Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1933, Page 4

A—4 x NOTE PUTS WHEAT QUESTON 0 FORE Secretariat Urges tance of Grain as Related to World Recovery. ated Press. June 22 impor ance of By the Asso LONDO! sizing the A note empha- the wheat question was circulated by the secre- | riat of the World Economic Confer- | ence today while the four-power wheat | parley was tel arily halted. | The wheat ccnference, attended by | Canada, Australia a, has been Tecessed to M. Bruce to submit pro- 2ls to t an governm which he repres Wheat Question Important. | “It is matu of importance that the wheat question should be pressed | forward as much as possible during the present conference,” the secretariat note said. “It is obvious that any arrange- ment whereby prices would be raised, and which would bind the importing| rtries to & moderate tariff policy, would be likely to exert a considerable e on the evolution of trade‘ view of the fact thab the wheat | concerns a large majority of | alists in all coun’ ries. i d be noted. lowever. ies would not e to juction, but B contrary, take steps to increase pro- duction unless they are able again to sell abroad (through a diminution of all forms of commercial impediments) the products, notably dairy products, | which before the warld crisis enabled | a large part of the agricultural popula- tion to earn their living. Earlier Attempts Isolated. “Attempts that have been made up to the present to organize certain spe- of production have rarely been successful. But it is to be noted that these attempts were isolated and remained within the orbit of a single category of products and were there- fore completely at the mercy of the opposing interests concerned “Today, on the contrary, the members of the conference must consider these | apts as part of a general scheme | ded to restore buoyancy to econcmic 1l that | be Chadbourne Plan Helps. | note asserted that the Chad- | plan for regulating sugar | to have exercised a certain | > of sugar prices,” althovgh it about half of the \orld | ‘The bourne “appears production. i There is danger, the note continues, | that sugar plan may not have its| full effect because the leading producing countries, which up to the present are | ot exporters, are not parties to it and | show a tendency constantly to increase production. There is a lesson in this | for the wheat producers, the document Impor- | | and beautifully written words. EOflices Hum Like War | Time in Seeking Better Business Era. | partment of Commerce, sur- from Fort Scott, Kans. to Oklahoma. Johnson, and the inteliigence to become promi- ties that are 1ae salt of this country. Gen. Johnson, Recovery Pilot, Setting Swift “New Deal” Pace THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS. Cwsm within the gray and rounded by a vast and bustling €roup Of experts, sits a man He is now the administrator of the Federal Industrial Control Board and Born of parents who had the cour- age to leave the flat plains of Kansas nent in the development of the Statz| and its politics wien they settled there, | When and while he works he knows no rest. His mind pumps on like a Diesel | cream colored walls of the De- who once traveled in a covered wagon his name is Brig. Gen. Hugh Samuel for the realm of the Choctaw Indians | Gen. Johnson Wms retained the quali- engine. Men for whom he has worked | BRIG. GEN. HUGH JOHNSON. say there is no problem too difficult for him to solve and when he brings In | the solution, it is couched in simple In his 51 years he has lived the life | of a Richard Harding Davis hero, sand- wiching in a distinguished Army career, originating the selective draft during the war, writing books and essays and stories, learning about and then | becoming one of the foremost experts | in the country on finance, agriculture and industry and climaxing with the gigantic task now before him of re- organizing the industry of the United States. Speaks His Mind Bluntly. | ‘The general is a powerfully buiit man of medium height” He has large, very heavy-lidded eyes. His manner is abrupt, his speech blunt. If he has anything on his mind he says it. Be- neath this gruff exterior he is a sin-| gularly understanding man with A& |Baruch and George Peek, now farm | France and has been widely coplied. —Underwood Photo. Storage and Traffic Division of the United States Army. Besides this he was commander of the 15th Brigade, 8th Division, in Camp Fremont, Calif. from October 1 to 18, 1918, and com- mander of the 8th Division in Camp Lee, Virginia, from November, 1918, until January, 1919. - The most noteworthy of all the general’s wartime spheres of action was his plan for the selective draft which he originated in 1917. His policies and rules were the ones adopted by the Government and during 1917 and 1918 he was made executive in charge of the draft. For this work he was (OF TRADE BARRIERS {Americans Break Monetary | prehension of the American internal awarded the D. S. M. War Contacts Valuable. i It was representing the War De-| partment of the War Industries Boar | which brought new contacts into_the life of the hard-working general. Here he became close friends with Mr.| U.S. ASKS REMOVAL Impasse by Statement on Stabilization. __(Continued From First Page) had been saved from foundering on the rocks of stabilization as the result of an agreement by American and Prench representatives to postpone discussion of the stabilization question until later. