Evening star., 1932-11-22
Hoover and Roosevelt Raise
Hopes of Continuous Policy

Public conviction that in dealing
with the subject of European debts the
outgoing and incoming administration
should be made as nearly continuous az
possible has given force to the confer
ence between President Hoover and
Gov. Roosevelt In the countrywide
debate, the attitude for or against
modification of the debt agreements ap-
pears to be unchanged, but it is felt
that full disclosure of the. facts is de-
pendent upon harmony between the
parties, while 1t is pointed out that f1nal
action will be dependent on Congress.
While assuming that sit is Congress
and Congress alone, which can decide
the immediate question involved in the
British and French notes." the Rock
Island Argus comedies that Gov
Roosevelt and the leaders of his party
will not be without influence abroad. u
The Nashville Banner holds that "the
stipulation that the conference was to
be informal did not deprive the ex-
change Of views of their usefulness, -
while that paper advises: THE Gre
alton of bipartisan commission to
make survey, to consider the whole
question, and the granting, meanwhile,
Of a short postponement of the debts
steps which, it would seem, Congress
should and must take" The Oklahoma
City Oklahoman feels that "our foreign
relations are large enough to call for
the best services of both the President
and his successor" while the Salt Lake
Deseret News predicts that "the best
wisdom OF this country will be as
Sembled in Washington in the near fu-
ture to lay out permanent course Of
action"
The Presidents invitation, according
to the Louisville Courier Journal. was
"a patriotic act which rises to states
manship" and is "the prelude to i'm
portant cooperation in the considera-
tlon OF matter of non-partisan ma
tional concern" The Rutland Herald
calls it "the practical and Common
sense method of considering such prob
lens" while the need of cooperation
and teamwork between parties is en-
phasized by the youngstown Vindicator,
the Pasadena Star-News, the Lowell
Evening Leader and the Spokane
SpokeSman-Review. The PHILADELPHIA
Evening Bulletin points out that the
incident may be historic" for the
problem is one in which there is no
distinctly party policy identified and
IN which there should be no partisan
consideration" The Boise Idaho States
man sees purpose on the part of the
PRESIDENT to make no move between
now apd the time his term expires
which might be inconsistent with the
course the Democrats are desirous of
pursuing" The Jersey City Journal
advises that IF a review of the debt
question is to be undertaken at all, 1t
VIII have to be completed under the
Roosevelt administration"
The Baltimore Sun looks for formu-
lation of "a policy that recognizes the
truth and tells the truth" while the
Newark Evening News would like to
see, not only these two men. but the
brains of the Nation, regardless of party
or prospect Of Office, study the problem
together"
Congress viii have the upper hand"
AYERS the New York Sun, with the
conclusion that "as the policy Of Con-
gress now stands, 1t would be impos-
sible to grant the relief which Europe,
as expressed in the notes OF Britain
News remarks that ''the individual who
knows most about one of the greatest
issues Of the day and the one who
must exercise leadership in coping with
that issue will be obliged to sit vir-
tually on the side lines while Congress.
most of whose members have only
limited information on the subject,
formulateS the American position" The
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern would
submit the British and French notes
to Congress" The Rochester Times
Union, however. suggests that "if the
President and the man who is TO Sue
coed him can reach an agreement on
the proper course to recommend. their