Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-23
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.
(UP) = President Roosevelt
today called a meeting of the
United States-Great Britain
war council" in the White
House cabinet room.
The meeting marked the first for
NAL gathering of the joint council
SO described by the White House
under the direction of Mr.. RooSe-
velt and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill who arrived al
the executive mansion last night.
Others at the conference were:
FOR THE UNITED STATES-Sec-
retary of War Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
Lieut.. Gen. H. H. Arnold, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Air; Gen. George
C. Marshall, Army chief of staff;
Admiral Harold r. Stark, chief OF
naval operations; AdmIrai Ernest
King, commander-in of the
U. S. fleet; and Harry L. Hopkins
lend-leaSe aide to the President.
FOR GREAT BRITAIN - Lore
Beaverbrook, minister of supply;
Admiral Sir Dudley Pound; Ali
Marshal Sir Charles Portal, and Ger
Sir John Dill, former British chief oi
staff.
The council call was announced
by Stephen T. Early, presidential
press secretary, who said:
That group you might call the
United States British war council
Groundwork for the initial full
dress meeting was framed by Mr
Roosevelt and Churchill in an in
formal conference that began after
the latters arrival mere last night
and continued until l am. today
in the Presidents study.
The conference began auspiciouS-
ly enough, with reports from the Far
East giving honors to American
and British forces in fierce fighting
with Japanese III the Philippines
and Hong Kong, respectively.
CANADA REPRESENTED
On the production front, the
White House made public an agree
ment between the United States
and Canada, which has the effect
of pooling the gigantic war produc-
ton maihine of this country with
the munitions factories of our north
ern neighbor for the output of ever
increasing numbers of tanks, planes,
ships and guns.
The agreement wipes out existing
tariff and tax barriers on inter
change of vital war materials, max
ing it easier for the two neighbor-
ing countries to Streamline their
production for greater efficiency
and output.
Canadian Prime Minister w L.
Mackenzie King, who is to partic-
ipate in the inter- allied talks here,
probably will delay his arrival until
after Christmas. it was disclosed by
officials at Ottawa. King has been
invited to come here by Mi Roose-
velt.
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White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early said Sir Gerald Campbell,
director of British press relations
in this country, would make public
the names of the personnel OF the
prime minister's party, some 80
in number
Also with the party from London
came Averell Hartman, the U. S
Lend -lUaSe 'tsXpe0lter' who has
been stationed in Britain.
The unprecedented White House
conferences between Mr.. Roosevelt
and Churchill were understood liter
ally to be dividing the globe into
four major war theatres TO organ
ize the dllies for defeat OF Hitler
ism throughout the world
They are expected to set up an
inter-allied war council.
There was speculation whether
that move would be followed, ul-
timately by nomination of a su-
preme commander-i in-chief
But there seemed to be good
ground to believe that the least TO
come from the Potomac side con-
ference of the leaders of the English
speaking peoples would be a unfit
cation of command in various the
aters of war.
u. s. COMMANDS PACIFIC
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 Fai
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