude nothing from their considerations. They would discuss everything on its merits and with a single-minded desire to do all possible, not only in the interests of Britain, but in the interests of the Empire as well. As far as he could see, the only thing likely to be excluded was the referendum, because there was no mention of that on the agenda. As to the suggestion that representatives of the Opposition should attend the conference, Mr. Thomas said that if the Dominions would agree to. it, so far as the Government was concerned it would welcome the proposal.