Evening star., 1932-11-17
Notifies Hoover by Phone He
Will Be Here at $3.50 in
Afternoon and Go to White
House at Once.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE SEEKS
COMMISSION REVIVAL
Congress Expected to Approve
Proposal for Reconsideration of
Whole Problem on Basis of
European Nations Ability to
Pay-Envoys Notified.

President-elect Roosevelt today
Informed President Hoover by
long distance telephone that he
would arrive at $3.50 pm. Tuesday
and would go directly to the
White House for a discussion of
war debt problems.
The call from Albany reached
the White House about 12:45 pm.
Only a short while before, the
French and Belgian Ambassadors
had been informed at the State
Department that this Govern
ment was not ready to reply TO
the petitions from their govern
nents looking toward extension
of the moratorium and further
debt revision.
Mr.. Hoover spoke with his sue
cessor-elect from his desk in the
executive offices. 1t is planned
that they will confer on debts,
world ornaments and economic
affairs in the executives Offices.
The parley, however, might ex-
tend into conversation in the
Lincoln study on the second floor
of the White House proper.
Although no definite informa-
ton was available, a White House
secretary said he did not believe
the conference would last many
hours.
Meanwhile it was believed today in
well informed congressional quarters
that President Hoover will recommend to
Congress the revival OF the, World war
Foreign Debt Commission to deal with
the pleas of those countries which con-
slider that they can no longer meet
their obligations toward the United
States.
President Hoover discussed the Brit
fish. French and Belgian notes yester-
day with Secretary of State Stimson
and Assistant Secretary Harvey Bundy
for several hours. The results Of thelI
conversations are being kept strictly
secret, but in congressional quarters il
IA believed that since Gov. Roosevelt
cannot assume any responsibility on
The debt question and since the unani-
nous opinion of the Senate and the
House is that debts should not be can
reled or revived, unless the debtor
countries can offer a substantial coun-
terpart for any advantages offered them
by the United States, the President can
hold no other hopes to the foreign
pebtors except to bring the whole mat
ter before the Congress.
In well informed quarters it Is be-
Heved that Congress will not refuse
this time to agree to the revival OF the
commission to investigate the pleas oi
the individual debtor countries. Last
session such proposal of the President
was turned down merely because, it L
said, there had been no official request
from any foreign country to investi-
gate their capacity to pay. The situa-
ton has changed since, because there
are concrete facts on which the PreSi-
dent can base his recommendation
Payment Delay Asked.
Great Britain, France and Belgium
have officially requested the American
Government TO postpone the payment
of the lnstallment due on December Is
It is true that they have not based
their request on the inability to pay
but merely on the Hoover moratorium
of June last and on the Presidents con-
versations with former Premier Lava
OF France. But still, it is believed that
their notes together with a clear ex-
position on the part Of the President oi
the likely calamity which might follow
q defsulting of those nations and the
harm to international trade Of the golc
transfer from Europe to America, viii
induce the Congress this time to con-
slider the recreation Of the debt com
mission.
In diplomatic quarters 1t is seriousl.
doubted whether such move alon
would help the situation much.
France has this year an enormous
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