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Page contains clippings from 5 newspaper articles, two by Archie Wills, and a press card for Wills' attendance at the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa.
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- [start clipping] [annotation in ink:] 1932 ON WAY TO ATTEND EMPIRE CONFERENCE 1 photograph ARCHIE WILLS new editor of The Victoria Daily Times, who left on Saturday for the east. While there he will attend the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa. Descriptive dispatches on the great conference on which the eyes of the world are now focussed, will be wired to The Times by Mr. Wills, during his visit east. [end clipping] [start clipping] SIDELIGHTS OF PARLEY GIVEN --- Archie Wills Speaks on Imperial Conference at Kiwanis Club Luncheon [annotation in ink:] 1932 Sidelights of the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa which evaded political or individual opinion on the gathering and included descriptions of the constitution and operations of its various branches, were related by Archie Wills to members of the Kiwanis Club at their luncheon meeting yesterday. Mr. Wills recently returned from an extended holiday in the East, during which he attended the conference as newspaper correspondent. At the outset of his address, Mr. Will [sic] stated that whether or not the conferece had been a success was a matter of political opinion, and he onnly wished to describe details concerning those taking part and the work they did. During his whole journey Mr. Wills said he had found people in the East of the same opinion as those of the West; they expected the conference to bring an immediate cure for the depression and now that it is over and no great change is evidenced, they are looking to the United States elections for the neccessary action to restore normal conditions. NAMES DELEGATES Mr. Wills produced a copy of the general directory of the conference, reading from it the names of the delegates and advisors of the nine nations represented. There were forty-two delegates and 219 advisors, he said. He outlined the preliminaries of the conference, including the election of Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett as chairman and the appoitnment of major committees. The business of covering the conference proved very interesting, but the newspapermen from all parts of the world who gathered there were disappointed at the outset with the scarcity of news, he declared. Initial arrangements were that newspapermen were to get an official communique twice daily, he said, but this soon dwindled to one or two lines containing no news for the public, and it became necessary for each man to prepare his own story from what news was given. This he gave as the reason for numerous conflicting reports published in papers of the world. During the first two days of the conference, more than 240,000 words were sent over telegraph wires to various newspapers, this number representing approximately thirty columns of copy, he asserted. [end clipping] [start clipping] Times Writer Finds Ottawa Basking In New-found Glory --- Dominion's Capital on Eve of Imperial Conference Is Full of Optimism and Delegates; Private Cars Pile in on Railways and Social Secretaries Are Working Overtime --- By ARCHIE WILLS Staff Correspondent of The Victoria Daily Times Ottawa, July 19 - Ottawa is to-day basking in new-found glory, a glory which in the past has been associated only with great capitals of the Old World, but which in this day of wider internationalism is spreading to new climes. Captains of state assembled here on the eve of the Imperial Economic Conference hope that shifiting the scene of the Empire gathering to a New World setting will result in a new spirit and motive, being furnished with the birth of something of real value to all parts of the commonwealth. GREAT EXPECTATIONS All delegates with the possible exception of the Irish Free State, radiated optimism. They all say freely something important will be accomplished and it is even rumored that much has been accomlished behind the scenes and that big surprises may be given to the public within the first week. Building up of trade by reduction of many tariffs is freely discussed. The policy of every man for himself seems to have waned in its importance and the need of a more reasonable attitude in approaching subjects of discussion is recognized. There may be plenty of doubting Thomases on the outside who wag their heads and say little good can come from the conference, but in Ottawa to-day there is optimism. Fifteen hundred political leaders,advisers, technical experts and clerks are here for the greatest economic show in history. [end clipping] [start clipping] Ottawa Cheers As Premier and Thomas End "Humbug" Affair --- They "Make Up" Before Everybody at State Dinner to Imperial Economic Conference Delegates --- Spirit of Forgiveness Prevails, Everybody Has a Grand Time and Even Premier Tolmie Allows Himself a Few Extra Chuckles --- By ARCHIE WILLS Staff Correspondent Ottawa, July 22 - Premier Bennett of Canada and Rt. Hon. Jim Thomas, British Secretary for Dominion Affairs, have agreed on a truce in the "humbug" affair which has been rankling since the last Imperial Conference in London nearly two years ago. It was then that MR. Thomas in the British House of Commons made his "humbug" remark about Mr. Bennett's proposals. However, last night the two patched it up publicly at the State dinner given here by the Canadian government to the Imperial Economic Conference delegates and with countries on both sides of the Atlantic listening by radio. As toastmaster, Mr. Bennett started out to call on only the leaders of the nine delegations with Mr. Baldwin as [end clipping] [start clipping] DESCRIBES TRIP ACROSS CANADA --- Archie Wills Relates Interesting Sidelights of Holiday Journey to Gyro Club Members --- Interesting features of a trans- canada [sic] holiday journey during which he attended the Imperial Economic Conference, were described by Archie Wills to members of the Gyro Club yesterday. While in Toronto Mr. Wills attended the Canadian National Exhibition, viewing the late Sir Henry Segrave's racing car, and the Schneider Cup airplane. Mr. Wills presented an excellent description of these two machines, stating it would be well if they were exhibited throughout the Dominion to give Canadians an opportunity to witnessing the achiements of British engineers. In reference to the conference, Mr. Wills described the preliminary stages and the manner in which business was performed by several committees before presentation to the conference. Following the conference the speaker continued, there had been a general feeling in Eastern Canada against the holding of another parley, which it ws felt might serve to sever bonds of friendliness among Dominions. NEED HARMONY While the majority of countries entered such a conference on favorite terms, if there had been a discordant note struck to break it up, these ties of friendship might easily have been broken. Countries of the world are so closely knitted in the present day that one cannot afford to offend another, he asserted. Mr. Wills deplored the conditions prevailing on the prairies where young boys and girls may be seen "riding the rods." With recent orders prohibiting this, many of them would be a burden of prairie municipalities. In the majority of cases, it was through no fault of thse children that they had left home. They had chosen to do this rather tahn thrust themselves upon their families. Stressing this point Mr. Wills stated that one of the best ways to assist the country was to aid these unfortunate destitute children. [end clipping]
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