Evening star., 1933-02-20
ROOSEVELT LINKS
DEBT AND RECOVERY
Awaits Lindsay on ParIey
PIans-Sees Baruch,
W00din and House.
BY the Associated Press.

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NEW YORK, February 20.-Presi-
dent-eleet Roosevelt was ready to talk
business today with the British on war
debts and world economy recovery. He
insisted upon coupling the two.
Personally taking over the involved
ed the arrival of Sir Ronald Lindsay,
the British Ambassador, upon his re-
turn late today from LonGon.
With the harbor shrouded in fog and
rain, the liner Majestic, bringing Sir
Ronald, anchored today at Sandy Hook
1t was believed the Majestic would
stay at anchor until the weather showed
some signs of clearing rather than risk
pushing ahead through The Narrows.
A heavy round of Sunday confer
ences at the Roosevelt home indicated
that imminent action was in prospect.
The conferees all were authorities on
economies and resembled cast Mr..
Roosevelt might select to represent this
Government in the prospective world
economic parley.
Bernard M Baruch, Prof Raymond
Moley and William H. Woodin, all of
New York, and the veteran Col. Ed
ward NJ House, authority on foreign
affairs, were gathered about the Roose-
velt table at one time or another yes
terday.
Feeling Something Happened.
There is feeling something new has
happened in the very secret negotia-
tions going on preparatory to the ar
rival of the British mission on war
debts and economics.
Some observers believe Great Bri-
tain through Ambassador Lindsay is
asking an immediate world economic
parley Most certainly, the President
elect is insisting upon very definite as
surances for monetary stabilization and
tariff reciprocity as his part of any
deal On war debts relief.
The British are contending that it
is futile for them to talk over the
world economic problem individually
with the United States inasmuch as it
concerns. all nations. Therefore, an
early move for the general economic
parley is believed in prospect.
Meanwhile, the determined Mr..
Roosevelt is going ahead on his plan
to deal separately with the European
debtors who are asking relief. He IS
going to drive bargain with each.
Heads Would be ENJOYS.
Because he is insistent upon taking
over the debts subject personally. 1t is
believed the European nations will send
the heads of their governments here
for the conversations This would
bring Ramsay Macdonald, the British
PRIME minister, here for the debts par
ley which is still set tentatively for
the first week in March.
The unusual situation of a private
citizen taking command of the inter-
national affairs Of a government pro-
ceeds more definitely today with the
Roosevelt Lindsay conference
However, it is with the full encour-
agement and cooperation of the out
going Hoover administration Secre-
tary Stimson, head of the State De-
partment, has placed him>elf abso-
lutely at the command of Mr. Roose-
welt.
The invitation to Lindsay to stop
by at the Roosevelt home here today
before even returning to the Capital
after his journey to London was ex-
tended through Secretary Stimson.
BY this means the ancient Logan
act forbidding private citizen to deal
with foreign governments on penalty
OF treason is circumvented.