Evening star., 1943-10-29
President Asserts
Details Will Be
Announced Later
BY J. A. FOX.


Describing the Moscow con-
ference as a tremendous success
President Roosevelt declared to-
day that definite agreements hao
been made and the signing OF
the documents embodying the
agreements is all that is left tc
be done.
The President said the conference
of Secretary of State Hull, British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
and Russian Foreign CommiSSar
Molotov has been successful not only
because of concrete accomplishments
but also for the spirit it engendered
Mr.. Roosevelt also told his news
conference he was very much in
favor of a Senate declaration that,
to avoid war in the future, this
country will cooperate with other
nations, but he did not care to say
that the Connally resolution under
discussion in the Senate was ade-
quate.
The President would not 60 into
details as to the settlements made
at Moscow, but said they would be
announced as soon as the necessary
documents have been signed and
the emisSarieS start back home
The overall objective. of course,
he said. is peace in the world and
the end of aggression. That is far
and away the most important thing
before the conferees, Mr.. Roosevelt
said
They are attempting, he said, to
work toward the objective OF
unanimity not only on the progress
of the war but also in the transition
period afterWard The conference.
he said, has been engaged in big
things rather than in crossing is
and dotting is.
In response to a question he said
the result of the conference con-
f1rmed and strengthened the belief
that he has always held that Russia
will be willing to cooperate in main
tanning peace after the war is over,
adding that the relationship of those
at the parley had been 100 per cent.
Praises Secretary Hull.
The President declared that there
had been a lot of cynics who had
said the Moscow parley would ac-
eompliSh nothing and that all that
would come out of it would be that
the participants-aS the saying goes
would agree to disagree.
He said he believed that Mr. Hull
deserves a great deal of credit, for
the spirit with which the conferees
approached their task and that the
same might be said for the partici.
pants from Russia and Great Brit
ain.
The meeting of foreign ministers
has been generally expected to be
the prelude to a conference of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain, but
the President was unable to sav if
this get-together had been brought
any closer by developments at Mos
COW
He said he did not know any,
thing more about that than he did
two weeks ago when a reporter
asked the question.
Accord on Many Things.
The President declared that the
confereeS had been able to reach a
friendly agreement on a great
many practical things.
In the general discussion OF the
Russian meeting. a reporter said
some people believed that this
countrys foreign policy was too
vague and that it should have been
redeflned
The President said he supposed
the reference was to Senate debate
on world planning The inquirer
said yes
Well, Mr Roosevelt explained
when the United States, Britain
and Russia went into this confer
ence, each had its agenda Sup
posing. he asked. if Mr.. Hull had
said he was bound by some special
things and the Russian conferees
had been bound in the same man.
ner and likewise the British. what
would have been the use of a con-
ference?
You learn things in confcrring, the
President continued. You get the
otner fellows point of view, and
perhaps you get some good ideas
out OF them and maybe You are able
to impress the other fellow with the
fact that you have some ideas.
Then, said the President. the idea
Is to sit around a table and see if
you can't get an agreement-by
swapping, he continued
Terms May Be Changed.
Regarding the Senates foreign
policy proposal, Mr.. Roosevelt said
he believed some general language
would emerge, and he remarked that
too specific terms might have to be
changed at some later time.
He said he believed it would be a
very fine thing for the Senate to say
that this country would cooperate
with others to avoid future wars.
The Senate, the President said. has
every right to talk about the issue
as long as it wants to.
Asked whether the resolution now
under consideration met with his
specifications of a declaration that
this country will join with others ir
efforts to avoid wars, Mr.. Roosevelt
inquired how could he answer that
Might Not Like 1t.
He also was asked, whether. if the
Senate adopts the pending resolu-
ton, he woul dfeel bound by it. That
Is hard to say, he replied adding
that he might not like it.
But he expressed the view that
some declaration of general senti-
ment would be fine.
A reporter said there had beer
some feeling that the resolution, il
adopted, would relieve him of the
responsibility of submitting any in
ternational agreement on cola bora.
tion against war to the Senate fol
ratification. That, the President said
Is new one to him.