Salient sent a representative to the press conference held in Wellington by Mrs. Roosevelt on her goodwill tour of this country. Mrs. Roosevelt holds a position in the American Red Cross and was wearing her uniform.

One of the first problems discussed was the question of post-war planning on the international scale. Mrs. Roosevelt said she hoped that Americans had grown to realise the fallacy of isolation and expressed her view that some form of international co-operation, probably based on the present unity of the Allies, would be necessary.

Mrs. Roosevelt had some very interesting things to say on the subject of women in the war. She stated that equal pay for equal work had long been a slogan in the U.S.A. and that in the war industries this was an accomplished fact. Investigation carried out by women's organisations in the U.S.A. have resulted in statistics showing that women need the equal pay as they usually go to work to support not themselves alone but also dependents.