Mr. Roosevelt's Education Governor Roosevelt's relations with the White House
in respect of the debts discussion have been rather con fusedly dealt with in the cables, but there would seem to be no reason for misunderstanding the attitude of the President-elect. It is obvious that he could not take any steps towards a definite agreement on policy with Mr. Hoover, in view of the fact that debt revision is outside the sphere of the Executive, and the further fact that the newly elected Congress will contain a large body of members committed against cancellation or revision. Mr. Roosevelt is a politician—an astute politician, as friends and opponents alike acknowledge—and it is evident that he was not in need of any coaching as to his approaching difficulties with Congress. The more recent pproach to co-operation with the retiring President • is clearly the result of consultation with his expert advisers. The President-elect has been wise enough to call to his counsels the American public man who possesses the most valuable European experience and perhaps the largest fund of direct knowledge—Mr. Norman Davis. Nothing could be better for all concerned ; but it is necessary to repeat that the issue rests with Congress, and members of Congress reflect the opinion of constituencies in the' direst financial straits.
