Evening star., 1933-01-18
Foreign Affairs
to Be Subject
of Parley.
FAR EAST POLICY
TO BE DISCUSSED
Closer Accord Hope
of White House
Conference.

dent-elect Roosevelt will confer
again at the White House Friday
morning on foreign affairs.
Other than to announce that
the meeting is scheduled for IL
am. and that the conference
would be confined to questions OF
foreign affairs which the two adj
ministrations are anxious to see
carried forward, the White House
would make no further comment.
The President intends to con-
fine the conference to those topics
alone, as the situation now stands.
This was asserted in the high
est quarters this forenoon. soon
after it developed that Mr.. Hoo
yer had invited his successor-to-
be to second meeting in the
Executive Mansion.
Although the White House ottl-
cially remained silent, it was
stated that the meeting would be
a continuation of the present ad-
n1inistration's effort to gain an
accord with the incoming admin
istration on international policies.
Likely Program.
This has been interpreted in ofnclai
circles to mean not only the war DEBT,
armament and world economic prob
lens, but probably also talk of the Sino-
japanese conflict.
The prevailing opinion is that Presi-
dent Hoover is anxious to make GEAR
to his successor all phases OF the Tor
eian affairs situation as 1t directly al
fects this country. The forthcoming
economic conference at London prob
ably will occupy the White House con-
ferees also.
The relationship war debts bear to
the forthcoming economic conference
makes it highly important that some
accord between the President and Mr..
Roosevelt be reached. Matters OF Tor
eign policies, principally in the Far
East. which are becoming of pressing
nature, will be another phase OF the
discussions, it is believed.
New Situation Possible.
Whether some new situation has
arisen to suggest that a solution OF the
war debt problem could be worked out
satisfactorily or whether Mr.. Hoover
thinks a more serious situation is de-
yeloping in the Far East could not De
learned. The President has been study
ing the problem closely. Speculation
has l. that he looks upon the debt issue
as perhaps the most acute cause OF the
continued economic depression in this
country and abroad
Mr.. Hoover realizes moreover that the
debt problem will present a new Crisis
when the next semi-annual payments
fall due June Is, unless some policy OF
meeting the issue is advanced In the
meantime.
The impression is that Secretary OF
State Stinson's recent conference with
the President-e at his Hyde Park
home paved the way for this second
meeting of the President and President
elect. Whether the State Department
head or Secretary Of the Treasury Mills,
or both. of them, viii attend Frloays
conference could not be learned today.
The first meeting between the Presl-
dent and Mr. Roosevelt, held shortly
after the election, was staged In the
picturesque red parior on the main floor
of the White House. The confereeS sat
informally in front Of an open f1re, with
Secretary Mills and Raymond Moley,
economic adviser of Mr.. Roosevelt, close
by. The fact the President and his
successor could not concur In any DEBT
action as a result of that talk and as
a result of second attempt several weeks
later conducted through the medium OF
long distance telephone and correspond
ence, has not discouraged President
Hoover in his desire to bring about an
understanding with the incoming ad-
ministratlon.
Refuses Joint Responsibility.
Mr.. Roosevelt's explanation for his
Inability to fall in line with the Presi-
dents proposal for concurrence was to
the effect that he could not accept joint
RESPONSIBILITY without equal authority.
Moreover. he had made it plain that
he preferred handling the debt problem
by dealing separately with each lndivld-
ual debtor nation.
When he was appealed to by Presi-
dent Hoover TO join him IN naming the
personnel of the commission to the
london Economic Conference the
PrSsident-elect asked to be excused, m
djcating that if the Economic Confer
ence was to concern itself with war
QeDLS GS well db SAiN 0NSS
problem would become the primary
subject Of the conference, and for that
reason he objected.
President ELECT Roosevelt is expected
to arrive in Washington Thursday night
on his way to Warm Springs, Ga. Tor
q few weeks of rest and to obtain suffl-
cient seclusion so as to devote his at
tention to working out the problem OF
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