Evening star., 1943-09-07
Italian Bid for Peace
Is Believed Keeping
Churchill in America
By the Associated eress.

President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill renewed their
war discussions today amid null
tiplying signs they are awaiting
some big development-perhaps
definite peace bid from Italy.
Indirect peace pleas have been
emanating from Radio Rome for
some time, and Enrico Galeazzi, an
official of the Vatican, which might
be an agency through which formal
overtures would be made, is en-
route to Washington.
Mr.. Churchill has been on this
side of the Atlantic since August
10, and while his current mission
appears to have been fulfilled, he
as yet has exhibited no disposition
to return to England.
Hence speculation developed that
the two United Nations statesmen
are marking time.
Evidence Noted.
Evidence that the Allied leaders
had completed their planning task
for months ahead was noted in re-
ports that Gen. George G. Marshall,
Army chief of staff. has been chosen
to lead the invasion of Europe from
the British Isles.
High Catholic officials here said
they were unaware of the nature
if the mission of Signor Galeazzi,
who was secretary to Pope Plus when
the latter was cardinal and who
presumably has the Pope's conf
dence. If his business we're purely
that of the church, Washington's
Catholic leaders undoubtedly would
know of it.
(The only semi official infor-
nation on the Galeazzi journey
came from the information bu-
reau of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, which said
it had advices from Vatican City
that Signor Galeazzi, listed in
records here as architect of the
papal palaces, had left the Papal
State to attend to financial and
administrative matters" of the
Vatican. This information did
not mention his destination.)
There was hint in Mr. Churchill's
address at Harvard University yes
terday that significant postwar plan
ming already had been done by the
Allies. He spoke of the smoothly
operating machinery of the Anglo
American chiefs of staff and de-,
clared:
For our own safety, as well as
for the security of the rest of the
world, we are bound to keep 1t work.
ing and in running order after the
war, probably for a good many
years, not only till we have set up
some world arrangement to keep
the peace but until we know that
1t is an arrangement which will
really give US that protection we
must have from danger and aggres-
sion and which already we have
had to seek across two vast world
wars"
Some observers here noted that
his choice of words I'VE are bound
to keep # working" seemed SO strong
as to indicate that he and Mr..
Roosevelt already might be in
agreement on the point.
Two Leaders Center.
White House officials said today
they did not Know how long Mr.
Churchill would remain on this side
of the Atlantic.
While the Prime Minister and
the Prcsident&conferred for an hour,
or more this morning, Presidential
Secretary Stephen Early said, their
conversations will continue, and
members Of the United States and
British STATS will be coming in from
time to time, on no set schedules"
Z Mr.. Early said he saw no pressing
reason for Mr. Churchill's return to
England, and that he did not believe
the Prime Minister'S stay had been
prolonged longer than originally was
expected.
Curious About Crowd.
The Prime Minister told Mr..
Roosevelt, Mr.. Early reported, that
he was delighted with his trip to
Boston. the ceremonies there, and
the way he was received, and was
surprised and curious that so many
persons were on the streets waiting
for a glimpse of his party, when
their arrival had not been an
nounced In advance.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself scheduled
conferences today with Secretary of
War Stimson, Nelson Rockefeller.
who is about ready to go to Mexico
as member of an Americana Mex
lean Industrial Commission; Con-
stantin Fotitch, Yugoslav Ambas-
sador, and Basil O'Connor, presi-
dent OF the National Foundation for