Evening star., 1941-05-31
Roosevelt 10 Receive
Report From Winant
In Capital tuesday
Executive and Envoy Talk
On Phone; Roll Strike
Is Averted
3y a STAFF Correspondent.

HYDE PARK, N. Y, May 81
Delaying a personal meeting with
his Ambassador until Tuesday in
Washington, President Roosevelt
conferred today by telephone with
John G. Winant, envoy to the Brit
ish government, who arrived back
IN this country late yesterday to
report and consult with the Chief
Executive.
William D. Hassett, secretary to
the President, told reporters here of
the telephone conference, saying it
had been a long telephone CONVEX
sation.
"Mr. Winant will spend the next
two days compiling his report and
checking on certain information
which he must obtain over here"
Mr.. Hassett said. He will see the
President in Washington Tuesday,
but will not come to Hyde Park"
Spends Busy Day.
Still avoiding any formal engage
rnents during his week end at the
Roosevelt home here, the President
nevertheless spent a busy morning
today in the telephonic consultation
with Mr.. Winant and others. At
least once during the early part of
the day he was In touch with the
State Department in Washington,
dove-tailing their latest information
on foreign developments with that
brought back by the Ambassador to
London.
Mr.. Winant, accompanied by Ben
tamin V. Cohen. special economic
adviser, was in New York when he
talked to Mr.. Roosevelt this morn
ing. 1t was believed here that one
of the subjects on which Mr.. Winant
may have touched and to which he
may devote a large part of his
Forthcoming formal report was the
recent expression of British war aims
made by Anthony Eden of the Lon
don government.
At the time of his appointment,
Mr.. Winant was represented as be-
ing particularly interested in the
problem of helping formulate
postwar British-American policy
of social and economic collabora-
ton.
Mr.. Roosevelt also received a cali
from Treasury Secretary Morgen-
thau, just returned from an OBJ
servation trip with the North At
lantic Patrol, large part of which
is maintained by the Coast Guard.
The Secretary reported, it was
announced, that the first month of
emergency financing through pub
hc sale of the new defense bonds
had yielded very satisfactory" re-
suits. A statistical picture of this
program in May will be released by
the Treasury Department next
week, it was said.
Rail Dispute Settled.
The President also received some
good news today from the labor
front in the form of a telegram an
nouncing complete adjustment" of
q controversy between the Atlanta,
and its employees of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers and Firemen.
There will be no strike" the
President was informed by the spe-
cial three-man Mediation Board
which he named several weeks ago
to seek a settlement of the dispute.
Details of the agreement were not
available here, the board wiring that
1t would file formal report in a
few days.
Members of the board are Brig.
Gen. Hamilton Hawkins, Huston |
Thompson and DR.. George Stocking. |
The President was joined here last |
night by Mr.. and Mrs. John Roose-
welt, Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt ir.,
and Franklin, Sd. Franklin, IT,, now
on duty in the Navy, may arrive
during the week end, the White
House said.