The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-23
World Being Divided Into
-Four Parts by Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill
Allied Council of
War Created
Today
|. S. May Get Far
East, Pacific
Assignments

Washington, Dec. % lNS-Pres-
ldent Roosevelt today created
Joint AuerieanBritish War Council
the White House cabinet room at
5 o'clock Eastern Standard Time
this afternoon. Il will be composed
OF Mr.. Roosevelt and Prime Minis
ter Winston Churchill and MEM
bers Of the American military and
naval high command and high rank
Ing members OF the British national
defense offieialdom. The American
members In addition TO President
Roosevelt include Secretary Of War
Henry Stlmson. Army Chief OF Staff
George c. Marshall. Gen. n. n. Ar
mold. chief Of the American air
armies, Secretary Of Navy Frank
Knox. chief Of Naval Operations
Harold Stark and Admiral Ernest
King, eommander-ln.ehief Of the
United States fleet.
Washington. Dec. 23-uP-Presi.
dent Roosevets unprecedented
White House conferences with
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
were understood today literally 10
be dividing the globe into four
major war theaters to organize
the Allies for the defeat Of Hitler
ism throughout the world.
They are expected TO set up an
inter-Allied war council
There was speculation whether
/ hn fAl al
mately. by nomination OF a SUI
preme commsnder-in-chlef
But there seemed to be good
ground to believe that the last to
come from the Potomac-side con,
ference OF the leaders OF the Eng.
lish speaking peoples would be 4
unification of command in various
theaters of war.
Under any such division OF re.
sponsibility. United States military
! and naval officers would get the
| tough and hazardous job OF licking
! the Axis in the Pacific and the Far
East But the first job out there
| Is to hold our own--Ours and Great
/ Britain's-and none here minimizes
4 the tremendous nature OF that as.
/ sigument.
Churchill arrived in Washington
/ by air last night out Of mist OF
/ speculation and secrecy. He left
London Dec. II. lie was met at
service airport by Mr. Roosevelt,
/ the first meeting between the two
men since they sealed the eight.
point Atlantic charter at sea in mid.
| August.
Churchills pea Jacket and jaun.
| ~ Cowcs regatta cap seemed TO
suggest that he had come most CO
the distance from Britain by sea.
The date Of his departure from Lol.
don supported that theory.
There was q furry OF gun fire
! of tho Delaware Maryland coast
| some hours before Churchill's ar
rival here. The best current ex-
PLANTATION was that the United
States Navy had given the sea
going Briton proper salute.
The British Prime Minister Is
Nh Rooseyclt's guest at the White
| House. Other members Of the party
scattered to hotels. Lord Beaver
/ brook. British minister of supply,
to the swank MaysloWcr.
Canadian Prime Minister w. l..
/ Mackenzie King announced In OF
tawa that he would visit Wash.
ington while Churchill is here.
There are no plans TO take the
/ public far into the confidence u
the conferring statesmen at the
White House although the fact
that Maj. General Edwin W. Vat
son. the Presidents military aid,
hurried home after the visitor ar
rived 10 put ru a gayer uniform.
was tip enough that there was a
/ dinner party at tn Presidents
/ home last night
The white House announced
, simply that Churchill had arrived
and that Nj Roosevelt had met him
at the plane And there was this
announcement of intentions.
There Is, OF course, our primary
objective In the conversations to
be held during the next few days
between the President and the
British Prime Minister and the re-
/ spective STATS Of the two countries.
/ That purpose Is The defeat OF Hit
/ lerism throughout the world.