The Washington times., 1933-08-05
SEC. HULL HAS
NO INTENTION
Of RES|GN|NG'
State Department Chief Lays
Rumors on Arrival; OFF
To Hyde Park

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 GN.S0
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
chairman of the United States
delegation to the London None
tary and Economic Conference,
arrived aboard the liner President
Harding today and promptly
spiked rumors that he planned
to resign. He said:
81 have no intention of re-
signing now or in the future.
1 have not even been Specu.
lative on the subject"
The secretary had been told of
the resignation rumors by re-
porters who boarded the ship at
Quarantine. He said:
II imagine that is the work
of opponents of the doctrines
and policies supported by some
of us. 1t is a favorite device Of
those who wish to divert atten-
ito from doctrines and policies
they oppose"
OFF to Hyde Park
Promptly on debarking, Secre
tary Hull departed by automobile
for Hyde Park to report to Pres
ident Roosevelt. He said he
planned to spend today and
tonight at the Presidents summer
home, leaving for Washington to-
morrow.
Secretary Hull was emphatic in
denying that the conference had
not been a success" he said:
"The conference is just get
ting well commenced"
When he was asked if the re-
suits had not been disappointing,
he said:
"That question is like asking
a man if he has quit beating his
wife,
"The conference can be de-
pended upon to go forward in
the future as fast as the nature
and difficulty of the problems
permit. They have been piling
up in every part Of the world
with the natural result that a
corresponding time is necessary
to consider and solve them"
In a formal statement, the
Secretary of State said in part:
"TO preach the failure and
futility of the World Economic
Conference at this premature
stage, would be to preach the
gospel of despair both as to
economic and military diSarma-
ment.
ut is the verdict of history
that many destructive wars,
owing their original to bitter
trade and economic strife, could
have been avoided under a
policy of peaceful conference
and mutual understanding.
Paved the Way
Had there been one week
of frank conference in July,
1914, such as the recent six
weeks at London, the catas-
trOphe of the World War prob
ably could have been averted.
"The 64 nations which met
at London prepared the way
for continuing conference and
cooperation, with the united
purpose of liberating the world
from the man-made economic
ShackleS that now diSaStrOuSly
OppreSS all human kind.
'NO one can reasonably con-
clude that this great undertak-
ing has been or will be in
vain"
During the press conference
Secretary Hull also spoke of war
possibilities when Henry Morgen.
thau, sr., who arrived from Eu,
rope yesterday, was quoted as
stating that all the delegates at
the World Economic Conference
were talking of war.
"The purpose of the confer.
ence was to deal cOnstructively
with both economic and mill
tary problems, instead of sit
ting aroU Id back home and
talking.
81 believe a -~mewhat more
optimistic vi>w can be taken,
though I say that with a great
deal of reSpe~t for Mr.. Nor
genthau,, who knows more
about such problems than 1 do.
"If we leave off peaceful in
ternatiOnal conferences and dis
cusSiOns, there will be chaos
and MISUNDERSTANDING"