The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
LAVAL, BOUND
FOR FRANCE.
IS JUBILANT
Sails From U. S., Complete
Iy Satisfied With Results
of Trip Here.
SCORES GREAT VICTORY
Leaves With FondeSt Hopes
Exceeded and Without
Making Sacrifice.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

Nhttu IIehS stan COrre6DOndent
ABOARD S. S. ISLE DE FRANCE
Oct. n. - Premier Pierre Lava
planned today to act quickly to put
into effect the fruits of his con.
versations with President Herbert
Hoover on international courses fol
overcoming the world economic
crisis.
Laval, returning home after his
whirlwind journey to America, slept
later than is his custom, having
boarded the liner early in the
morning after a strenuous evening
in New York.
He was up and about before most
of the passengers, however, ano
faced a table loaded with papers
and memoranda to start his report
to the French government on his
accomplishments at Washington.
His fondest hopes exceeded, Laval
is returning home TO reopen par
lament and present the successes
OF his voyages to London, Berlin
and Washington.
n Meets Cabinet Next Tuesday
Before December he will have es-
tablished contact with other Euro
pean powers in his first efforts to
put into operation the first of the
plans of cooperative economic eff
fort that he and President Hoover
decided.
The lie De France will land La
val at lie Hayre Sunday morning.
On Tuesday he meets his cabinet
and then confers with party lead
ers in view of the radical-Socialist
party congress in Paris on Friday
and the Socialist congress the fol-
lowing week.
Laval, in discussing his Washing
ton results, made no effort to hide
his complete satisfaction.
Laval outlined to the United
Press his plan of action for apply
ing the political and economic
measures discussed with Mr.. Hoo
yer.
French See Victory
First" he said, Il will acquaint
my parliament with everything and
take the advice of the cabinet men,
berS. After that, will concentrate
on efforts to complete the Franco
German rapprochment which is so
necessary to produce the confidence
needed as a basis for economic re-
covery.
i am convinced, as I told Presi-
dent Hoover and Senator Borah,
that France, if left alone, can work
out such a rapprochment."
Laval has scored a complete vic
tory in French opinion because he
came out of the conversations with
out having made single sacrifice.
His force in parliament has been
strengthened and he frankly ex-
poets to find his majority increased
from forty to seventy or more.
Of outstanding Importance to
France is the pledge of Mr.. Hoover
that America will make no further
interventions in favor of a mora
forum on German reparationS pay
ments. OF great importance was
the decision to unite French and
American efforts to maintain the
Integrity of the gold standard.
Insist Progress Made
Although the White House COM
1nunique of Sunday stressed that
no decisions had been taken, mem
bers of the French mission insist
that such progress was made in the
conversations that with only brieN
preparatory work, Laval will be able
shortly to present a completed
scheme of reparations reform.
The premier revealed that he had
Invited both the President and
Borah to visit France, although he
did not believe they would be able
to accept.
Lavals daughter, Josette, turned
for home intensely pleased with her
American trip. To her there were
many highlights, and from chair
on the sun deck this morning she
drafted them in list:
l. The New York skyline.
2. The luxury of the shops.
8. Warm bedrooms, ice water,
chicken gumbo.
4. The simplicity of the white in
terror of the White House.
5. The cosmopolitan atmosphere
of Washington.
6. Cherrystone clans.
7. The automobiles, and the way
their drivers stop at the red lights.
Wants to Come Back
Neither the premier nor his
daughter thought American trains
could compare in luxury with those
in France, although they were
aStonished at the speed.
They found American food had
its high points and neither found
it difficult to go without wines,
American water, right out of the
taps, they found as good as many
of the best mineral waters of Eu-
rope.
You can say that 1 am going
back to America to see more" Miss
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