Evening star., 1941-12-28
.Par|eys Bolster
Allies Position,
Roosevelt Says
War Plans Shown
Representatives
OF 33 Nations
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill, assuming
dramatic leadership of the
worldwide war against Axis
aggression, spread before the
accredited representatives of 33
nations yesterday the advanced
blueprints for marShaling every
economic and fighting resource
of this obe-encircling 'front.'
grand strategy already ac-
credited with strengthening i'm
meaSurably the wartime posi-
tions of these associated powers.
ClimaXing a day of momentous
international planning, carefully
concealed from any unfriendlv in
terests and still in progressive
formulation, the President last
night asserted his satisfaction with
the excellent progress" thus far
and promised at future date a
more detailed accounting of what
has taken place in the Capital
during the past week.
Much has been accomplished
this week" he declared in state
ment released last night by Stephen
T. Early, press relations secretary,
through the medium of the MANY
conferences held, in the meetings
of the supply and production Off
cials, in the sessions held by mem
bers of the military and naval
groups, and in the discussions with
the chiefs Of missions Of all nations
at war with the common enemy.
Position Declared Strengthened.
Included were conferences with
the Russian and Chinese Anbas-
sadors. the Canadian Prime Minis
ter, and the Netherlands Minister.
"As a result of all of these meet
ings, know tonight that the posi-
ton of the United States and of all
the nations aligned with US has
been strengthened immeaSurably.
We have advanced far along the
road toward achievement of the
ultimate objective-the crushing de-
feat of those forces that have at
tackled and made war upon us.
The conferences will continue
for an indefinite period of time. 1t
is impossible to say just now when
they will terminate. 1t is my pur-
pose, as soon as it is possible, to
give insofar as safety will permit
without giving information Of mill
tary value to the enemy-a more
detailed accounting Of all that has
taken place in Washington this
week and of all that will take place
during the remainder of the meet
ingS
The present overall objective is
the marShalling of all resources,
military and economic. of the world
wide front opposing the Axis. Ex-
cellent progress along these lines is
being made"
Heavy Schedule Yesterday.
Yesterdays schedule of confer
ences was the heaviest that Mr..
Roosevelt had faced since the
United States entered the war. Par
ticipating, and destined each in their
separate and best suited ways to
play an important part in this vast
making of history, were representa-
tives Of four distinct groups.
On none of them fell any designa-
ton of subordination as they dis
~ IF HYr+ tl,o~n
was unquestioned significance in the
fact that individual and longer dis
cusSions were held with the repre-
sentatives of the Russian. Chinese
and Netherlands governments,
whose fighting forces already have
contributed invaluably to the cause
of the anti-AXiS front.
Grouped for other conferences
during this crowded day at the
Executive Mansion-in these hours
truly the capitol of the freedom
loving World-were the Pan-Ameri-
can republics, the dominions of the
far-f1ung British Empire, and the
gallant spokesmen of eight govern
ments which already have been
driven from their homelandS or have
bowed to the exigencies of war to
transfer their principal activities to
new centers.
The day began with the President
calling to his second floor study
in the White House proper Secre-
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