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Show SQG1AL M Socialization of Production and Commerce in Sweden to Be Considered STOCKHOLM, April 18 TJalmar Granting, Sweden's new prime minister, minis-ter, and chief of the first purely socialist so-cialist cabinet in Europe, received a correspondent of The Associated Press and gave an outline of his government's gov-ernment's policy. "This government is for tho whole of the people." he said, "and not for a party government We have not altered our convictions, lor we siwu deal especially with everything concerning con-cerning tho working classes of the country, which we consider we represent. repre-sent. "Regarding the socialization of certain cer-tain branches of production and commerce com-merce and action towards industrial democracy, we will propose the settling set-tling up of committees to investigate such questions and such committees set up by our government will not be composed entirely of friends of such social legislation but able men or other opinion and other classes will also bo placed on the commission. "We succeeded on a strictly legal platform." Regarding the restoring of commercial commer-cial relations with Russia, M. Brant-ing Brant-ing said that Sweden was much in favor of such restoration, but must take into consideration the position of America, France and England. He added : "Of course, Sweden will not allow any intensive propaganda to be carried car-ried on by delegates from Russia or from any other country. Any persons found guilty of such a procedure will bo deported, but it is not our business to define what sore of government the i Russian people should have, and as , far as the allies recognize the bol-Ishevik, bol-Ishevik, I do not see why we should jnot do tho same." I on |