Evening star., 1943-02-23
United Nations Face
Reverses in War,
Roosevelt Warns
Wallace Says Axis Can
Be Beaten in l943 by
Matching Soviet Efforts

The prospect that Germany
can be defeated in 1943," but only
after further Allied "reverses anc
misfortunes," and unified, all,
out effort" by the United States
and England to match that oi
Russia, was held out to the
American people today.
President Roosevelt, in a George
Washington birthday address last
night, warned that we still face
reverses and misfortunes," and that
we cannot count on miracles to
achieve victory.
Mr.. Roosevelt's radio address was
directed particularly to. series of
dinners sponsored by the Democratic
National Committee to celebrate the
completion of Embarrassing drive
for the party.
The $l00-aplate dinner at the
Mayflower Hotel here was addressed
by Vice President Wallace, who said
that If the American and British
people put forth the same unified,
all-out effort that now is being dis
played by the magnificent Russians,
Germany can be defeated in l943."
Manpower Critics Assailed.
But this cannot happen in 1943
II we allow our policy to be dictated
by those who believe that the Rus
slams are going to win the war with
out further help from U.s." Mr.. Wal
lace said in hitting at critics of the
manpower goals of the armed forces.
MIR, Roosevelt indicated some con-
Germ over the enthusiasm here about
recent Russian victories, likening 1t
to the optimism that followed the
American Revolutionary War tri-
umph over Gen. Burgoyne's army at
Saratoga in 1777.
To-day" he said, 'the great sue
cesses On the Russian front have
led thousands of Americans to
throw their hats In the air and pro-
claim that victory is just around the
corner.
Others among us still believe in
the age of miracles. They forget
that there Is no Joshua in our midst
We cannot count on great walls
crumbling and falling when the
trumpets blow and the people
shout"
Message Sent to Stain.
The President did not minimize
the Russian victories. Shortly be-
fore his broadcast he sent a mes
sage to Joseph Stain expressing
profound admiration" for the Red
Army's magnificent achievements,
unsurpassed in all history"
THE Red Army and the Russian
people" Mr.. Roosevelt added in the
message marking the Red Army's
25th anniversary, have surely
started the Hitler forces on the road
to ultimate defeat and have earned
the lasting admiration of the people
Of the United States"
He paid tribute to the supreme
sacrifice" of the Russian people
from whom the Red Army springs
and upon whom it is dependent for
Its men, women and supplies"
Secretary of the Navy Knox also
sent message to Premier Stain,
the Navy announced today. 1t said:
From its comrades in arms in the
United States Navy, I transmit to
your victorious Red Army not only
congratulations for it's 25th anniver-
sary, but for the decisive defeat Of
the invading Nazi horde. salute
the day when the Red Army and its
comrades of the Soviet Navy shall
have driven the enemy beyond the
frontiers of Soviet Russia.
In drawing comparisons between
modern and Revolutionary War
times both the President and Mr.
Wallace laid stress in their ad-
dresses on the opposition which
George Washington overcame.
Faith Overcame Doubts.
The Revolution never would have
been successful, Mr.. Roosevelt said,
without Washington's faith which
''overcame the chickering's and con-
fusion and the doubts which the
skeptics and cynics provoked"
Hitting at modern chickering's"
he added that now there are some
Americans whose words and writ
ings are trumpeted by our enemies
to persuade the disintegrating peo-
pie of Germany and Italy and their
captives that America is disunited."
He compared those who held the
Declaration of Independence to be
''idealistic" with those today who
sneer at the determination to at
tain freedom from want and free
dom from fear on the ground that
these are ideals which can never
be realized"
An outright prediction of fourth
term for Mr.. Roosevelt was heard
from another speaker at one of the
Democratic dinners throughout the
country.
Democratic Gov. Matthew M
Nicely of West Virginia, member
of the Senate for the first eight
years of the Roosevelt administra-
tion, toasted "the famous third.
bSAAl WIN lICAi gCol Wal
be elected President for fourth
term, Franklin D. Roosevelt"
Gov. Nicely spoke at Charleston
w. Va.
Mr.. Wallace declared in his speech
here that the American people will
have little patience with any po-
ntical party which puts partisan
advantage above the national well
fare" He said this places response
bility on the Democratic party 'for
pushing on to victory in the war
without bitter attacks on partisan
opponents" while the Republican
minority has the responsibility fol-
really behaving as loyal opposi-
ton and abstaining from tactic:
which are purely political"
More Than 1000 Attend Dinner.
More than 1000 persons, who att
the "rationed menu" of the dime
at the Mayfower Hotel, heard al
assertion BY Maj. Gen. Alexande
A Vandegrift, until recently leade
of American forces on Guadalcanal
that American boys can continu