Evening star., 1920-03-02
ALLIES TO UNITE
To OBTAIN L|FFS
NEEDS FOR ALL
Joint Buying, Distribution
and Price Control ST.
preme Council Plan.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March Joint buying,
distribution according to necessities
and supervision of selling prices were
provided for in a tentative plan
agreed to at London yesterday by the
economics section of the supreme al
lied council, says the Petit Parisien'
which today prints an outline of the
program. The plan must be submitted
to Premier Millerand before becoming
effective.
In the debate which developed
during the meeting as to where the
needed materials might be found,
the newspaper says, the exchange e
situation between Europe and the
United States was considered as
hindering purchases. and Premier
Lloyd George of Great Britain urged
exchanges with Russia. particularly
for wheat. There was, therefore. only
a step to be taken toward making a
direct agreement with the soviet gov
ernment for exchanges which were
previously arranged for with the Rus
sian cooperative societies, which
form in reality only an administrative
organ. This step has been taken.
Must Develop Production.
All allied countries will be called
upon to develop to the utmost their
productive forces and advised that
laws improving the condition of work.
ers must be applied to that end in a
manifesto prepared by the economic
section of the supreme allied council
yesterday. says "Pertinax." political
editor of the Echo de Paris.
with this object in view" he writes,
the different governments will be told
they must support each other to the
utmost. A return to the community
system created during the war and
light destroyed after the
armistice cannot be thought of now,
but the manifesto will declare the fol-
lowing principles should be recog-
nized:
General Welfare First.
I'm every country the problem Of
production is not only national but
International and, both as regards the
distribution and transport of raw ma
teriais, it must be admitted each must
seek not only its own interests, but
must accept sacrifices in the interest
of the general welfare.
The necessity for greatest economy
In the manufacture of war material is
apparent, in connection with which a
solemn warning will be addressed to
small central European states which
show signs of asking support by arms
Of their particular claims. II neces-
sary certain steps will be taken
against them.
Europe must form q genuine eco
nomic unity. and to return to healthy
conditions all parts of 1t must be re-
constituted. Measures, then, must be
taken to enable Germany and Russia
to contribute to the economic life Of
the European entity"
Wln Draft Resolutians.
LONDON. March The allied su-
preme council, as . result Of its in
vestigations Of high prices, exchange
and other economic questions, has
decided to embody it's ideas in reso-
lutions. So far as Is known. nothing
more will be the definite outcome Of
the councils Investigations.
The council reached an agreement
today on general linea. and the data
in hand were turned over to . draft
ing committee TO draw up the reso-
lutions Baron Monchsur, the Bel
gian ambassador in London, Joined
the conference this nsorntug.
While the economic discussions
were going on at No. 10 Downing
street. the forsign minister's, with
viseount Chinda, the Japanese arn-
bassador. continued work on the
Turkish treaty at the foreign office.