The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-20
Interpreting
The War :
FRIDAY, AUGUST >
By KIRKE L, SIMnSA,-

President Roosevelt's hearttet ~F
lutte to the valor, skill and t.. y
work OF the Allied forces MI,
in conquered Sicily for sno+s ,+'
thrust against Europe, little ~.
to be cleaned of the doings ., t' "
Quebec war council tonight "
yond the fact that its conc]ud,'
are almost ready for Roo,sa.,
Churchill ratification. '
The conference appeared ,.,
ed toward picking up the norT,'
threads of the problem tomo,,,
at least SO far as they are s,,.'
tlal now to weaving the npw wv
tary victory pattern bejnp '% sS,l il--
1t was for this purpose thgt s4'5s' y
ish Foreign Secretary "' Aux d
Eden whipped over the Atl..1 ''.
by air to go into seclusjon H'- !" U
conference headquarters. Ton;.-. nj u
Eden's American counternart g''Is@. :.
retary Hull, was en- rolro : W
Washington. That will comma, nv
far as known the personnel N NJ a
war strategy board mappha ~ W. ~
and aggressive blows against -' =
Axis in both Europe and As.I u; !.
seize the opportunity Offered I.
favorable developments in all w., =,
theaters since it last met in Vss %
ington three months ago. '
In his message of congrabl.s,
to General Eisenhower, Mr. Poo,.
velt touched on factor of i"
most importance to the ops,,.
strategy planners. That is ' S'
teamwork achieved by Amerc.,
Canadian, BRUSH and Frenct
forces under a single connm
set-up.
Events in Sicily, Mr.. ROO,p,
said, "shoW what can be done !,
teamwork based on pyepsrrm
training, timing and above ar
gallantry on land, on sea am
the air."
Whatever is being Alliesga,s
here for the near future he
| Asiatic, Mediterranean, Emvm
or any other possible war hesg
will certainly follow the orgarils
tional pattern of the highly 2s
cessful French, African and Sc.
an campaigns. That makes at
section of commanders in chic
for each other theater, to mat
EisenhoWer's over all comman
an important probable item on Il
Quebec agenda.
Both in his case and that
General Macarthur, the directly
placing them in command Of ct
ordinated ground-sea-air operato
sprang from the Anglo-Amerlc
combined chiefs Of staff gTol
| which is the core Of the Ouch
conference. Announcement of "
is to undertake in other theatt
) the command task Eisenhower
so brilliantly carried through
Africa and Sicily is likely to
one of the few factual disclosO
as to Quebec decisions by Mess
Roosevelt and Churchill when d.
are ready to talk. IT is militia
information and Of keen interest
the enemy. but not calculated
reveal detailed plans Of attack
| American cruisers as well
British heavier craft are nov
the Tyrrhenian sea, hoping id
remnants of the italian fleet VI
come out to engage them-b1t n.
expecting it. The scuttliM Of WA
is left of Mussolini's nav FP
garded as more the probaGAy
of that Fascist adventure INV
perialism.
The Allied answer to Rus
criticism of lack of an Allied v
ern attack to match the Red q
may be forthcoming here, Or
velop from Britain even before
Quebec directives are comp'
and ratified. In effect, at lf
Quebec forms distant third al
to the Allied attack menace r'
I'd at continental Europe from
ilv and Britain. Berlin can m
no final disposition OF genera
serves either to bolster the III
pressed Russian front reln(
tottering Italy or meet an inva
from the west until it gets 50
inkling of what attacks are D.. De
planned here. And that Will
Forthcoming only in action no.