;..i< V* * * •
This witf ralmowt certain taihap
pen risgkrdless of the work of the
conference itself. Time and the logic
of events are in its favor and it
is not what we propose but what
we illustrate by our action at
home that matters. The net result
of the conference thus far has
been to Impress the minds of men
with the hope that the American
experiment will succeed and be
cause of that hope they will forgive
much and will not dissociate them
selves from us. More and more
skeptics have become convinced
that the depression can be over
come by deliberate national action
in each country. The likelihood of
••international" decisions on im
portant questions is no greater
than it was. But such decisions
were never very likely nor very ne
cessary at this stage. The likelihood
of parallel action in a large num
ber of countries is considerably
greater though no one should un
derestimate the strength of the
forces opposing it. By not adjourn
ing formally but by adjourning the
topics that cannot now be dealt
with internationally, the force of
the American example will con
tinue to operate upon the imagi
nation of the peoples and the gov
ernments.
Copyright, 1933, New York Tribune Inc.
U. S. SPENDING
SEEN AS ISSUE
G.O.PJITTACK
By BYRON PRICE
(Chief of bureau. The Associated
Press, Washington)
No matter how other issues may
change between now and the Con
gressional campaign of next year,
the question of government expen
diture seems already assured ,ja
large place on the hustings In.
1934. : r'r
The Democrats may be counted
on to make the most of their scatt.
ing down of departmental spend-;
ing, and of 'President Roosevelt’s
repeated warnings to Congress that
the budget must be balanced.
