Show Senators Want Monetary Meet To Adopt Silver as Standard WASHINGTON July 3 UP UP- UP President Roosevelt was asked by byi i 25 western senators Monday to urge the current world monetary I conference at Bretton Woods N. N H. H to adopt silver as well as gold goldas as a standard for any international monetary fund The senators noted in a letter Jetter to the president that congress must approve any plan developed by the conferees and said that elimination of silver from the treasury's recently recently recently re re- re- re announced world currency stabilization plan was a basic organic defect They urged that the plan be revised revised revised re re- re- re so that parities for cur s currencies cur of member countries Would be fixed in silver as well as gold Otherwise they said There will not b be sufficient media for the set set- of international balances j I and the use of silver will win be undetermined unde unde- n e- e A high treasury source said last week the United States would resist resist re re- silt any effort to make make silver silver a monetary medium The The- letter was signed by Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Elmer Thomas D. D Okla of the Ute special sliver silver committee and 24 other western senators |