TRADE, TREATIES SIGNED.—A group in the historic East Room of the White House, Washington. on November 17, when the trade treaties between Great Britain and Canada and the United States were signed. From left, seated: Mr A. E. Overton (second secretary, British Board of Trade), Sir Ronald Lindsay (British Ambassador)J Mr Roosevelt, Mr W. W. Mackenzie King (Prime Minister, of Canada), Mr Cordell Hull (Secretary of State). Standing: Mr Francis B. Sayre (Assistant Secretary of State), Mr Herbert Marler (Canadian Minister at Washington), Dr O. D. Skelton (Canadian Under-Secretary of External Affairs), Mr Charles Barnes (Trade Agreements Division of the State Department). The Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr S. M. Bruce) is at present visiting Washington, and it is assumed that he will discuss the possibility of an Australian trade treaty with the United States.

Southland Times, Issue 23693, 16 December 1938, Page 5

TRADE, TREATIES SIGNED.—A group in the historic East Room of the White House, Washington. on November 17, when the trade treaties between Great Britain and Canada and the United States were signed. From left, seated: Mr A. E. Overton (second secretary, British Board of Trade), Sir Ronald Lindsay (British Ambassador) J Mr Roosevelt, Mr W. W. Mackenzie King (Prime Minister, of Canada), Mr Cordell Hull (Secretary of State). Standing: Mr Francis B. Sayre (Assistant Secretary of State), Mr Herbert Marler (Canadian Minister at Washington), Dr O. D. Skelton (Canadian Under-Secretary of External Affairs), Mr Charles Barnes (Trade Agreements Division of the State Department). The Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr S. M. Bruce) is at present visiting Washington, and it is assumed that he will discuss the possibility of an Australian trade treaty with the United States.