Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
DAWES HAS BRIEF
TALK WITH HOOVER
Ambassador Later Goes TO
State Department to Con-
fer With StimSon.

Brig. Gen. Charles @. Dawes. Amer
ican Ambassador to Great Britain, is
at the White House for a two-day
visit preparatory to going to New York
to sail Friday night for his London post.
With Mrs. Dawes and their daughter,
Mrs. Carolyn Ericsson. the Ambassador
arrived at the White House at 9 o'clock
and soon afterward was cloSeted with
the President.
They talked for about an hour, when
! they parted company temporarily. the
President entering upon his engage
ments for the day and the Ambassador
going to the State Department to con-
fer with Secretary Of State Stimson.
The arrival Of Ambassador Dawes al
the White House offered the President
his FIRST opportunity to talk with him
since Dawes successfully promoted con-
Versations with Prime Minister Mac
donald and initiated the correspondence
between the latter and President Hoo
YER which resulted in q virtual agree
ment between the two governments AZ
to q principle to follow at the forth
coming disarmament conference in or
irving at naval parity. 1t is also the
flrst time the President has had an OPP
portunity to discuss personally with the
1 AIlbdSSduOL lAAC AOELIbCOHlAkR IlVc-DCWtE
! disarmament conference and the pro-
| gram to be proposed by this Govern
ment. 1t is understood also that the
President will during the Ambassador
visit announce his appointment to the
! American delegation to the London con
| ference.
Mach to BE Discussed.
Naturally there Is much to be dis
/ Ar
bassador Dawes. Their conversations
are expected to cover a wide variety OF
subjects touching upon the relations
between the two governments.
| The Ambassador had only q brief
talk with Secretary Stimson In the lat.
ter'S ONCE when they had TO be inter-
rupted because Of the hour arriving for
the. Secretary to attend the Tuesday
cabinet meeting. Ambassador Dawes
| the State Department while awaiting
the Secretary's return. This permitted
him to talk briefly with Undersecretary
| OF State Cotton and Assistant Secre.
| tary Of State Castle. The Secretary
| returned to the building about II
o'clock and he and the Amba Ssador re-
sumed their conversation.
Not the slightest change In either
the appearance or manner of this pic
! vuIcSQuG AnleTlCAn STATESMAN was nOLeO
by his old friends. His service in Lon
don has not altered him In the least
He still clinas to his undressing pipe
which he puffs necessarily. He ap-
| peared to be just as democratic and
| friendly and as good humored as dur
| ing the period he served in Washington
as Vice President and as director of the
budget.
Refuses 10 Be interviewed.
The Ambassador appeared happy and
willing to converse with newspaper men
with whom he came in contact as old
| terViewS. He positively refused anything
bordering on an interview, explaining
that being an Ambassador gives him q
perfect abb to say no" to newspaper
mems INQUIRIES.
| The Ambassador returned to the
White House in time for luncheon and
decided to 60 to the Capitol for q
brief visit this afternoon. He said
| he was anxious to call upon his old
friends in the Senate and to renew
acquaintance.
A dinner party will be given in the
Ambassadors honor at the White House
tonight, to which as or 80 guests have
been invited. Among them viii be
| Senators Moses of New Hampshire and
| Edge Of New Jersey, Henry r. Guggen-
helm, who has been recently appointed
Ambassador TO Cuba, and several men,
bers of the foreign diplomatic corps In
this city.