Evening star., 1942-04-21
White House Talks
Canvass Problems
OF United Nations
Everything Discussed,
Says Litvinoff, One
Of Several Golfers

PRESIDENT Roosevelt To-Day ClS-
cussed with a host of foreign visi-
tors at the White House the pros
pect for the United Nations on
every front.
Giving almost his whole day 70
the problems Of the war, at time
when hopes are growing that the
United Nations soon will be ready
for offensive action, President
Roosevelt arranged TO see:
Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet Am
bassador.
The Chinese Foreign Minister,
DR.. T. v. Soong, with 1t. Gen.
Hsiung Shuh-Hui. chief of the Chi
nese military mission In the United
States.
The whole Pacific War Council,
with representatives of Great Brit
ain. Australia, New Zealand. China,
Canada and the Netherlands.
DR.. Eelco van Kleffens, the Meth
erlarsds Foreign Minister. with DR..
Hubertus van Nook, the Lieutenant
Governor General of the now oc-
cupied Netherlands East Indies.
DR.. Alexander Loudon. the Meth
erlands Minister Plenipotentiary
here.
Beaverbrook Luncheon Guest.
Lord Beaverbrook, former British
Minister Of Production, a luncheon
guest with Harry Hopkins, the Pres
ident's leading war supplies adviser,
who is newly returned from a r.
day stay in England.
The arrival of Lord Beaverbrook
in Washington was received by in
formed observers as an indication
that new and improved plans are
now to be in the making for greater
efficient war production and war
material distribution cooperation
among the United Nations.
Lord Beaverbrook now has a
rather similar status in his relation
to Prime Minister Churchill to that
which Mr. Hopkins has in relation
to President Roosevelt. Since
Beaverbrook left the British cabinet
in the February shakeup, he, like
Mr.. Hopkins, had no formal position
in his government, but he has an
intimate advisory relation with Mr..
Churchill.
Ambassador Litvinoff was nom
committal when he left the White
House after his talk with the Presi-
dent, saying only that they had
discussed everything" He replied
in the affirmative when he was asked
whether the shipment of goods from
here to Russia were satisfactory.
Norman Davis to Call.
For the late afternoon President
Roosevelt made an appointment
with Norman Davis, chairman OF the
American Red Cross.
Mr.. Hopkins explained to the
President yesterday plans for de-
velopment of real" pooling pro-
gram for United Nations shipping.
In an interview, Mr.. Hopkins
stressed his interest in improving
the shipping situation. which at the
present time is the chief handicap
slowing down the Allies.
He said that in London he went
into "the building of ships, the use
of ships and the whole question Of
co-ordinating the supplies of the
United States and England to the
United Nations, particularly Russia
and China" He added:
This involves a vast amount OF
shipping and requires the real pool
ing of the ships that the United Ma
tions own"
In the seven months since his pre-
viouS visit to England, Mr.. Hopkins
said, things over there have grown
tighter and tougher, with more
and more of the population engaged
in the tough business of making
war" He continued:
There are more women in fac
tories than before. People are think
ing less of getting into indirect jobs
and more of getting into direct war
work. That is going to be the great
need in this country, particularly for
women"
He said that in II days in London
he ate one egg. He thought, how
ever, that the rationing system was
satisfactory and he saw little evi-
dence of harmful effects from the re-
stricted diet.