Evening star., 1944-03-08
AT Least Ten Talks
On Postwar Policies
Slated by Diplomats
BY the Associated Press,

h olplOIIldtlC machinery 10 lay IOuO-
dations for the postwar world has
begun rolling, with at least 10 in
ternational conferences now on the
State Department calendar or in
preparation.
The Anglo-American oil talks
probably will be the first of the
series. which excludes political con-
versations, such as Acting Secretary
of State Stettinus' planned visit to
London.
Mr.. Stettinius announced yester-
day that Great Britain and the
United States would discuss pc
troleum questions in Washington
soon. The projected pipeline from
the Persian Gulf to the Mediter-
ranean is expected to loom large in
the talks, since the plan was an
nounced by Secretary of the Interior
Ickes before the State Department
had time to inform the British.
Hull Heads Committee
Secretary of State Hull is to head
the American committee, which will
consist of Mr.. Ickes as vice chair
man and Undersecretary of the
Navy Forrestal, Undersecretary of
4 War Patterson, Charles Rayner,
State Department petroleum ad-
wiser, and Charles E. Wilson, vice
chairman of the War Production
Board.
Next on the schedule will prob
ably be the United Nations none
tary conference, under Treasury De-
partment sponsorship, for which
Pinehurst, N. c., has been men,
toned as likely site.
Treasury representatives already
have held preliminary talks with
the British, Russians, Canadians
and several others on the possibili-
ties of establishing an international
currency unit and stabilizing world
money.
Definite plans for the Inter-
national Labor Office meeting in
Philadelphia April 20 were an
nounced today.
Food Report Nearly Done.
The United Nations Food and
Agriculture Interim Commission has
about completed its report on food
board and when the draft has been
approved by the member countries
the first meeting of the council will
be held. The commission was set
up by United Nations conference
at Hot Springs, Va, last summer
Of all the conferences in the
of11ng, the United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administration Sec
ond meeting, due this summer, ap-
plies to most immediate postwar
problems. Montreal and Mexico City
have been mentioned as possible
meeting places.
UNRRA was set up to deal with
feeding and caring for the worlds
war Impoverished and homeless
Other groups may eventually be set
up to take over longer-range prob
lens.
The long forecast aviation confer
ence now appears to be getting into
shape, and high source said re-
Gently that it probably would be at
tended by Britain, Russia, China and
Canada in addition to the United
States.
Shipping Conference Set.
Informal talks between this coun-
try and Great Britain on postwar
shipping have been held for some
time, and Mr.. Stettinius indicated
recently that a conference on this
subject is in the making.
The general trend in these dis
cussions is to restrict them to the
countries directly interested, ex-
panding the scope of the conversa-
tions later if other governments are
found anxious to join.
Still in the early stages of prep
aration is communications con-
ference, which may primarily con-
Germ just this country and Great
Britain Control of world cable and |
radio systems would come under
discussion.
Among the other conferences still
on the level of preliminary plans
are talks on world trade and eco
nomic policy, likely to be restricted
to the largest nations at first, and a
conference on health, to discuss
scientific matters such as inter-
change of new medical information
and means of preventing the spread
of epidemicS.