New York, Aug. 20.
The "New York Herald Tribune" yesterday praised the agreement between President Roosevelt and the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. William Mackenzie King, to establish a Canadiar-American joint board, for the defence of the Western Hemisphere, but said the plan "does not go far enough."
"This isn't a full treaty for mutual defence formally ratified by the constitutional agencies of both countries for which the situation urgently calls," the newspaper said. "It is not a complete understanding capable of being put instantly into effect which safety already demands "But the President is moving," the "Herald Tribune" declared.—United Press.
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