The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-19

 war. No one disguises the fact that Q sudden series of new dilemma and setbacks confrcnts the Alliel The news from Russia is alsS serious All other Issues, grave as they are, may be subord!nGted by the opportunity of opening c new front which could face the Axis witt greater dilesnmaS than even those which oiGess us."
 Responsible quarters said that the President and Churchill, in wIiai was expected to be their most secret conference of the war, would dis. cuss strategic problems incident tc approaching developments"
 Feeling was strong here that these developments concerned q second front and that the PretA. dent and the British premier would be in position, aS the result of theil talks at Washington, to take light. ming decisions on matters of great moment.
 It was understood here that there would be no really informative statement on the talks until after Churchill had returned to London and 1t was said that there was It. tie chance that any of c series of possibly nlolnentous decisi6nS would be announced.
 lnformants emphasized that Churchill was accompanied by no civilian of first rank but that he took with him General Sir Alan Brooke chief of the Imperial general stan, and Major General Sir Hastings Is- may, deputy military secretary of the war cabinet and Churchill's ministry of defense chief of stan.
 "The President and MT. Churchill probably will examine the whole world situation, study reports of their production experts and make certain that they are in Complete agreement on broad strateglcal pol- 1cies," responsible informant said.
 Apparently recent conferences of British and American military and production chiefs have reached the stage where the two chiefs must make final descisions. Thus they de- cided that this was the best time to review the Allied position and re- afnrm agreements which obviously formed the basis for recent talks here and In Washington"
 Asked whether Churchill went to Washington because of the plainly increasing anxiety here over the sit- uation In Libya and continued loss of Allied shipping, the informant said:
 Remember we want m active second front in Europe in addition to the active front in the Middle East, not instead of it."
 lie denied that Churchill had gone to Washington to discuss the situa. ton created by Axis successes In the Mediterranean. Churchill de- cided some time Ago to visit the President, the informant said.
 The Prime Minister had fixed no date for his visit until the last mos ment, and thus was able to ensure secrecy. Only 8 few cabinet minis- terS and high military oftlcers knew he intended to 90 until 1t was announced here at 2:3I Q. m. (S:3l p. m. Thursday EWT that he had arrived.
 Churchills absence from the House of Commons yesterday and Wednesday caused no speculation.
 Churchill's visit was linked not only to the visit of American serv- Ice ofacers here but to the visits tc Washington of Lord Louis Mount batteIa, chief of the British com. mando forces, and Oliver Lytteltor production minister In the war cab- tnet.
 It was mentioned that in creating any second front the question Oi adequate shipping Is vital.
 There was general hope in poli- ucal quarters that Churchill would be able to disclose something when he returned here, in 8 commonG speech or in an Empire broadcast.
 Anxiety over the immediate war situation was increasing here. There was fear of a British retreat to the Egyptian border from Nbya. A fer ocious total offensive by Germany against Russia was expected at any moment.