The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-27
ROOSEVELT AND NORMAN DAVIS
 IN CONFERENCE
Discuss Disarmament and Present Some New Fea- lures in the Interests of Peace
BY FREDERICK A. STORM United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Albany, N. r.. December 27 n
 (UP) = A new disarmament pol- icy may become the policy of tho
 new administration, 1t was re- vealed here today after discussions by Presldent-Elect Roosevelt and
 Norman H. Davis, Geneva and
 conference delegate.
 Roosevelt interrupted a Christ
 mas vacation at Hyde Park to hurry to the executive mansion for the Davis meeting.
 Commitments as to future
 course were not given but 1t was no secret that Roosevelt regarded the limiting of offensive weapons as emphasized by the American representatives of the Geneva Conference an important move- ment toward solution of the prob- lem.
 Davis assured the governor the time was fast approaching when an agreement would be reached by the conferes limiting the caliber of mobile artillery to six inches, and abolishing poison gas and aer- ial bombings.
 The governor subscribes to the
 belief that much will have been accomplished if nations, for ex- ample, are allowed to retain their powerful border ports as defense weapons but are stripped of the
 machinery of offensive warfare, The limitation of offensive power he feels, would tend to re. establish world confidence ana lessen tension. He joined Davis | in expressing the conviction that
 disarmament was necessary for
 restoration of confidence and in
 preparing the way for. the world economic conference in London this coming summer.
 Davis said, There can be no healthy business until you restore confidence, for that Is tho basis or credit" The governor recalled the Paris peace conference to illustrate a point on security guarantees. 'I lunched one day with Premier Clemenccau and he kept saying that one essential for France was security.
 ity?r asked him. :. "For 1000 years," Roosevelt said the premier told him. gen erations of French people were un. able to live their allotted three- score years and ten without war with Germany. want them to | live 70 years without war"
 T believe that feeling is still there," Roosevelt said.
 Roosevelt and Davis also went into the subject of reduction of naval armaments in line with con. yersations at Geneva. Davis said | he was hopeful Japan and France would join with the United States. Italy and England in the fight 10 ban the submarine. Davis. who Is on the. organizing committee for the forthcoming world economic conference, also discussed with the governor. the | reparation of the preliminary
 agenda. It will Dc distributed 2 among the nations he said. but Il would not be q final, binding doc. | Each national Twill decide whd' part of the menu suits It." he added.
 l Roosevelt motored here from Hyde Park, where he left two ol his little grandchildren. children ci l his daughter, Mrs Curtis Dall. ili
 .sSistie," he explained, is sufforina chicken pox, while "Buzzie" has ltonsilities.
 | tpftragen-am nio etaoinshrdluuul l Roosevelt, with only six days
 as governor. remaining, planned to devote most of the week to clear. Ing away odds and ends of state business. He will surrender his | position and the executive man.
 sion to Colonel Herbert H. Lehman Saturday night.