The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-15
WILLKIE BACKS
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 ernments of this world are non- military men, and what they have to do in determining a course of military action is to take the con- flicting judgments (of military ex- perts) and apply their opinion to that. In recommending in Russia that second front was most feasi- ble and possible, I had the benefit of the opinions of military experts of all the nations through which I travelled and with whom I talked" Willkie plans to lay his findings before the people in careful, crystal-clear reports" While he did not say so, these reports may be given through the medium of ad- dresses and radio broadcasts.
 T am going to do what I can by an honest piece of reporting to my fellow citizens to help in this new job which we allface of re-edu- eating ourselves to win this war and to win the peace" he said.
 Willkie came back from his long jaunt nearly IS pounds under weight, needing haircut and be- lieving:
 1. "Germany will never conquer Russia"
 2. ''We are going to win this war" 3. T said in Russia what thought ought to be done (about a second front). I repeat it."
 4. T think the thing that makes democracy effecti,c is the applica- ton of public opinion upon its leaders. do not think military men are any more sacrosanct than any other leaders"
 President Hit Someone
 In his f1reside chat last Monday night, President Roosevelt criticized typewriter strategistS who expound their views in the press or on the radio" He said that while they may be full of bright ideas, they are not in possession of much in- formation about the fact or prob lens of military operations"
 we, therefore, will continue to leave the plans for this war to the military leaders" the president said.
 Willkie seemed deeply impressed by what he saw and the leaders he met in Egypt, the Middle East, Rus Sia and China. He had long confer ences with Premier Josef Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and probably brought back messages for President Roosevelt.
 T have found out a lot" he said, some of 1t I have already reported back, from Cairo, from Moscow and from Chungking."
 Three of His Purposes
 Willkie defined three chief pur- poses" of his trip:
 q. The first was to demonstrate to our allies and to a good many neutral countries that there is unity in the United States on the purpose of winning this war. This was my own idea. Nobody asked me to do 1t. How well I did it you will have | to ask the officials, the people and the newspapermen of the IA sepa- rate countries.
 "2 The second purpose of my trip was to accomplish certain things for the president. What those things were is naturally confidential as far as I am concerned. On some of them I reported back to him while I was still abroad. On the others, I have just made my report.
 "3. The third job I set out to do was to find out as much as could, both for myself and for the Ameri- can people, about this war and how it can be won-won quickly so that we can get back to our jobs again, and won securely so that the peace which follows 1t will hold"
 In saying that he was confident the United Nations would win the war, Willkie said there were still questions in his mind on "how soon and at what cost in human lives and values, and if we do win, are we going to win the peace"
 T don't mean that America should dominate the world" he ex- plained.
 He repeated his suggestion of last winter that Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur, then in the Philippines, be brought out and made the single tjonS.
 head of American military opera