After just 150 days in office, Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler last week took off for Europe on a two-week trip to meet and hear the views of his counterparts among the finance ministers and central bankers of Europe. Main purpose: to canvass European opinion about the next steps toward world monetary reform and to seek support of Fowler's proposal for a world monetary conference. The importance of the trip was underscored by the fact that Fowler was accompanied by Undersecretary of State George Ball, Treasury Undersecretary Fred Deming and five Treasury, State and White House aides.
This week Fowler is to...
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