MR BRUCE IN U.S.A.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1932, Page 5

MR BRUCE IN U.S.A.

VISITS PRESIDENT SOCIAL AND BUSINESS CALL. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright.) i-- i. WASHINGTON, August 25. Mr Stanley Bruce and Mr Gulfett, members<bf tho Australian Federal Cabinet and. Australian delegates ■ 'to the Ottawa Coriierenl'c, are visiting Washington. They both/ with' : thei r wives, ca.ied upon President Hoover. Messrs ? Bri.e hfitj Gullett spent forty-five minutes with Mr Hoover at White while Mrs Hoover entertained MesdamCs Bruce and Gullett. President Hoover was attired'-in white flannels, with a dark coat. He received ’the Australian Ministers with complete informality, saying that he always felt at home with Australians. •Both Mr and Mrs Hoover 1 have lively recollections'r'of their stay in-Australia, and they show a close' knowledge of the difficulties of * that 'country. Mr Bruce and Mr Hoover had a long and pleasant discussion regarding the matter of the coming world monetary conference. Mr .-Bruce indicated how greatly Australia 'appreciated', that at this -conference there wait: going to .be complete A’co.operalion by the United States..Mr BruceTsaid that,any international conference at which the United .States -was not' ■repreaehted was incomplete. . Without American co-opera-tion, the ‘ problems-affecting the world could not bd solved. - e '■ As a special., Mr Hoo\-er did not receive the Australian Ministers in the state apartment or at his executive /offices',", but'took 1 them into his private apartments, which normally are not .accessible to. any but his eldest personal'friends. 1 '"H,'; 0 -' 5 The visitors Were impressed by the severity-bf the ''-furnishings' and the simplicity of the private- life at White House. In taking leave, President Hoover, who is about to .■ setftforth on a nation-wide campaign tour, expressed his deep pleasure at seeing the distinguished Australians and also at renewing his acquaintance with Mr Bruce, whom he met in 1927, when he was ■U.S. Secretary 1 :of Commerce. He added that he was intensely interested in , learning'how Australia'Was surmountdng her difficulties. As the . result of the'interview, Mr Bruce considers that it Will be impossible to hold the world conference until 1933. He-says that the official opinion in Washington is that ' it is useless to think of- holding the' conference until after the Presidential Election. It is understood that if Mr'Hoover is returned > ( m President,. tile conference would be .possible in January. If, how-, ever, his opponent, Mr Frank'.yn Eoose. velt ’ (Democratic candidate) ' wlns ) the change of" the ' Administration would, probably ; necessitate a postponement of th« conference until May, seeing that Mir 'Roosevelt would not assume office Until Ma/jh. •*'-'• ' ; - . The current opinion at Washington, Mr- Bruce f<itihd, is that Mr Hoover will be returned,- Weihg that Mr' Roosevelt being ground between two millstones. If he breaks with Mayor Walker of •New York, 5 ;He will lose his support of Tammany; "whilst if Mayor Walker wins, Mr Roosevelt’s prestige is fatally damaged. . Mr Bruce visited the Canadian, South African, 'and Ir'is'h, Preb iStajte Legations at Washington." He also inspected the Palatial »New British -Embassy, of which Washington is immensely proud. Mr Bruce, leaves for New York tomorrow. He will give a national bioad qast bn Australia’s problems. It begin* at 7.45 o’clock on Sunday evening, N«w York time. ' Other "Australian delegates, Messrs McDougall, ‘Murphy and McGregor, are also at. Washington, They" are examining the administration methods, of the Commerce Department, which maintains a world-wide organisation, Mr Bruce' 'dined to-night with Mr, Castle, the Permanent Head of the JJ.S.A'. State Department, with whom he mad# close contact, in 1927. Mr Bruce obtained at first hand, the high est American official views on the world monetary crisis. He also .stated that he ■ was presented to Mr Hoover by Mr F. I ID. Osborne,' Charge d’Affairs at the British Embassy, and that he had presented an account of the a:ms and attainments of the Imperial Conference. )He had also stated: “We are trying to adjust and increase our internal trade in the Empire, not by putting up barriers, but by taking them down, while naturally iwe are striving to proby tariffs our own industries. We are just as good Protectionists as you are here. ;;;. /