Evening star., 1933-04-21
MACDONALD LANDS|
IN j. S. FOR PARLEY|
SAYS Gold Situation Will Not
Hamper His Talks With
President.
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fourth of March I listened to his inaug-
li1Rl address, and since that day have
followed with increasing interest the
outrageous efforts he has been max
1nk to fulf1ll the expectation which
surang from that remarkable speech.
.Your President has been good enough
to invite me both as prime minister OF
my country and as chairman of the
World Economic Conference to come
over to explore the problems which
have to be dealt with at that gather
ing. I have accepted because I believe
that we two are IN harmony of spirit
regarding all world causes and agree
that the most pressing of these at the
moment is the removal of the economic
distress that has befallen us. We must
strive to clear the obstacles which block
the highways Of trade, both within our
own countries and between the nations,
and SO restore the hope of employment
to the workless millions who look to
earn their living in factory and field"
= Reads Formal Greeting.
Aside from the brief interview on the
Berengaria and the formal statement
to the press the British prime min
lister also read his formal greeting to
Row, as he did on his last visit, on
. mission of peace.
To-day he said. Il have come to
America for the purpose of discuss
tRg with your President how we can
CUnduct war against unmerited poverty"
The text of MacDonald's greeting
follows:
Last time was with you, I came on
e mission of peace, so that together We
might create public psychology which
gould pursue the fruitful avenues of
peaceful cooperation as to our respec-
tive ornaments. l am on the same
mission still.
Since those days we have all en-
ocuntered the storm and stress of bad
times and many have suffered great
losses. All over the world. we are at
war with depression. Today I have come
70 America for the purpose of discussing
With your President how we can con-
Duct that war against unmerited
pverty. l come at the invitation Of
President Roosevelt to discuss partic-
u8arly with him the tasks that lie be-
fore the World Economic Conference,
and come in the same spirit of neigh
bprly cooperation as brought me here
lest time.
THE well being of all who buy and
all who seek to give the state service
and rightly claim a reward for that
service-those people are our concern.
Their problems are CUR problems It
II, believe me- a great privilege,
great pleasure, to join with friends in
this work"
q Greeted at Quarantine.
Greeting the premier at Quarantine
we're Grover A. Whalen. representing
the mayor Of New York, Warren De-
hno Robbins. chief of protocol for
the State Department, James c. Dunn.
from the State Department Division OF
International Conferences. and Sir
Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to
the United States, with Lady Lindsay.
! With the premier were his daughter
lshbel, Sir Robert Vansittart, per-
manent undersecretary of the foreign
ofice; Lady Vansittart, Sir Frederick
Leith-Ross. economic advisor to the
Hritish government; Charles Howard
Smith, chief Of the League of Nations
and western sections Of the foreign
office. and Michael Wright. Of the
British diplomatic service.
: The premier's daughter sat by his
Side during the press interview In the
smoking room on the Berengarta. She
coat trimmed with gray fur and q
black straw hat with narrow brim.
The premier declined to discuss war
debts, saying at the moment 1t is in
advisable to 60 into that"
Harbor boats shrieked a loud well
come as the Macon steamed toward
the Battery. A military salute from
Governofs Island failed to materialze
The Mhcon1 stopped at the Battery
long enough for cameramen to disem-
bark and then turned to Jersey City
to put Macdonald aboard q train for
Washington.
Anxious to Meet First Lady.
Ishbel Macdonald, interviewed on
the Macon, said the women Of her
country ARE aching for international
understanding and peace"
We can't get through all this trou-
BILE" she said, without all working to-
gether. I am anxious to meet Mrs.
Roosevelt because 1t is likely that we
have much In common"
Following the interview she roamed
over the decks of the city tug pointing
. small red pocket camera at New
York's skyline.
Speaking for sound motion pictures.
Premier Macdonald said on the
Macon:
The world has suffered a great deal
since I was here four years ago. The
President asked me to come here. and
I shall be pleased to discuss with him
the problems of agriculture and in
dustry.
mentS to see that economic justice is
done to all their peoples. The only
way to bring this about is by agree
ment and Cancellation"
When Macdonald was asked by one
reporter If he approved of the Nazi
regime in Germany, he replied i'm
patiently:
II am here for another matter"