Evening star., 1944-11-09
Patton Sends 3 More Divisions
Into Offensive in Metz Sector;
Churchill Calls for Big 8 ParIey
Asserts Election
Helped Prospect
OF Conference
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Nov. 9.-Prime Min
lister Churchill declared today,
1T is high time we had another
triple conference" of himself,
President Roosevelt and Premier
Stain.
Such a meeting. he said at the
Lord Mayors luncheon. might
easily bridge the suf1erings Of man
kind and stop the fearful process
Of destruction which is now ravagtne
the earth.
The prospects of such meet
ing" Mr.. Churchill said, have
been vastly improved by the results
Of the presidential elections in the
United States"
Hopes for lS45 Victory.
Pausing while the audience ap-
plauded, Mr.. Churchill added:
And for which we waited so
breathlessly on Tuesday last"
Mr.. Churchill expressed great
Joy" that his cooperation with
President Roosevelt would be con-
tinued.
The Prime Minister said no one
could be blamed for hoping that
victory would come to the Allies
and peace to Europe in ls45, pro-
vided "he does not slacken his or
her efforts for a moment"
He spoke at the inaugural of
London's new Lord Mayor, Sir
Frank Alexander.
Now we stand on the threshold
OF Germany" he said, "and it will
take the full exc, tions of the three
great powers, every scrap of
strength they car give to crush
down the desperate resistance which
we must expect from this military
antagonist at last beaten back to
his own lair"
Cites Holland Victory.
HIS listeners also applauded when
he declared that Field Marshal Sir
B. L. Montgomery had opened the
Schelde Estuary to the great Bel
gian port of Antwerp. This, he
said. put Antwerp "at the disposal
OF the northern flank of the Allied
armies which will presently move
into Germany for the dnal strue-
Gle" The operation cost heavy
British and Canadian casualties.
however, he added.
When I was here last year ap-
pealed to the British and American
public to be very careful that elec-
tion year did not in any way rufYle
the goodwill that existed throughout
the English-speaking world. and
which fas SO great an aid to our
armies" the Prime Minister recalled.
1T Is certainly remarkable that all
this turmoil of the United States
election should have been carried
through without any disturbing of
the ancient, moth-eaten, threadbare
controversies which are to be found
In the history books between Great
Britain and her American kinsmen.
now brothers in arms.
Offers Thanks for Restraint.
I'VE must be very careful our
selves to avoid mixing ourselves up
In American political affairs. I
of1er my thanks to Parliament, press
and to public men of all parties and
no parties-perhaps especially to
them-for the care and restraint
which have made all potential in
discretions die upon their lips"
Mr.. Churchill praised Gov,
Thomas E. Dewey for sportsman
ship in defeat, saying: What a
model this would be to those States
where political differences are not
solvable by word or vote, where the
question of who is to be in. and who
Is to be out may be one of life and
death, to be settled by violence and
intrigue and where there may be
but a short gap between being the
ruler and being the victim"
Describing air attacks on Ger
many, the Prime Minister asserted
We have not suffered one-tenth
and we shall not suffer one-tenth
OF what is being meted out to those
who first started and developed this
cruel and merciless form of attack
Points to U. S. Association.
These are months profoundly in
terwoven with the future of both
our countries" he said, in referring
to the United States, "and also
we trust that the future association
OF our two countries will be inter-
woven with the peace and progress
of the whole world"
Mr.. Churchill said the United