Evening star., 1941-08-15
~ the Associated Press.

Editorial comment On the meet.
ing between President Roosevelt ant
Prime Minister Churchill and theil
Joint declaration included:
ATLANTA CON S TIT u T1ON
Dem.)-It is probable this meeting
will rank in world significance with
the signing of Magma Carta at Run.
nymede and the adoption of the
Constitution of the United States
Besides such program tht
mouthings of small-souled isolation.
lists and political opportunists shrink
to nothing.
NEW YORK TIMES 0nd. DEM
Hitler will denounce this assur-
ance as a perfidious promise.
But to the extent that British and
American craftsmanship can make
the good faith of their promise ap-
parent to the German people, they
will rob Hitler of his greatest
weapon-the present belief OF the
German people that the outcome OF
this war means 'jse or death for the
German nation. 1t is the
beginning of a new era in which
the United States assumes the re-
sponsibilities which fall naturally to
. great world power.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE Gnd)-For
Mr.. Churchill the event would be, he
could hope, the last step which
would bring him what he has await
ed as his salvation-the final de-
livery of Mr.. Roosevelt's commit
ments, the delivery of the United
States with all its man power into
the war at all points. AS
head of nation at peace he (RooSe-
velt) had no right to discuss war
aims with the ruler of counary at
war. He not only likes to shatter
traditions, he likes to shatter the
checks and restraints which were
put on his office. He is thoroughly
un-American.
NEW YORK WORLD-TELE-
GRAM Gnd)-Mr. Roosevelt has
great resourcesfulness and great
daring. Under his leadership, the
country has been committed to q
degree of participation in the affairs
of the other hemisphere. At the
same time he is pledged also to keep
American troops out of the wars Of
that hemisphere. The immediate
future may determine whether those
two commitments can function side
by side.
NEW YORK SUN Qnd0-It is
implicit, in everything the
Joint announcement said, that this
is no outline of peace through
present negotiations, but an outline
of a peace that can come only after
the downfall of militant HitleriSm.
Far more important than the things
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
actually say are the things about
which for the present they are keep
ing silent.
BUFFALO EVENING NEWS
und.-RepD-The overwhelming ma
jority of the world will heartily ap-
prove and sincerely support the
declaration of principles. - These
war and peace aims afford the out
line for a better world. The
world now knows not only what
Britain and the United States are
fighting and working against, but
also what they are fighting and
working for.
LOS ANGELES HERALD-EX-
PRESS und)-The eight points,
taken as a whole, appear to be
prelude to taking this country into
the European war by first giving
this Nation an eight-point outline
of peace terms" which have all the
nobility of the late President Will
sons IA points, which were desc
late failure for Europe and America.
CLEVELAND NEWS Rep)-
Their joint utterance some day may
rank as one of the great and his
toric statements of mankind.
Americas IA points of 1918 almost
became a great utterance (buD we
lost heart and decided we did not
mean it. If we lose heart again, it
will be another forgotten paper COW
cred with once-glorious words. If
we mean tiff we will fight for it
1t can and will come true.
DETROIT FREE PRESS 0nd.)-
The United States is at war. The
eight point declaration of purposes
signed jointly by President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Churchill
can be construed in no other man
ner. The President has declared it
Is our fight and Americans do not
ask others to fight their battles.
DAYTON (OHIO) DAILY NEWS
1nd.-Dem)-It was high time some
one with vision of Americas peril
and of Americas S destiny took some
political risks. In a moment of
blind appeasers and politicians
trucking to soft wishings, some one
must take risks if Washington is
not, in due time, to conduct a help
less America ss Vichy misleads
helpless France.
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER 1nd)
The men who write the history of
our time doubtless will find an i'm
portant niche for the meeting
because they (the conferences) have
come at crucial stage in the war
and almost certainly will have a
major bearing on its outcome.
NEWARK IN. j. STAR-LEDGER
Qnd )-The demOcratically chosen
leaders of two great, free peoples,
have met to turn the tables of
psychology upon the Axis rulers.
How much troubled must the Axis
leaders be by their inability to be
completely sure in their guesses con-
eerning the practical decisions
reachedl The very mystery of the
situation is a powerful weapon.
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-JOURNAL
Qnd.)-It takes the initiative away
from Hitler. 1t sets up OBJ
jectives for a free world in juxta-
position to the objectives which Hit
ler's impending EllrODean (Deace)