Washington, Apr. 20
An official of th" State Department declared today that Signor Mussolini's rejection of President Roosevelt's peace proposals, while disappointing, might still leave room for ce-operative action He said that, should the President wish to pursue his suggestions for a guaranteed peace, and for a settlement of international difficulties by ko ccnferenc method, he might find a basis for such action in the fact hat there were some indications of "eace'ul intentions in Signor Musso-ni's response.
It is specifically noted here that Signor Mussolini did not altogether eject the idea of a conference, al-hough he minimized the value of a argo conference. The official said that the largest conference, according President's plans, would be nomic subjects. conference en vould be limited to extensi a and the conference on political subjects would be confined sted—Reuter.
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