Evening star., 1933-07-07
Chamberlain Leads Victori-
Gus Drive to Follow Ameri-
can Thesis and Take Up
Whole Conference Agenda.
COMMITTEE TURNS DOWN
TARIFF AND QUOTA TALKS
Revised Program to Be Submitted
to Steering Group Monday-Sen-
ator Couzens Clashes With NJ.
Bonnet-Former Urges World
Action on Unemployment.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July THE Euro
pean gold bloc lost its fight for
exclusion of monetary questions
from the renovated agenda of the
World Economic Conference today
when the subcommittee on imme-
diate measures for financial re-
construction voted 25 to Is to con-
tinue to discuss monetary prob
lens.
The vote came after an all-day
battle over the proposal by
Neville Chamberlain, BritiS h
chancellor of the exchequer, that
the full agenda be continued, in
cluding monetary matters which
the gold countries have been
tiercely opposing.
Back American Thesis.
The British Dominions, Scandinavia
and the countries of the Far East ano
Latin America lined up almost solidly
with Mr.. Chamberlains position which
supports the American thesis
Among these supporting the gold bloc
in demanding elimination of monetary
questions until currency stabilization
should be accomplished were Spain
Lithuania, Rumanis, Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia and Turkey.
Today's decision which was in a SUBJ
committee of the Monetary Commis-
sion will be reported to the Steering
Committee Monday for confirmation OF
reversal
The Committee on Commercial Pol
icy. a subordinate group of the Rco-
nomic Commission, voted a few hours
earlier to exclude discussion of tariffs
and quotas from the revised agenda,
approving a French demand by eight
to seven voices
The American delegation, although
beaten temporarily on the question of
treating tariffs and quotas. hoped to
reverse this decision in the Steering
Committee.
American Victory.
France and other members of the
gold bloc fatty refused to discuss tar
ifs, arguing that they involved none
tary questions.
The vote in the monetary subgroup
was hailed by the Americans as an
other victory for their policy, since it
amounts to approval of the idea of con-
tinuing the full conference.
Today's proceedings were enlivened
by a contest in eloquence and argu-
ment between Georges Bonnet, French
finance minister and leader of the gold
bloc, and Senator James CouZens of
Appriro
those countries which are supporting
the American program.
1t was M. Bonnet who successfully
insisted in the Commercial Policy Com
mittee that there must be no discussion
of import trade barriers.
Senator Couzens appealed to the con-
ference to continue working along lines
which will result in finding jobs for the
30,000,000 persons now unemployed anc
will raise prices to remunerative levels
Urges Farley to Go On.
In the Monetary Subcommittee Stanley
M Bruce of Australia made con-
ciliatory speech, asserting that if the
conference failed to go ahead because
of this one question of stabilization
cit will be a shock to millions of people,
He said he earnestly hoped that the
parley would go ahead.
Mr. Bruce made no definite proposal
but in effect he supported the demand
that the full agenda, including monetary
questions, be dealt with.
Japan, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Argentina and Ecuador also called for
retention of the full agenda.
The Argentine representative asserted
that in discussions of the full original
program a solution might be found for
stabilization.
On the other hand Italy, Bulgaria
and Lithuaria threw their support to
the gold bloc.
Today's vote, of course, still showed
the old split between the gold coun-
tries and the non-gold countries but
the latter assert that it represents a
decided advance in their campaign that
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