Evening star., 1943-12-24
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Japs in the not too far distant fu-
ture."
To Have 5000, 900 Overseas.
The address, delivered from the
Dutch colonial library which bears
the Presidents name, was carried
by the largest international radio
Setup ever arranged in America. 1t
was so planned to reach as many as
possible of the 100000 men on
overseas duty-a number which the
Chief Executive said would climb to
more than 100000 by next July.
The speech carried a warning,
foreboding nste which echoed a pre-
dlction of high Washington au-
thority Wednesday that heavy casu-
alties might be expected in the
ranks of Americas fighting men.
The war is now reaching that
stage" Mr.. Roosevelt said, where
we shall have to look forward to
large casualty lists-dead, wounded
and missing.
War entails Just that. There is
no easy road to victory. And the
end is not yet in sight"
He sought, too, to undermine any
complacency that might be de-
veloping on the home front. Since
his return from the Cairo and Te-
herop conferopcoc ho cold bo
thought he had seen a tendency in
some of the people to assume a
quick ending of the war-that the
victory already had been won.
Cites False Reasoning"
Perhaps as a result of that false
reasoning" he went on, he thought
he detected IAN effort to resume or
even encourage an outbreak of par
tisan thinking and talking" Voicing
hope that he VIZ wrong, the Chief
Executive said that surely our first
and foremost tasks are all concerned
with winning the war and winning
just peace that will last for gen.
erations."
Yet, on this Christmas eve, Mr..
Roosevelt asserted, he was able to
express a certainty that, though the
cost might be high and the time
long, Peace on earth, good will to-
ward men" could be and would be
realized and insured.
The President said that he had
talked with Premier Stain and Mr..
Churchill with complete frankness
on every conceivable subject con-
nected not only with winning the
war but also with establishment of
durable peace.
AS long as Russia, Britain, China
and America stick together in a
determination to keep the peace, he
said, there will be no possibility of
an aggressor nation arising to start
another world war.
They were agreed, he declared
that if force is necessary to keep
international peace, international
force will be applied-for as long
as it may be necessary"
But they reject the enemy doc
trine that the strong shall dominate
the weak, he asserted.
Rights to Be Weighed.
ut has been our policy-and it is
certainly a common sense policy" he
said, that the right of each nation
to freedom must be measured by
the willingness of that nation to
fight for freedom"
Out of the background of his
Teheran conferences, the President
predicted confidently that no in
soluble differences would arise be-
tween Britain, Russia and the
United States. He recalled how he
Mr.. Churchill and Premier Stain
had looked ahead to the postwar
era and added:
I'VE were united in determination
that Germany must be stripped ol
her military might and be given nj
opportunity within the foreseeablt
future to regain that might.
THE United Nations have no in.
tention to enslave the German peo-
pie. We wish them to have norma
chance to develop, in peace, as use
full and respectable members of the
European family. But we most Ger.
tainly emphasize that word re.
spectable'-
For we intend to rid them once
and for all of Naziism and Prussiar
militarism and the fantastic ano
disastrous notion that they consti-
tute the master race"
OF necessity, Mr.. Roosevelt omitted
many of the details of the Middle
East war councils, although he de-
voted major share of his half
hour broadcast to the conferences
He said he would have more to say
about them in his annual message
to Congress next month.
Gives Postwar Warning.
Perhaps limiting at repetition
of suggestions already made to the
legislators, he warned that Amer.
leans at home had better be sure
that when soldiers and sailors finally
come home they would find full op.
portunities for education, rehabilita
ton, social security, employment
and business enterprise and a Gov.
ernment which they have had 6
full share in electing."
To the millions of American.
spending Christmas beyond the seas
he sent this message on behalf o1
the American people:
In our hearts are prayers for yoy