Evening star., 1935-10-15
HULL ASKS WORLD
FOR
AND TRADE
3-Point Program Calls for
Gradual StabiIizing
of Money.
INVITES ALL NATIONS
TO REBUILD COMMERCE
Secretary Says America Is Exert.
ing Its Moral Influence
to End Wars.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Declaring that the obsolete and
blood-stained instrument" of war can
not cure the worlds economic ills,
Secretary of State Hull today advo-
Gated a three-fold international effort
for peace and prosperity.
He called for simultaneous action
of many countries" for
l. A vigorous rebuilding of inter-
national trade"
2. A gradual restoration of inter.
national monetary stability"
3. An international agreement upon
the organization and principles which
will assure that all important raw ma
terials will become available on rea.
sonable terms wherever they are
needed"
Hulrs speech, regarded as of much
significance, was delivered by radio on
the program of the New York Herald
Tribune's annual forum on current
affairs.
Other NotabIes Speak.
Other speakers participating in the
broadcast, which was relayed to New
York and sent over network from
there. included Norman H. Davis,
President RooSeyelts Ambassador at
Large; Sir Samuel Hoare, British for
eign secretary; Paul Reynaud, deputy
for Paris; Sir Josiah Stamp, director
of the Bank of England: DR.. Philip c.
Jessup, professor of international law
at Columbia University, and Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Davis declared that with patient,
continuous and concerted effort the
causes Of war can be reduced and the
chances of peace increased"
Sir Samuel Hoare said the lowering
of barriers to international trade
would promote the cause of peace.
Mrs. Roosevelt told the opening ses-
sion of the forum, which was attended
by 5000 women, that the greatest
enemy Of women the world over is
war"
Hull Outlines Policies.
Secretary Hull said:
The main lines of American policy
are clear. This country has no aggres-
sive ambition Of any kind. We
are prepared to defend ourselves
against any threat to our own safety
and welfare. We are determined not
to enter into armed conflicts that NAV
arise between other countries.
But our duty, and the necessities
of the situation, do not end there.
We have an opportunity to exert an
enormous moral influence throughout
the world in support of peace.
We should exert it, and we are exert
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| Italy Asking Expansion.
Hull'S declaration that war cannot
achieve the hopes of peoples for a
less difficult and more rewarding''
destiny comes at time when Italian
spokesmen are declaring that Italy's
need for expansion is one justification
for the Ethiopian campaign.
Only last night Ambassador Augusta
Rosso declared at Boston that expan-
sion is "an actual and physical need
Of the Italian nation, and a need
which Mussolini is trying to satisfy in
order to keep the living standard of
the Italian people at least at its pres
ent level, in order to prevent the rest
less forces of anarchy and bolshevism
exploiting the hardships of an eco
nomic life, which only the sound
discipline Of Fascism has been able
to make endurable" He also spoke
of Italy's need for raw materials.
Without mentioning any nation,
Hull declared that when international
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