The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-04-01
Members to Meet FDR
Monday at White House
Seventeen Council Expected 70 Produce
First Complete Unity Of PlenRinS

" " GvOUvuvSvS
President Ro01ovtlt at his
press eonf4renoe yesterday Of
tered no details on The councils
immediate agenda, except 70 say
that IL had been formed 70 per-
NIT consultations on the general
process Of defending ourselves
against the powers Of darkness.
READS ExIRPT
Amplifying his reference to
the powers Of darkness. Mr..
Roosevelt noted that this was
Holy Week and y4ad IN excerpt
from . personal letter he had re.
ceived.
mo matter what may be the
religious faith Of Individuals"
the letter said. ''most Americans
see In Calvary's Gross the eter-
nal symbol that light viii con.
quer darkness, truth prove
stronger than. error. and life
greater than death. Il Il the only
sign by which We can conquer
the power Of black paganism
that now threatens every thing
which we hold dear"
The Warrington council makes
it's appearance on the world
scene ut . critical period Ia the
Pacific conflict when Japan's
next major move y still uncer-
tain and preparations for IN
eventual Allied offensive are
only beginning TO take shape.
Military and naval experts zee In
the present situation. however.
various definable factors certain
to enter into al considerations Of
high strategy.
OTHER FACTORS
Paramount among these r the
necessity Of keeping eommpnica-
ton lines open through the Ps.
cifie to New Zealand and Aus
tralia and through the Atlantic
and Indian Oceans 70 India and
China. This means holding In
check IN enemy already In 4 20.
dtion to menace those supply
routes.
Another important factor u
the necessity Of preventing
further japanese territorial con-
quests to add to their gains from
the China 0oA campaign, espe-
cially conqussts Of areas useful
for future Allied offeAsive opera
tons. These treas include HA-
wall. the great Pacific deet base;
New Zealand and Australia,
which already have been turned
into Allied bases; India, with IL
vast wealth. great mAnpovs1r -.
sources and supply routes q
China: and China itself. whers II
Il hoped 70 develop air basee
from which to bomb the indus
trial heart Of yapen.
Greatest uncertainty Of the
war ct present y whether Japan
Il likely to strike IN full toree
against one or more Of theee
areas now that her Chine -
campaign = completed g wheth-
O. che win devote her main pow.
ers In the near future % recover
ing from the Losses suffered In
that campaign, rsoroupins heE
military and naval forces and
working desperately 70 make use
Of the raw material supplies a.
ready captured such % rubber Ia
Malays and oil h The Dutch In
dies.
In dealint with this many-sidr
led situation, the groat problem
i Of the Unite1 Nations r tho old,
old problem a this war--eettinG
men and equipmsnt 70 TIE scone
Of operations In quantities suf-
ficisnt 70 NEST The toe on equal
terms.
This peoes for the Pacific Wos
council the au-important straits.
gical question Of deciding e
what places men and mateflel
will count for the most IN tn
long run.
Il poses also The question a
whether, uudar ensmy pgo1guro,
places Of dubious strateglcal I'M
portance should b yielded "a
avoid dividing and thsfo6oge
weakening available toeesG. !.
The NEST SpectAcular pnovp q
this kind In IT, w1r % date WI
General Douglas MacArthur'l
withdrawal fron the city q M.
nila--$o Bataap Peninsula, 0ui
Tor this decisjen Japan pTo01bly
would - supessm4 81 the phjlip'
pines today and Manila ~, u
finest harbor IN The southwest
Pscific. would b . Japoneeu
naval base
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