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, president of the conference, who has been working night and day to save the parley from collapse, was jubilant when the news was rushed to him. The Franco-American agreement was reached at a meeting attended by James M. Cox, American delegate; James P. Warburg. American technical expert; and Finance Minister Georges Bonnet of France. The stroke of master diplomacy in effecting the Franco-American _ap- prochment was described as having been accomplished when Mr. Cox cast aside all traditional diplomatic tactics and laid his cards on the table regarding the American position. ‘The French, who were severely burned in the post-war inflation, are said to have been completely lacking in com- program and its definite objectives. They were fearful that the United | States was on the road to wild infla- | tion which would have world-wide re- | percussions. Mr. Cox and Mr. Warburg | put them right on this matter. French Ready to Quit. That the French had been willing to quit the conference over the stabiliza- tion issue was authoritatively confirmed. With the parley apparently safely through this major crisis, both the Americans and the British expressed highest hopes of real accomplishment. ‘The issuance of the American stabili- zation statement followed receipt of fresh instructions yesterday from Wash- ington and repeated meetings last night and today in which the delegation cheerfully considered the wording of the declaration. ‘The announcement was inkrpreted" here as meaning definitely that the| United States has chosen for the pres- | ent to continue the avowed policy of letting the dollar “find its own level.” The Hull resolution calling for the removal of trade restrictions was re-| garded as striking vigorously at the | French quota system. While the American delegation recog- nizes that any sudden and general re- duction of tariffs is impracticable, its presentation of the resolution is regard- ed as a decisive movement against dis- criminatory or severely restricted com- ! mercial policies. Hits at Quota First. ‘The first specific section of the reso- lution calls for the elimination as quick- ly as possible of quotas and arbitrary | restrictions. The quota was initiated by | vision of the problems confronting the said. | average and the lower-than-average HOLDS CITIZENS, NOT CONGRESS, TO BLAME| Nellie Tayloe Ross Says Those Whoi Find Fault Accuse Themselves of Mesting Responsibilities. find fault with Congressmen, by indi- rection accuse themselves of failing to | meet the full responsibilities of citizen- | e Tayloe Ross, director of the | <aid in an address | ay at convention of the | National Association of Credit “Congress, more than a branch of the government, has in recent years excited the interest of the people, and the Senate especially has drawn to fire.” Mrs. Ross said. reverence the public may had for their law-making | ce to a highly od ict our representa- at the same them and | agricultural and industrial policies. | time came and legislation was passed families. He came down to Washing- ton this Winter from New York, whers | he works with Bernard M. Baruch, on | the instigation of Raymond Moley, | Assistant _Secretary of State. Mr. Moley knew him and had worked with him during President Roosevelt' campaign when the general was fre quently called in to advise on financia In fact, the general was part of that or- | ganization _called the “brain truct” which the President used in an advisory capacity last Summer and Fall. Mr. Moley asked the general to come down and study the bills and suggestions to| organize industry that were pouring: into his office. Like an octopus, the general settled on the confusion. He ulled all the ideas into his maw, elim- ating what was impractical. sorting | and building up what was workable. The President likes and has great confidence in the general, so when ths by an act of Congress which reads: “To | encourage national industrial recovery, | to foster fair competition, and to pro- vide for the construction of certain use- ful public works * * * he was the unquestioned choice for administrator. West Point Graduate. The general started his military career when he was very young. He was graduated from West Point in 1903 as a second lieutenant in the 1st Cav- Iry. The next year he married Miss Helen Kilbourne, daughter of Col. H. S. Kilbourne. 1In 1911 he became a | first lieutenant and in 1916 a captain. | Beer is t time since rday signed legislative tion of In the meantime he had been studying law besides other activities, which | ranged from serving as quartermaster | general for refugees in the San Fran-| cisco fire in 1906 to being superin- | tendent of the Sequoia National Park. | His career in law was a brilliant one, | particularly in the study of constitu- | tional law. In 1907 he became major judge advocate, in January, 1918, he was made colonel and in April of thai same year he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. He resigned from | the Army in February, 1919, keeping the rank of briga general in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. During his Army progression he went to Mexico, serving as judge advocate in Gen. Pershing’s punitive expedition in 1916, In 1917 and 1918 his activi- | ties were mammoth. He was appointed | colonel on the general staff in March, | 1918, also brigadier general and chief | of the Purchase and Supply Bureau, | member of the War Industries Board and assistant chief of the Purchase, Lo el ‘What a thrill—spinning through the air these warm summer nights...and almost as cooling as a Delco Fanl! Here's one fan you'll admit is differ- ent...modern in design and modern in action . .. amazingly efficient | and assistant general manager of the | say, only 50 per cent of the imports | i:dmlnlsuntor. After the war he be: Under this system France may an- came vice president, general counsel nounce for this year that it will admit, Moline Plow Co. He and George of a certain product in comparison to Peck, at that time president and gen- | to the volume admitted in recent vears. | eral manager of the same company,| This differs radically from the Amer- | became interested in organizing agri- | ican tariff system, which imposes no | culture. They were among the first| limitation of the amount of goods | men in the country to advocate agri-| which may come in after payment of | ultural equality. duties at the frontiers. Such absolute Since 1927 he has been associated | American prohibitions on imports as with Mr. Baruch in New York, working | exist are based on reasons of sanitation with him and representing him in in- | and public health. dustrial and_ agricultural matters. He| ~After attacking arbitrary restrictions, shares Mr. Baruch’s well known views | the resolution next urges the reduction | of opposition to debt