The Washington times., 1933-01-21
EXTRA SESSION
WILL APPROVE,
SAYS NORRIS
President Elects Group Also
DWelIs on Debt Parley
Aboard Special Train

SHEFFIELD, Ala, Jan. 81
UNSO. - President-elect Roose-
velt arrived here today to give
his personal attention to the
Iong.idle power and nitrate project
at Muscle Shoals. It Is his in
tention to promote Federal opera
ton that win afford cheap power
and fertilizer.
Cows. B. M. Miller Of Alabama
and Henry McAlister Of Tennes-
see and Representative McSwain
CD of South Carolina, chairman
Of the House Military Affairs
Committee, were waiting to greet
the Roosevelt party.
The President-elect and his
group of Senators and RepreSen-
tatives, headed by Senator Norris
(R.O Of Nebraska, entered auto
mobiles and motored several miles
out to the big property, which
has functioned but little since its
wartime construction.
Norris Accompanies
In his campaign speeches, the
incoming President advocated
Government operation Of the
shoals to discipline public, util-
ities that failed to give the
people sufficiently cheap light
and power.
Senator Norris, who has long
championed Government opera
tion Of the obsolete war plant,
twice succeeded in Citing Gov
ernmeut operation through Con-
gress, only to have the late
President Coolidge pocketveto the
first bill and President Hoover
veto the second.
Today Norris predicted it would
be opened under Federal auspices
during the special congressional
session that win follow Mr.. Roose-
Velt'S Inauguration.
Great Britain's desire to send an
outstanding member Of its gov
ernment here Immediately after
Inauguration to discuss the pro-
voking debt problem with Mr..
Roosevelt and his Secretary Of
State met with instant approval
when laid before Mr.. Roosevelt
yesterday by President Hoover.
To Be No Commission
It was anticipated that either
England'S prime minister or chan
cellor Of the exchequer would
carry the new debt proposal to
Washington early in March. He
win be received first, by the new
Secretary Of state and then at the
White House. There viii be no
commission for either side.
England having met her debt
payment on December Is, and hav-
ing been the first debtor nation to
suggest q substantial new. adjust
ment, the incoming administra-
ton was represented as being
'glad" to open negotiations.
Distinct feelers were put out to
even consider a postponement, pro-
vided Britain listens to the
RooSeveltian ideas on a world
economic conference for stabiliza.
ton Of the money exchanges and
reciprocal tariff agreements. The
President-elect believes the latter
offer the quickest hope of reviv-
ing world trade channels.
PreSident-elect Cautious
In the meantime, close advisors
Of the Presidentelect were careful
to say that debtors should always
have access to their creditors"
When asked if this statement ap-
Piled to France, the answer
studiedly was given that the word
default" should be defined. It
was implied that "deferment"
might be synonymous.
Extreme significance was at
tached to the fact that all peril
I1ent questions concerning the
Forthcoming Anglo-American debt
negotiations were referred to yes
terday'S White House statement
for answer.
This statement said that the
British Government having asked
for q discussion of debts, "the IN
coming administration will be
glad to receive their representative
early in March for this purpose"
A paragraph later the matter Of
representation turned plural when
the broad question of world eco
nomics was touched upon.
Statement Is Vague
The brief joint statement that
President Hoover and President
elect Roosevelt agreed upon fol
lowing their hour-and-a-half meet
ing continued:
'It Is, Of course, necessary to
discuss at the same time the,
world economic problems in
which the United States and
Great Britain were mutually in
terested, and therefore that rep.
resentativeS should also be sent
to discuss ways and means for
improving the world situation"
This was taken to mean that the
new administration wanted to
further the projected world eco
nomic conference, but wanted to
keep the subject of earthly ills
quite apart from debt discussions.
Tuberculosis Death
Rate Drop Predicted
NEW YORK. Jan. 81 (US0.