Evening star., 1943-02-13
Roosevelt Talks to War Chiefs
After PIedging |nvosions of
Europe and Japan This Year
President Warns
Axis to Expect
Bod News
(Tert OF Speech on Page All
BY GARNETT ID. HORNER.

President Roosevelt today
called his military and nava
chieftains into conference after
announcing the Allies plar
great and decisive action:
against the Japanese" and "ac,
tual invasions" of Europe "be-
fore this year is out"
The Presidents assurance that
"bad news" for Germany, Japan and
Italy soon will be made known
through actions was coupled in a
radio address last night with a
.'never again" death sentence for
Nazi, Fascist or japanese warlord
forms of government for any nation.
1t was assumed that immediate
details of operations which Mr.
Roosevelt declared are slowly but
surely squeezing the breath out of
our enemies" were up for discussion
today.
Admiral William D. Leahy, the
Presidents chief of Staff; Gen.
George c. Marshall, Army Chief of
Staff, and Admiral Ernest J. King,
commander in chief of the Fleet,
were scheduled to confer with the
President a. noon.
Hurley to See President.
Brig. Gen. Patrick j. Hurley,
American Minister to New Zealand,
who recently completed a secret
military mission in Russia, was to
visit the President later in the day.
There has been speculation that
Gen. Hurley might be given another
assignment in connection with war
operations.
Earlier, Mr.. Roosevelt conferred
with Gen. Hsuing Shih-fei, head of
Chinese military mission here
which is returning to Chungking
soon.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke last night at
the goth annual dinner of the White
House Correspondents Association
at the Statler Hotel in his first war
review since his Casablanca "uncon-
ditional surrender" conference with
Prime Minister Churchill.
He said the Allies were determined
to fight this war to the f1nish-"to
the day when United Nations forces
march in triumph through the
streets of Berlin, Rome and Toxic"
Punishment for Leaders.
The common people of the Axis
nations were assured that 'our un-
compromising policy" means no
harm to them, though it does mean
punishment and retribution in full
upon their guilty, barbaric leaders. "
The President described the whole
world today as "one neighborhood'
and declared that unless the peace
that follows this war recognizes this
"and does justice to the whole hu-
man race, the germs of another
World War will remain as con-
slant threat to mankind"
The President said he had found
many of the soldiers and sailors en-
countered on his North African trip
concerned about conditions on the
home front, but had told them that
most of the reports they had heard
about strike threats by selfish
labor leaders" attempts to prof
iteer" by some farm groups, and
partisan political quarrels" in
Washington "are just gross exag-
gerations."
He added. however, that he could
not d4ny" that few chiselers, poll
ticians and publicists-"fo fortunately
very few"-have placed their
personal ambition or greed above
the Nations interests" He hit
sharply at "pettifoggers" attempt
ing ito obscure the essential truths
of the war"
The President gave firm assurance
that I'VE do not intend to spend the
time it would take to bring Japan to
Anal defeat by lnching our way for
ward from island to island across
the vast expanse of the Pacific"
Offensive in Pacific.
Continuation of the CaSablanca
discussions by American and British
officers with Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek at Chungking, he said, has
resulted in definite plans for often
sive operations" or the Pacific front
Great and decisive actions against
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