Evening star., 1941-08-14
Roosevelt, Churchill
List 8 Peace Aims;
Tyranny Assai|ed
Aeeressor Nations
Would Be Made
To Disorm
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will tighten for peace-loving peoples
the crushing burden of ornaments.
The eight-point program appeared
to cast the United States tor major
role in postwar reconstruction, both
through economic aid to the nations
devastated by war and through
readiness to use its tremendous mill
tary power to enforce disarmament
and political security for small ma
tions.
Details Of how the program will
be carried out remain to be decided
after the Axis powers are completely
defeated, of course. Undersecretary
Of State Sumner WelleS previously
has suggested there will be need for
q strong new association of ma
tions" to accomplish what woodrow
Wilson hoped the League of Nations
would do after the last World War
He emphasized that such an associa-
tion would have to have the power
to enforce disarmament and fair
economic treatment for all nations.
Assistant Secretary of State A. A.
Berle announced in speech only
last Friday that 'it is the plan OF
this Government" to turn the full
measure of its economic strength
to relief of the millions of war vic
tins when the tide of barbarity
shall be rolled back"
Have Met at Sea-"
The White House announcement
OF their meeting said only that the
President and Prime Minister have
met at sea" and have had several
conferences" without indicating
where the unprecedented confer
ences occurred.
Stephen Early. White House press
secretary. who gave the announce
ment to reporters here. said he could
give no further details about the
meeting. He said he did not know
when Mr.. Roosevelt would return to
Washington.
His announcement did not men,
ton the names of any of the high
ranking" officials accompanying the
two leaders. except for Lord Beaver
brook. Harry Hopkins, lease-lend
administrator; Gen. George c. Mar
shall, Army Chief of Staff; Gen.
H. H. Arnold. chief of the Army air
forces; Admiral Harold R. Stark,
Chief of Naval Operations, and Un-
dersecretary of State Sumner Welles
have been mentioned in speculation
here as possibly attending the con-
ferenceS.
Hull Refuses to Elaborate.
At a press conference few hours
after the White House announce
ment. Secretary of State Hull re-
fused to elaborate on the Roosevelt
Churchill declaration when asked
II he could clarity what steps are
being taken to hasten victory wal
and what sort of a system would be
needed to put the eight-point peace
program into effect.
He described the eigllt-point dec
laration as a statement OF basic
principles which were universal In
application. and had been generally
accepted by all civilized nations and
strongly supported until the Axis
started movement to destroy the
whole structure of civilized rela-
tons between nations.
While interrupted in their uni
eersal application now by Axis at
tempts to substitute rule by BAR
barism and savagery, these princi-
piles should continue to receive sup
port until they are effective over all
the world. the Secretary added.
Mr.. Early handed the announce
ment that ended days of specula-
ton about the Presidents activities
to more than a score of newspaper
men who gathered in his office
shortly after 8 am. after word had
gone out during the night that the
White House would have important
news before 9 am.
Rumors Came Thick and Fast.
Mr.. Roosevelt left here August
for what was announced as short
vacation cruise and some fishing
somewhere off the North Atlantic
coast. He left his special train at
New London. Conn, and boarded
the presidential yacht Potomac
The ship was not many hours at
sea before the first vague rumorS
were born. and they multiplied with
each passing day:
The President and Britain'S Prime
Minister planned an extraordinary
personal meeting at sea. .. Prime
Minister Mackenzie King of Canada
would sit in, and Mr.. Hopkins, and
probably Lord Beaverbrook d. . Mr.
Churchill would fly the Atlantic by
bomber to keep the appointment
Mr.. Churchill would come by war
ship. . The rendezvous was Green
land. Iceland, Canada, a man-o'-
war in midocean. =.
So the stories flew.
They got no official encourage
ment here, in Canada or in Lon
don. Some authorities dismissed
them as improbable. Subject
to considerable doubt"
Hopkins Whereabouts.
(American sources in London
- reported that Mr.. Hopkins, whose
whereabouts had been a mystery
for several days. was either back
in the United States or on his
way back from a trip to Britain
and Russia. 1t was possible that
he could have attended the con-
ference with TIE President and
Mr.. Churchill en- route homeJ
Some dispatches were received
from the Potomac at sea, but none
of them said categorically that Mr.
Roosevelt was still aboard. All Gov
ernment Departments concerned
ma oir,tained an 1lnllSllal silence reit-