Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
.ST|MSON TO TELL
NATION OF TREATY
Secretary of State viii Dis
CuSS Problems Surrounding
Pact Over Radio.

Henry L. Stimson. Secretary of State,
who headed the American delegation
to the London Naval Limitations Con-
ference, will next Thursday evening
discuss those negotiations and the ulti-
mate agreements reached by the world
powers, in an intimate manner, in the
National Radio Forum, arranged by The
Washington Star The forum is spon-
Sored by the Columbia BroadcaSting
Co. AID will be heard locally through
WMAL.
The Secretary of States utterances
on this occasion are expected to be the
most significant he has made since the
negotiations in London were completed
and they will be broadcast over
Nationwide radio hook-up. His address
VIII commence at 9:15 o'clock and will
probably consume 40 or IS minutes.
Will Be Of Great Interest.
There will be great interest in Mr..
Stimson's address. as the London naval
treaty, which President Hoover has
asked Senate ratification and which he
has described as a most decided step in
erection or world peace, is now pending
in the Senate awaiting ratification. It
has not yet been brought on the floor
OF that body for action by the foreign
relations committee, where it has been
under consideration, despite the urginRs
on the part of President Hoover that
there be no unnecessary delay in action.
The Executive has threatened to call
an extra session If the Senate fails to
dispose OF this important treaty before
1t adjourns, probably the middle of
this month.
1t is expected that this will be the
most intimate discussion of this SUBJ
1ect by Mr.. Stimson since his return
from London. On this occasion, Mr..
Sttmson will attempt to give a broader
insight into the terms of the London
pact and in doing so there is every rea-
son to expect that he will make some
important revelations regarding this
absorbing subject.
Interest viii Be World Wide.
Interest in his discussion will by no
means be confined to this country. but
throughout the civilized world. espe-
cially in those countries directly in
tereSted in the London naval treaty
1t Is understood that he will take this
occasion to clarity some of the misun-
derstandingS regarding the terms of the
treaty, more especially those relating
to naval parity and national defense
Whatever Mr.. Stimson utters on this
occasion might be accepted as reflect
ing the views OF President Hoover, with
whom he has been in the closest con-
tact regarding the naval limitations
subject throughout.
Mr.. Stimson, who has been in pub
lie life for many years. always has been
popular. as a public speaker. He has an
engaging manner and has the faculty
Of speaking plainly and easily regarding
subjects even of a technical nature.
He Is one of the outstanding lawyers of
the country and was Secretary of War
during the administration of President
Taft. He has been Signally honored by
several Presidents and each time he has
been intrusted with an important COM
mission by Presidents he has been high
ly commended by the latter for the ef-
f1cient and serviceable manner in which
he functioned.
His Work In Nicaragua.
This was especially notable on the
occasion of his appointment by Presi-
dent Coolidge in 1927 to make a per-
sonal study of the political and eco
nomic conditions in Nicaragua. It
was upon the recommendations of Mr.
Stimson that the Nicaraguan policy of
adopted. Later, he was commissioned
to make a study in the Philippines
and upon the death of Maj. Gen Wood,
Governor General of the Philippine Is
lands, President Coolidge appointed
him in his place 1t was while serving
in that capacity that President |
Hoover, when forming his cabinet, pre-
paratory to assuming the ONCE of
President, asked him to accept the |
State Department portfolio. Since
then Mr.. Stimson has had numerous
problems to handle and
throughout his service he has had the |
of the Executive