Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-09
President Sees Task
OF Planning Peace
We'll Begun al Farley

PRESIDENT Roosevelt, commenting
today on the postwar security plan
worked out at Dumbarton Oaks,
declared "the task of planning the
great design Of security and peace
has been well begun" 1t remains,
he added, for the nations to COM
plete this structure "in a spirit of
constructive purpose and mutual
confidence"
Mr.. Roosevelt expressed surprise
that the conferees here had been
able to accomplish so much in so
short time and said his first i'm
preston of the plan was zone Of
extreme satisfaction"
Recalling that American officials
had been working on postwar peace
plans ever since the beginning of the
war, he said the peace organization
represented "a major objective for
which this war is being fought"
Text of Statement.
The complete text of the Presi-
dents statement follows:
Il wish to take this opportunity to
refer to the work of the Dumbarton
Oaks conversations between the del
egations of the United States. the
United Kingdom, the Soviet Union
and China. on the plans for an in
ternational organization for the
maintenance of peace and security.
THE conversations were COM
pleted Saturday and proposals were
submitted to the four governments
for their consideration. These pro-
posals have been made public to
permit full discussion by the people
of this country prior to the con-
vening Of a wider conference on this
|all-important subject.
Although I have not yet been
able to make thorough study of
these proposals, my first impression
Is one of extreme satisfaction and
even surprise that so much could
have been accomplished on so diff
cult subject in so short a time.
This achievement was largely due to
the long and thorough preparations
which were made by the govern
ments represented, and, in our case,
were the result of the untiring de-
votion and care which the Secretary
of State has personally given to this
work for more than two and a half
years-indeed, for many years.
Create Conditions for Peace"
"The projected international or
ganization has for its primary pur-
pose the maintenance of interna-
tional peace and security and the
creation of the conditions that make
for peace.
I'VE now know the need for such
an organization of the peace-loving
peoples and the spirit of unity which
will be required to maintain it. Ag-
gressors like Hitler and the Jap
anese war loards organized for years
for the day when they could launch
their evil strength against weaker
nations devoted to their peaceful
pursuits.
| This time we have been de-
termined first to defeat the enemy,
assure that he will never again be
in position to plunge the world
into war, and then to so organize
the peace loving nations that they
may through unity of desire, unity
of will, and unity Of strength be
in position to assure that no other
would-be aggressor or conqueror
shall even get started. That is why
from the very beginning of the war,
and paralleling our military plans,
we have begun to lay the feunda-
tons for the general organization
for the maintenance of peace and
security.
Inspires Highest Hopes.
ut represents, therefore, a major
objective for which this war is being
fought, and as such, it inspires the
| highest hopes of the millions of
fathers and mothers whose sons and
daughters are engaged in the terri
BILE struggle and suffering of war.
THE projected general organiza.
ton may be regarded as the key
stone of the arch and will include
within its framework number of
specialized economic and social
agencies now existing or to be
established
The task of planning the great
design of security and peace has
been well begun. 1t now remains
for the nations to complete the
structure in spirit of construc-
tive purpose and mutual confidence.
CnroIa Io~k.lf.