PREMIER IN AMERICA.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17836, 8 October 1929, Page 7

PREMIER IN AMERICA.

VISIT TO CONGRESS.

ADDRESS TO MEMBERS.

INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS. (By- Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Mr MacDonald will visit Washington to-morrow. He is expected to speak briefly to the members of each House. The highly controversial sitting on the tariff in "the Senate will be interrupted so that a tribute may be paid to the British Prime Minister. A special sitting of the House of Representatives will be held for a similar purpose. The Speaker, Mr Nicholas Longworth, will return from his home in Cincinnati for the occasion. Mr MacDonald will have luncheon at White House, as will the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard. In the evening there will be an elaborate State dinner at White House, at which there will be 90 guests. The President's secretary says the two leaders followed the path, to the head waters of the Rapidian River, where they sat on a log beside the tumbling mountain stream, smoked their pipes and discussed various pertinent matters in st&T.uion. Occasionally they broke their serious discussions with remarks upon the fondness of both for fishing, which is impossible at this season of the year at the camp. Mr MacDonald is enjoying the cold weather of the high altitude and remains with Mr Hoover in the neighbourhood of the cabins while Miss Ishbel MacDonald and Mrs Hoover have been riding on horseback through the forests, which are brilliant with autumnal foliage.

The threatening weather which prevailed when tlie party arrived changed to-day to bright sunshine. Both statesmen seemed to be delighted with their success in reaching a medium of informal, friendly conversation. Mr MacDonald to-day took great interest in reading the newspapers which an Army airman dropped near the camp. He seemed pleased by the editorial discussion of his arrival and reception.

IMPRESSED BY WELCOME. MR MACDONALD DEEPLY TOUCHED (Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 6. The Prime Minister, Mr MacDonald, has issued the following message from Ihe British Embassy at Washington:— “The messages of welcome I have received from all parts of the United States have touched me no less deeply than the unforgettable greeting which the citizens of New York were good enough to accord me yesterday. Your greetings and your welcome are greetings and a welcome through me to the people of Britain. I know they will make their hearts full.

“As soon as possible I hope to thank all those who have sent messages of welcome and encouragement to me, but I wish to thank them now in the fullness of my heart without waiting to thank them on behalf of the people of Britain and to tell them what hope they give me for the future and to assure them how deeply they are appreciated and how warmly they will be echoed.’’