The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-27

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steps for the year ahead.
The first actual discussion Of the
meeting took place about December
LIST.
Josef Stain, he revealed, had
been invited to attend but replied
that he was unable to leave Rus
STA because he was directing the So
Wet winter offensive.
Although the. Russian leader was
not able to be present, Mr.. Roose-
welt said, he and Churchill kept him
fully informed Of their discussions.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the con-
ference Of Churchill and himself
was unprecedented In history. He
stressed the strong personal friend
ship between himself and Churchill.
Celebrating on the unusual ma
ture of the meeting, the President
remarked that during the first
World war the Allied leaders could
talk for only few hours at a
time at widely scattered periods.
While he and Churchill were in
constant conference, said Mr..
Roosevelt, the British and American
combined stats proceeded on the
principles and methods of pooling
all the resources Of the Allied ma
tons.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that all those
participating In the discussions re-
affirmed their determination to de-
story the military power Of the Axis
while proceeding with their discus
sion Of the Allies military opera
tons for 1943.
Russia to be Aided
The President said that all pos
sible material would be sent to aid
the Russian offensive, thereby cut
ting down German manpower as
well as wearing out German ma
terial.
The United Nations, he said,
would give all. possible aid In the
heroic struggle Of China now In its
sixth year and thereby end for all
time the attempts Of the Japanese
to dominate the Far East.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he and Chur-
chill were determined that peace
should come to the world and that
the war making power Of Germany
and Japan would be totally elimin-
ated. He made no mention Of
Italy's war-making power.
The President said that there was
no intention on the part Of the
United Nations to harm the people
Of the Axis countries or Of the Axis
dominated countries. However, he
said the United Nations certainly
would destroy the philosophy Of
hate and fear for the subjugation OF
other peoples.
He said he was confident that all
members Of the United Nations had
the same ideas on this subject.
The President said that he and
Churchill and their stats had fin
isaed their work and that the gen.
eral stats had had a meeting OF
minds on all the military operations.
The President said he was con-
fident that 1913 would be a much
better year than 1912.
Churchill said he agreed that 1t
was a happy idea that the cores
pondents had been brought to Casa
blanca to meet with him and the
President for the press conference.
Churchill said the discussions
were the most successful war con-
ference he had ever participated IN
or had ever seen.
He said he had never seen a con-
ference equal the present one for
comprehensiveness and SAID that the
results of the conference would give
the Allied troops their best chance
Of victory.
He said that for the last 10 days
Casablanca had been the active CEN
ter for the direction Of the war.
He expressed regret that Stain
and Gen. Chang Kai-Shek had not
been able to be present but said
they had both been kept fully in
formed on the discussions.
He went on to say that nothing
will come in the war that would ever
break the friendship between HIM
self and Roosevelt as well as that
Of all English-speaking peoples. He
said he realized the correspondent
in North Africa had had difficult
time since the start Of the Allied
operation in North Africa but asked
them to be patient.
Initiative with Allies
Churchill declared that the Allied
landing in North Africa and the
present meeting had altered the
course of the whole war and placed
the initiative in Allied hands.
He referred to the statement OF
Adolf Hitler in October that he
never knew what to expected from
the unframed Allied military men.
Churchill said that at that very
moment heavy action impended. Re-
ferring to Marshal Erwin Rommel
as fugitive from Egypt, he said
that the British Eighth Army had
followed him 1900 miles. It was like
Mary and the little lamb, he said,
everywhere that Rommel went the
9Th Army was sure to 60.
He concluded that he and Mr..
Roosevelt were more than deter
mined that their designed purpose
was the unconditional surrender OF
the criminal forces which have
plunged the world into sorrow and
ruin.
President Roosevelt then gave the
correspondents the names Of those
who participated In the discussions.
They we're:
Gen. Harold Alexander, British
Middle Eastern commander; Ad.
Inlral Of the Fleet Sir Andrew Brown
Cunningham, Lieut.. Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Air Marshal Arthur
Tedder. Lieut.. Gen. Mark w. Clark,
Maj. Gen. Carl spaats and others.
ne said that he and Churchill
felt that the occasion vas an ex-
esllent opportunity tor Gems.