Evening star., 1933-01-24
Roosevelt Authorizes Stimson
to Invite All Nations Which
Met Dec. IS Payments.
Italy Already Sent Bid.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA SEEN
NEXT NATION TO Benefit
Attitude of Democratic Administra-
tion Toward Other Debtors Not
Yet Revealed, but Door Has Not
Been Closed to France, Poland
and Others in Arrears.

! WARM SPRINGS, Ga, Jan
uary "a R.-President-elect
Roosevelt has given authority
to Secretary Stimson to ar
range separate conferences
: with European debtor nations
which have met their obliga-
tions and are now requesting
opportunity to talk over relief.
BY the Associated Press
With Great Britain and Italy
leading the way, separate hear
ings will be granted all debtor ma
tions that have met their pay
ments to this country and wish to
discuss their obligations.
Italy already has joined Great
Britain in asking for a hearing
and, utilizing the authority grant,
ed him by President-elect Roose-
welt, Secretary Stimson has made
the preliminary arrangements for
them to send representatives.
The Minister from Czechoslo-
vakia, which also made it's De-
csmber Is payment, has visited
Secretary Stimson twice to discuss
the matter, but no announcement
yet has come of plans for that
country to send representative.
1t was indicated the door has
not been closed to negotiations
with nations that have defaulted.
Payers to Come First.
While there have been intimations
that France. Belgium, Poland and
Esthonia eventually will be given hear
ings the impression prevails that the
prompt payers will have FIRST con-
sideration.
Czechoslovakia was the first of the
debtor powers to make inquiries about
the invitation extended to Great Britain.
Ferdinand Veverka, the Czechoslovakian
Minister, sought information at the
State Department last Saturday, con-
cerning the invitation extended the day
before to Great Britain, and there Is
reason to believe Czechoslovakia will be
asked to q conference very shortly.
Several of the countries that paio
their December IS installments attached
with the payment a note asking Tor
reconsideration of the debt terms. Italy
was among these.
While no word came today from the
State Department regarding the pro-
cedure that would be followed in deal
ing with these countries. the joint
statement of President Hoover and
Presidert-elect Roosevelt after their re-
cent conference prescribed a course OF
procedure.
Stimson Declines to Talk.
This called for dealing with not only
the war debt problem, but conSidera-
ton of ways and means Of improving
the world economic situation.
Secretary Stimson, entering the
White House this morning to attend the
semi mi-weekly cabinet meeting, walked
swiftly through the lobby and declined
to answer all questions. When news
paper men sought to speak to him he
hurried on, saying
mo. No, I can't stop to talk now
Ambassador Rosso of Italy called at
the State Department yesterday for a
talk with Secretary Stimson, thus af-
fording the Secretary an opportunity to
extend the invitation personally.
Rosso said when he left the depart
ment that he had received no instruc-
tions from his country to take up debts,
but had called on his own initiative
to inform himself Of the attitude Of
this Government toward debts recon-
sideration, in view of the recent Hoover
Roosevelt statement.
Ambassador May of Belgium called
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