Evening star., 1938-08-17
Washington Observations
Boston Angles for Roosevelt Visit-F4ul Speech
Shows Conviction of Public Support.

ron Mondays and Wednesdays
during Frederic William Wtle's ua-
cation. Washington Observations
are being pritten by Henry SUetn-
hart. Mr.. Vile WiH continue to
,Drtte a Friday column during his
pdcdtion.)
DREs1DENT ROOSEVELT rs
- schedule Of viSitations and
speaking dates for the fall
4 is still in tentative shape, as
he indicated yesterday, but Bostonians
are hopeful they will be able to per-
suade him to include their city on his
calling list next month because Of
the international significance which
attaches to the Tenth Boston Con-
ference on Distribution to be held
September 26 and 81. Emphasis is
being placed on the fact which they
believe will appeal to the President
that this year the conference will dis
cuss problems of direct interest not
only to American but also to European
executives. This gathering is being
sponsored by the. Boston Chamber of
Commerce in cooperation with the
Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration and other bodies.
Daniel Bloomfield, director of the
chamber, Is originator OF the under
lying theme of the conference which
he has been promoting since 1929. On
the program which has been prepared
carefully to enable visiting executives
to obtain first-hand information on
1.-The economic trends affecting the
business Of distribution" will be no
table speakers from the United States
and Europe. The International Cham
ber of Commerce is reported to be
preparing summary of efforts made
in different European countries con-
cerning censuses of distribution.
4 X
Strengthened belief in popular sup
port of the foreign policy Of the United
States, as proclaimed anew by Secre-
tary Hull in the radio address which
he delivered last night, was clearly
manifested by him, in the view of
well-informed observers here. The
opinion was voiced in these circles that
the Secretary spoke with more assur-
ance, apparently born of feeling that
the country is back Of him and of the
administration announced policy on
foreign affairs, than was the case
when he made similar pronounce
ment a little more than a year ago.
The views expressed then by the Secre-
tary as to the fundamental rules which
should govern in the proper and equit-
able handling Of international affairs
have been Hammered home" by him
both in speeches, Of which his Nash
vile speech was a notable example,
and in other ways during the past IL
months and has resulted in a favor
able reaction throughout the country
at large to this program. This, it is
believed. has led the Secretary to speak
now with more confidence in his re-
iteration and emphasis of the firm
bases on which he maintains perma-
nent and friendly international inter-
course must be established. Toward
the program which he enunciated he
said there is and there can be no
doubt as to the preference and desire
Of the people of this country"
4 \
When Col Louis Johnson. Assistant
Secretary of War. stepped into the
trim Army plane at Boiling Field on
Monday afternoon, bound for a trip
to Alaska, where he intends to in
spect the air base situation and make
a factual survey as to the possibility
of a motor road along the Pacific
Coast through Canada from Alaska
to the northern boundary of the
United States, he laughingly observed
that he was going fishing" At any
rate the Assistant Secretary Is reputed
to be quite an expert at this sport:
and he promised to brink back with
him a fish for each Of the assembled
newspaper men. They told him they
expected him also to bring back some
good fish stories"
*s+ +
In spite of the fact that the United
States may not take advantage in
the immediate future of the right
which it secured by treaty with Mica
ragua in the early part Of the century
to build an interoceanic canal through
that country, officials here were not
inclined to look with favor on the
suggestion put forth by one Of the
leading South American newspapers
that this grant be thrown overheard"
as a gesture Of Pan American good
will. With the possibility that canal
supplementary to that across the
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