cancellation, with|of tariff barriers “to the point where the development of a prosperous inter- | trade can once more move in a free and nal economy and getting people back | normal manner.” This is to be accom- to work the primary object. This|plished either through bilateral agree- should then be followed, if feasible, by | ments, which are agreements between international economy, he holds. two countries, or by multilateral agree- In the secton of the Department of | ments, which are among several coun- Commerce which has been allotted 1o tries. the industrial recovery offices there is | a hustling as in wartime. People are| Opposes Discrimination. fiying across the slippery floors at top| The resolution concludes, however, | speed and there are rows and TOws that such agreements should not be | of desks over which cxperts are bending | discriminatory, and some American their wise heads. In the Public Works Department there are Army officers, | civil engineers, in mufti, struggling | with great piles of figures. | ‘The spider in the midst of !h\s‘ enormous web is Gen. Johnson. He is %o busy now he doesn't know whether | 16-Day Excursions D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933. quarters pointed to the recently com- pleted Anglo-Argentine agreement as a possible _example of discrimination against other countries. The Ottawa agreements, under which | the United Kingdom traded advantages | with other parts of the British Emupire. | also were cited as o atiack on the ground that they were discrimi- natory. Nevertheless, the resolution obviously was based on the conclusion that gen- eral tariff reduction agreements among | all countries, with various living stand- | rds and interests, was impracticable | and that results were most likely along | the lines of regional or common in- terests. The resolution started with a decla- | ration that it was against the common | interest to raise additional tariff bar- riers. This would tend %o extend the Roosevelt tariff truce, to which nations | having nearly 90 per cent of the world | trade already have adhered The gold bloc nations headed by Prance welcomed the American stabil- ization_declaration as the first clear- cut official statement by the United States of its position at the Conference. Lines Clearly Drawn. “The lines now are clearly drawn.” | a spokesman for the French delegation sald, “and we know where we are go- ri Fear that certain gold countries may be forced to abandon the yellow metal if the United States is left with a free hand to devaluate the dollar is ad-| vanced in high quarters as the reason the gold bloc reluctantly agreed to con- tinue economic discussion despite the non-stabilization of the dollar. The gold bloc, fighting tooth and nail, began to realize, a high authority said, that the non-gold count such as the United States, Britain and the Scandinavian nations—were in a stronger fundamental position than the gold countries, and that it was better to mark time within the conference,| where a sharp eye could be kept on American mcvements, than to with- craw completely from London Today's cyclonic developments, some European hecadquarters pointed out. do not necessarily mean, however. that all | obstacles have been swept from the path of the conference. ) It was intimated that the welcoming of the American declaration by the #old bloc might be & maneuver ulti- | mately to place the United States in the position of having rendered the conference sterile. A spokesman for the French dele- gation, after hearing the Hull resolu- tion read, said: “There is nothing | revolutionary in it.” Beyond this he refused to comment. It was understood that the Hull docu- | ment, s considered by the American | delegation to be a substitute for the American memorandum, submitted last | Week, calling for a general 10 per cent | tariff cut. In American delegation quarters the resolution was described as intended to | be a first and rather general step toward | the reduction of trade barriers. Mem- bers said the section referring to reduc- ing barriers by multilateral as well as by bilateral agreements leaves open the way for horizontal cuts, such as the 10 per _cent reduction proposal. ‘The United States was given places on_two more subcommittees today. To deal with measures other than REDUCED FARE ROUND | Switzerland ries— | tente, Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, customs duties and prohibitions which directly or indirectly affect interna- tional trade, the Economic Commission agreed to a proposal by its chairman, Premier Hendryk Colijn of Holland, to form two subcommittees. ‘The first will deal with direct and indirect subsidies and beunties, parti- cularly shipping subsidies, and the second with other matters, including marks of origin and veterinary and plant quarantine questions. In addition to the United States, the first subcommittee contains representa- tives from Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway. Greece, Japan, Pinland, Czechoslovakia and | The second is made up | of representatives of the United States, | Germany. Britain, Fra Beligum, the | Netherlands. Ecuador, New Zealand, Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Ar- gentina. ‘Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade in the British cabinet, was made reporter for the whole Economic Commission. Nine members of the German delega- tion, including Foreign Minister von Neurath, left for Berlin unexpectedly last night. They gave no definite assur- ance they would soon return. Georges Bonnet announced he will re- | lul;n to Paris tomorrow for the week end. Meanwhile, it was said In informed quarters that Czechoslovakia, Yugo- slavia and Rumania—the Little En- tente—had taken steps toward creating a solid central European economic bloc, with a view toward weaning Austria and Hungary from a possible customs union with Germany and to ally the latter with the Little Entente in tariff treaties. Foreign ministers of the Little En- Nicholas Titulescu of Rumania, and Bosko Jeftitch of Yugoslavia, consid- ered this Danubian customs union in a private meeting. 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