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Show (State Chieftains Dig Up Ideas for f Roosevelt Parley k. Rggponsot to Invitation of ' Prosldnnt-Eloct Indicate Large Attendance. (Br l Preaet NEW YORK, Feb. t Idea to meet . th economic situation were being polished In gubernatorial mind in t many stale today a governors pro-4 pro-4 pared for the conference extraordl-, extraordl-, nary which President-elect Roosevelt will hold In the White Houm March a Responses to Mr. Roosevelt's lnvlta-I lnvlta-I tlon indicated a large attendance, and 1 a discussion which may range beyond A the specific topics he outlined. They ? were: Conflicting stst snd federal , taxes; federal aid to the unemployed; 't reforestation, eliminating of mar-', mar-', glnal lands and flood control; mort-. mort-. gsge relief, and government consolidations consoli-dations to reduce taxes. More than a score of governor hsd Indicated by early this morning their IT Intention to attend, with some saying I they would not be present for varying reason and other (till to be heard from. Several of tha governor who will attend declined to discuss their Idea at present Comment garnered from ; state executives follows: j, Idaho Governor C. Ben Rosa, say- Ing ha would attempt to attend, declared de-clared "much good can come from such a conference." He aaid ha hsd made a study "of necessary public, work that can be done -in Idaho to furnish employment" and will give the data to tha president-elect , . CONCERTED ACTION 1 Arizona Governor B. B. Moeur, indorsing the conference, aald: "Concerted "Con-certed action by federal and state governments Is essential to permanent perma-nent solution of unemployment relief re-lief problems." Utsh Governor Henry H. Blood, although Indicating a legislative ses-j ses-j ion would probably keep him at A home, aaid much good may be expected ex-pected to result from the conference. Connecticut Governor Wilbur L. Croas, after accepting the Invitation, aaidi "It is high time tha Initiative be taken for constructive action between be-tween the states and the federal gov- Iernment on the subjects put forward , by the president-elect." New Mexico Governor Arthur ( Eeligman, while undecided about attending, at-tending, said be approved the inquiry into double taxation. "Thi thing of th government taxing gasoline, for Instance, is wrong." Wisconsin Governor A. G. Sotimedeman, saying h would be happy to attend, added: "I am particularly par-ticularly pleased to see that one of the subjects to be discussed hss to do with mortgage foreclosures, especially especial-ly on farm lands." New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore Mid he would advance several propose Is, including expansion of army and navy enlistments, a a I measure of unemployment relief. LOOKS FOR RESULTS Pennsylvania Governor Gilford Plnchot, accepting the invitation, Mid: "Nothing could be more helpful help-ful than cloM relatione between the president and the governor of the states." He Mid he looked for "great results, especially along the line of unemployment relief." New York Governor Herbert L. Lehman: "I expect to proit by listening lis-tening and by participation." He added add-ed that he hoped double payment of , taxes to state and nation would be re-(jQMuced. re-(jQMuced. Oklahoma Governor William H. Murray, declining, said: "If my ideas were not the Mm as Uiom of the new president, I would be charged with trying to embarrass him. It Is his administration ad-ministration and tha responsibility for it is on him." Colorado Governor Edwin C. Johnson Mid he would stay home and 1 "tend to my knitting," declaring he did not believe In "Junkets." Other governors, accepting, praised the conference idea. Some Mid legislative leg-islative sessions would prevent them from attending, one or two are 111. The exact number of official accept ances will not ba made public until President-elect Roosevelt returni from his southern cruise to his town house, from which the invitationi were wnt |