Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-17
Willkie Asks Early
accord Among Allies
On Aims Of War
soys Every One Of U.s.
Must Speak Out Freely;
AssoiIs Churchill
~ the Associated Press,


AssoiIs Churchill
xSthe Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-With a
pisa for early agreement among the
Alhod Nations on the aims Of the
var, Wendell willkie says every
one OF us" is obligated to speak out
freely and frankly across the
oceans.
F"Unless we have a similar idea Of
wi1ht they are thinking In England
and in the Commonwealth, there
can be no hope Of agreement" he
told the New York Herald Tribune
Forum last night.
FssWe must know what the people
Of Russia and China aim for and
W. must let them know our aims.
ut Is the utmost folly-it Is just
short of suicide-to take the posi-
tfon that citizens Of any country
should hold their tongues for fear
OF causing distress to the immediate
and sometimes tortuous policies of
their leaders," he continued.
Won't Fight in Silence.
SShall we be quiet, for instance,
when We, see our State Department.
appeaseinent OF Vici1y? tel you
we cannot fight in silence, whatever
our experts say. Because If We
fight in silence these same experts,
IN the end, even winning the war,
win nothing but silence.
In order that we may win a real
victory, we must encourage the ut-
most amount Of discussion among
ourselves and with our Allies"
Mr.. Willkfe, who recently made q
tour OF the global war front, rebuked
Prime Minister Churchill for his as
sertion last week that I'VE mean
to hold our own" ..
I'VE should. work today" he de-
clared, ito make available presently
to all the United Nations and, when
the war is over, to all the world,
access to the materials indispensable
to economic self development.
This cannot be accomplished by
mere declarations of our leaders, as
In an Atlantic Charter, particularly
when one of the two principals to
that instrument has in the last few
days seemingly defended the old i'm
perialistic order and declared to a
shocked world, we mean to hold
our own
Denet,fx an FPeODle.
Its accomplishment depends pri-
marily upon acceptance by the peo-
Piles of the world,
Mr.. Willlie declared that unless
the people of all the United Nations
agreed Immediately on their pur-
poses, idealistic hopes such as those
expressed In the Atlantic Charter
will live merely to mock US" as he
said Woodrow Wilson's IA points did.
THE four freedoms, he declared,
will not be accomplished by the
declarations of those momentarily In
power. They will become real only
if the people of the world forge
them into actually. And political
1nternationalism will not accomplish
tIICIIl. IlCdl AlCNOoAiA 1AAuoC Wv VA
economic internationalism.'
Asails British Policy.
Those who sneer at suggestions
that freedom and self-government
can be brought to all men, feel that
areas like the Malayan Peninsula or
Southwest Pacific islands must be
ruled perpetually by some nations
colonial imperialism, he said, CON-
tinuing:
Our most immediate common
need is a unitel military plan
arrived at by board of strategy
representative, not. alone of the
United States and Great Britain but
representing likewise our other Al
lies. Even such obviously essential
cooperation has not yet been
brought about.
1T is true we are beginning to
work with the British. But
we must learn equally we'll to work
with Russians and Chinese In the
arduous task Of today"
Economic Director James F. Byrnes,
who also spoke, declared I'VE must
now take the profits out of war"
and urged compulsory savings and
the $25 900 ceiling imposed on SAL
aries.
He added that 1t was clear that
many more commodities" must be
rationed. He did not name any,
however.
He spoke reassuringly of civilian
restrictions and wartime controls,
saying they were intended to help
the average person to obtain more
goods than he could otherwise and
to buy what he needs at price
lower than he would pay otherwise.
Contending that excess purchas-
ing power must be siphoned of, he
said this could be done by taxation
and by IAN eQuitably devised plan
Of compulsory savings,
Mr.. Byrnes said he disagreed with
some persons who believed limita-
tons on salaries in higher brackets
were In the nature OF social reforms
imposed under the guise Of war
needs.
When men of enterprise are fight
ing on the desert sands" he said,
men of enterprise at home should
not object to sharing the burdens
of war"
The $25, 900 limit on salaries, after
payment OF taxes and certain de-
auctions are allowed, Mr.. Byrnes
said. would affect only 5000 persons
in 1912.
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