Evening star., 1933-07-25
GENEVA SELECTED
AS PARLEY SITE
PROGRAM Now Calls for Meet.
ing to Be Held in Late
September.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 25.-The next meet
ing of the World Economic Conference
after its adjournment Thursday will be
held in Geneva in late September, ac-
cording to the program drawn up today
On Thursday the Steering COMMITTEES
will be instructed, however. to recon-
vene the conference whenever there is
likelihood of the discussions producing
results.
Plans for continuing the work Of
the parley were completed and sub
mitted to the Steering Committee late
this afternoon. Prime Minister Ram
say Macdonald, the president, assem-
bled reports showing the history OF the
meeting and the work undertaken and
accomplished.
The nations will have an opportunity
to voice their final opinions of the
London parley at the Thursday session,
which probably will last all day long.
with Mr.. Macdonald starting the dow
of oratory. Others to speak are Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Neville Cham.
berlain OF Britain, James M. Cox OF
the United States, Finance Minister
Guido Jung Of Italy and Finance Min
lister Georges Bonnet OF France.
Pact in Balance.
Negotiations for a wheat restriction
agreement hung in the balance TO-
day with American representatives pc
lieving some way of adapting the
scheme to the requirements OF eacn
country would be found.
At a Joint meeting Of delegates from
wheat importing and exporting coun-
tries today both the French and Italian
representatives were described as OF .
much more favorable frame OF mind
than previously.
Germany, while unable to reduce her
tariffs, indicated a willingness not 70
increase acreage.
Aside from the wheat meeting. the
hall in which World Economic Confer
ence meetings are held was deserteo
this morning, although there Will be
some renewal of activity with Steering
Committee Conference scheduled for
late in the afternoon.
Method Remains Problem.
Wheat importers prepared a new
offer for submission to the exporters
Yesterday, after which some representa-
tives were pessimistic about the posi-
bility of arriving at satisfactory agree
ment with the exporters.
Today the big four" wheat producers
the United States, Canada, Argentina
and Australia -battled against time
with the importing nations to force an
agreement to cooperate In their scheme
for adapting wheat consumption to
production with the view OF raising
prices.
I'VE must finish this in the next day
or two because after Thursday We all
60 home" said M. Gautier, the French
wheat expert.
The attitude of the importers was de-
scribed as one of virtual agreement in
principle to most of the conditions
asked by the exporters. The argument
now is over the method of expressing
tn part each country will be asked to
play in the general scheme.
Agreement by the importers to help
the scheme would leave Russian exports
as the only outstanding problem, and
it was privately said among the ex-
porters that this was not expected to
give much trouble.
Representatives of the exporting
countries this aftrnoon agreed upon q
text of complete new proposals to the
importing countries and hoped reply
from the importers would be given to-
morrow.