Evening star., 1933-11-09
Discuss RuSSo-American Re-
Iations Proposals Before
Meeting President.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
TODAY AT WHITE HOUSE
Progress Believed Satisfactory, Al
though Details Are Guarded-An-
nouncement Expected Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Foundations for an American-So
understanding, embracing diplomatic
and economic implications, were formu
lated at two-hour conference today
between Secretary of State Hull and
Maxim Litvinotf.
The next event in the swift succession
that has suddenly brought relations
between the countries to focus after
years of aloofness will be presentation
of the situation to President Roosevelt
late today.
No further State Department meeting
is planned.
It appeared not unlikely that the
indicated Hull-Litvinoff accord fore
cast the early establishment of more
or sless close relationship between the
United States and the Soviet.
Before today's conference, Secretary
Hull told newspaper men that until the
conversations had reached more ad-
vanced stage. he was unable TO outline
them publicly. He expected Litvinoh
to reach the White House at or 5 pm.
Asked whether this meeting with
President Roosevelt might be the last
necessary, Hull said he could not under
take to reply.
At the forenoon conference, the Sec
retary was advised by the same five
associates who were with him yester-
day, while Litvinoff had Ivan Divil-
kovsky as his adviser American ex-
perts were Undersecretary of State
Phillips. Assistant Secretary r. Walton
Moore, William Bullitt, special assistant
to Hull; Robert Kelley, chief OF the
Eastern European division, and Henry
Moyganthau, jr., governor OF the Farm
Credit Administration.
Guest at Luncheon.
Secretary Hull later honored Litvinofr
ernment officials, Senator Couzens of
Michigan, and members of the COM
missioner's party, including:
Boris Skyirsky, chief OF the Soviet
Information Bureau and Litvinof' S host
in Washington; Peter Bogdanov, chair
man of the Amtorg Trading Corpora
ton, and Konstantin Umansky, chief
of the information division of the
Soviet commissariat for foreign affairs.
Without waiting for the formal busi-
ness engagement, President Roosevelt
used an after luncheon hour yesterday
to chat personally with the Russian
envoy.
Litvinoff came away p!,ased with the
progress toward the goal OF his VISIT
The silence surrounding the con-
ference was broken yesterday only by
two Joint and terseiy formal communi-
ques But some quarters regarded as
significant the reply Of Litvinofs S party
when Saturday social function was
suggested. The visitors said 1t would
depend on whether the Soviet foreign
minister still is in Washington.
Also stressed in official circles was
Hull's departure Saturday for the Pan
American Economic Conference. Many
believed Mr. Roosevelt wanted to reach
his decision with his Secretary OF State
in the Capital
Announcement Expected Tomorrow.
For this reason, some thought the
Presidents customary meetlng Win @ Ine
press tomorrow afternoon might be the
setting for a significant announcement
on Russian relations.
Aside from his State Department call
and luncheon given in his honor by Hull,
Iitvinoff was to attend a dinner ar
ranged at the Turkish embassy by ms
old friend, Ahmey Muhtar, the Turkish
Ambassador.
Litvinof and Hull said jointly yester-
day they were discussing some out
standing questions involved in the mat
ter Of relations" These were known TO
include debts, claims, subversive propa-
$ganda and trade relations Expert OBJ
servers picked the latter two for the
greater prominence.
A mutual agreement barring propa-
ganda was forecast The presence at
the meeting of Morgenthau was re-
zarded as positive indication that COM
mercial possibilities were receiving en-
phasis.