London, Oct. 25.
Six Walter Layton, the distinguished economic expert, threw a bombshell to-day when he announeed his resignation from the preparatory committee of the World Economic Conference, attributing is step to a difference of with the Government.
Sir Walter, who has been connect Jed with many financial bodies and is at present editor of the "Economist," makes known his resignation in a letter to the Prime Minister, Mz, Ramsey MacDonald. He says that there is common ground tween the Government and himself Jon many points, for instance, the
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