Evening star., 1936-08-24
ROOSEVELT SCANS
EUROPEAN TANGLE.
ON ARRIVING HERE
President Plans Brief Stay
Before Starting Drought
Tour Tomorrow.
PHILLIPS Is SUMMONED
TO WHITE HOUSE TALK
international Review Follows
Conferences With Treasury
Experts on Budget.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington from his Hyde Park home
this morning, and Immediately turned
his attention to a study Of the Euro
pean situation-especially the civil
war in Spain.
Mr.. Roosevelt plans only brief stay
before leaving tomorrow on his drought
tour.
Arriving at Union Station about $50
am, the President went directly to
the White House, where he summoned
Undersecretary Of State Phillips for
an up-to-the minute cneck-up on
European affairs. He will confer with
Secretary Hull tomorrow. Phillips has
been acting secretary in Hull's ab-
sence.
The Executives review Of interna-
tional problems followed q conference
with q little group Of Treasury experts,
dealing principally with budget matters
and Federal revenues This conference
was started at Hyde Park last night.
and was continued until midnight in
his private car on the journey back to
the Capital.
Grouped about Mr.. Roosevelt dur
ing the parley were Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, d. w. Bell.
acting director Of the budget; Herbert
z. CASTOR. special assistant to Secre-
tary Morgenthau. and George c. Haas,
tax expert and director Of research
and statistics Of the Treasury De-
partment.
It is understood this conference in
cluded the question of Treasury
balances and increasing revenues,
particularly as they relate to tax
prospects for the next year. Recently
the President assured the country
revenues were increasing to the extent
that there was no prospect Of addi-
tional taxes in the near future and
some hope that existing taxes might
be reduced.
D. C. Study Not Mentioned.
Budget Director Bell said the sub
ject of fiscal relations between the
Federal Government and the District
was not touched on. He indicated
that, 30 far as the administration Is
concerned, the problem has been dis
posed Of for the time being by the
appointment last Saturday of . direc-
tor and an advisory board to study
the matter.
Il think we were very fortunate in
obtaining the services of four men
with the experience Of those named
by the President" Bell said. Great
care was taken in selecting what the
President thought were the best quail
1led men for this important under
taking"
Bell added he felt confident the
group would complete its study in time
to submit its report and recommenda-
tions to Congress when it reassembles
next January.
During the forenoon Mr.. Roosevelt
conferred with Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace regarding the situation
in the drought area. With Secretary
Wallace were w. I. Myers, governor
Of the Farm Credit Administration,
and w. w. Alexander of the Soil
Erosion Division of the Resettlement
Administration.
The President also conferred with
Chairman Winant of the Social Sc
curity Board, Senator Schwellenbach
Of Washington and Representative
Dies Of Texas.
The Executive expects to be kept
unusually busy between now and to-
morrow night, when he is scheduled
to leave Washington for q personal
inspection trip through the drought
States.
Amplifies Peace View.
Amplifying his views on peace and
neutrality which he enunciated re-
Gently at Chautauqua, the President
yesterday told . delegation represent
ing the Peoples Mandate to End War
that nations using the need for i'm
proved economic conditions as an ex-
cuse for war put the cart before
the horse"
The answer is not to 60 to war, he
said, but to stress efforts to improve
international economic conditions.
The delegation, calling at the Roose-
welt home above the Hudson, was
headed by DR.. Mary E. Woolley, presi-
dent Of Mount Holyoke College and
chairman Of the committee, and Miss
Mabel Vernon, director of the cam
paign to obtain $4,000 900 signatures
in this country and $4,000, 900 through
out the world to q pledge to work for
reduced armaments.
Rabbi Philip 8. Bernstein Of Roch-
ester, N. Y, chairman Of the Com
mission on International Peace Of the
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.)