Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 2 | U. S.-British Trade Pact Seen as Berle Resigns

U. U British S. T Trade ade Pact Seen as Berle Resigns HYDE PARK N. N Y Aug 27 INS INS Announcement Announcement of ot the resignation resignation res res- res-I res ignation of ot Adolf A. A Berle as assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant secretary of ot state indicated to tol many observers today that the United States and Great Britain finally had gotten together on their all important reciprocal trade agree agreement ment President Roosevelt lt from the summer White House here belatedly belatedly belatedly belat belat- edly made public an exchange of correspondence between himself and Berle in which the retiring assistant assistant assistant as as- to Secretary of ot State Hull recalled that his appointment had been on a temporary basis until certain work was got forward This has bas now been done Berlo decisively reported in his letter of resignation One of ot the original new deal dea brain Berle took the state department job specifically to assist in carrying out Secretary Hulls Hull's idea of reciprocal trade agree agree- ments He was was' put to work on the keystone pact that Washington was undertaking to negotiate with Lon Lon- don It was reported that soon after President Roosevelt's return to Washington next week the details of ot the Anglo-American Anglo agreement would be made public The summer White House here was silent