Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Joint Defense Board
To Meet Monday
In Ottawa
La Guordio to Serve
On U. S.-Conudiun
Planning Group

The joint Canadian American De-
tense Board will convene Monday
in Ottawa to make an immediate
beginning at planning hemisphere
defense measures, President Roose-
welt announced today.
Membership Of the board was an
nounced late yesterday, less than a
week after Mr.. Roosevelt and
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie
King reached broad agreement for
common defense measures in con.
ference in Upstate New York.
The six United States representa-
tives on the board are:
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia of
New York City.
Canadian Members.
1t. Gen. Stanley d. Embick, COM
handing the 4th Corps Area, with
headquarters at Atlanta.
Capt. Harry w. Hill of the Nays
war plans division.
Comdr. Forrest p. Sherman OF
the Navy and 1t. Col. Joseph T.
McNarney of the Army Air Corps,
who will alternate. one sitting dur
ing discussion of naval problems and
the other for Army air problems.
John D. Hickerson. assistant chief
of the European Affairs Division Of
the State Department, who will be
secretary of the American section
of the board.
The Canadian members are: o. M.
Biggar. K. c.: Brigadier K. Stuart,
D. S. O.. M. c.. deputy chief of the
Canadian Army general staff; Capt.
L. w. Murray, r. C. NJ, deputy chief
of the naval staff Air Commander
A. A. L. Cuffe, member of the air
staff, Royal Canadian Air Force,
and Hugh l.. Keenleyside, counselor
OF the Department of External AZ
fairs, who will be secretary of the
Canadian section of the board.
Mr.. Roosevelt said at his press
conference today there was no news
on pending conversations of this
Government and Great Britain over
American leasing of offshore air
and naval bases, or on transfer OF
some so average destroyers to
Britain. These topics were believed
to have been discussed yesterday by
the President and a special group
of cabinet advisers.
Speaking Trip Scheduled.
Meanwhile, politics and prepared
ness were commanding parallel con-
sideration at the White House as
Mr.. Roosevelt scheduled an i'm
portant speaking trip into the Ten
neSsee Valley area over Labor Day
week end
Although Mr.. Roosevelt's jaunt
southwark next week. by way of
Hyde Park, was officially described
as "non-political," it is easy to spec
ulate on what he might choose to
say at the Chickamauga Dam dedi-
cation on Labor Day morning,
squarely astride the great public
power project over which Wendell l..
Willkie, Republican presidential
nominee, has fought his personal
battle with the New Deal
Potentially political also, if pre-
vious such affairs are fair samples,
will be Mr.. Roosevelt's appearance
on the preceding Saturday at the
annual Roosevelt Home Club exer-
cises at the Hyde Park cottage of
Moses Smith, tenant on the Presi-
dents farm.
To Dedicate National Park.
For the rest of a seven-day alb
sence from the Capital, due to be-
gin next Tuesday night, the Chief
Executive plans a brief dedicatory
address at the Great Smoky Nation
al Park on the North
Carolina border on Labor Day after
mono, and an inspection tour on the
following day at the naval ordnance
plants in South Charleston, w. Va.
Announcement of this itinerary
was made yesterday afternoon after
Mr.. Roosevelt had conferred at
lunch with Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, Democratic vice presiden-
tial nominee. For Mr.. Wallace s
part, the Secretary said he will open