The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-11
CHURCHILL E.D.R.
MAY MEET AGAIN
Prime Minister Hints at
Another COnfab Within
Next Nine Months
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London, Feb. ll.--(UP)-Prime
Minister winston Churchill|told the
Commons today, In q report on his
conference with President Roose-
welt, that the Allies dominating
aim is 10 engage the enemy's forces
on land, at sea and In the air on
the largest possible scale and at the
earliest possible moment"
I'VE have to make the enemy burn
and bleed In every way physically
and reasonably possible, In the
same way he is being made to burn
and bleed along the vast Russian
front" Churchill said.
1.-THE losses we suffer at sea are
most heavy and they hamper us and
delay our operations. But progress
Is icing made :"
The United States, he said, has
stepped up ship production to q
prodigioug leven, amounting In 1o4a
to more than 100000 gross tons
or 100000 to 100000 deadweight
tens.
At the same time, he said, the
United States brought into the war
100000 gross tons Of mercantile
shipping along with Britain's ap.
proxinnate 10000 900 tons.
Churchill said the submarine sit
uation was made harder when Japan
entered the war to pounce on AL
lied shipping.
The North African landings In
November likewise caused natural
losses, he said, and there was q
heavy toll In sending aid to Rus
sia by way Of the Arctic sea.
Cheers rolled thunderously
through the House aS Churchill
said: .,,,4,,
mo vestige Of NaSi or Fascist
power, no vest1ge Of the japanese
war plotting machine will be left by
Us when the work is done, aS done II
certainly will be-" ...
I'VE now have a complete plan OF
action which comprises the appor.
tionment Of forces as well as their
direction and weight" Churchill
continued.
Different particular movements
have been decided upon. .
'Thig plan we are going to carry
out according to our ability during
the next nine months, before the
end Of which we shall certainly
make efforts to meet again.
"F'or good or III we know exactly
what It Is we wish to do.
I'VE are united and agreed. This
advice Of our experts Is behind 1t
and there Is nothing now to be done
but to work out these schemes IN
detail and put them into operation"
Regarding the general North Afri-
can sphere Churchill said:
I'VE agreed with the President
that this should be an American
enterprise and gladly accepted
with the approval Of the war cab
met the position Of lieutenants IN
this sphere"
Churchill touched briefly on po-
litical dif1icultieS in French Africa
but confessed he was more interest
ed in the safety Of the armies there
and the success Of operations which
soon again will be advancing to an
important climax.
Churchill said that President
Roosevelt despite physical disable
tiles "he has 50 heroically sur
mounted had been willing to 60 to
Khartoum to meet Stain. Though
Stain could not attend, he said:
IT assure the house that our duty
TO aid to the utmost In our power
the tremendous effort Of Russia.
and to try to draw the enemy from
the Russian front, Is accepted as the
first objective once the problems Of
U-boat war are met"
Churchill said that the Axis was
now losing between one fourth and
one third Of all supplies 1t was
sending to Tlnisia.
Dealing with his Turkish CONFER
ence Churchill said ut is no part OF
our policy to get Turkey into trou-
BILE. On the contrary, disaster to
Turkey would be disaster to Britain
and all United Nations"
He said that In the North African
landings the Allies lost "leSS ship
ping than actually fell in our
hands,"
Nearly 100000 men were success
fully landed. he said.
Churchill said that he must ex-
press his admiration for the sue
cesses Of the Australian and Amer
ican forces under the brilliant COM
mand Of General Douglas MacAr.
thur.
While Hitler Is being destroyed In
Europe, Churchill said. every en-.
deavor will be made TO keep Jap.
an thoroughly occupied"
''Fog the time being In the war
against Japan. British effort Is con"
fined TO the Indian theater," he