Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Roosevelt and Macarthur Confer
At Pearl Harbor> Draw Up Plans
For New Offensive AGAINST Japs
Admiral Nimitz
Participates in
Series of Talks
BY HOWARD FLIEGER,
ASSOCIATED Press staff Correspondent

HONOLULU, July 20 (Delayed)
President Roosevelt concluded
his first wartime conference
with Gen. Douglas Macarthur
today, bringing to close three
days of strategy talks which
covered every phase of the quick
ening Pacific conflict.
The Southwest Pacific commander
was greeted with friendly It's
good to see you, Doug by the Chief
Executive.
MIR. Roosevelt arrived July 26 at
this fortress island, where two and
half years ago japanese bombs
blasted the United States into the
war. He came here from the marine
base at San Diego. Calf, where he
boarded a cruiser shortly after his
July 20 speech accepting renomina-
ton for fourth term.
With Gen. Macarthur at the Pearl
Harbor conference table were Ad-
miral Chester w. Nimitz, Pacific
feet commander, and other top
fight war chiefs representing the
full scope of the Pacific campaign.
Later Mr.. Roosevelt told reporters
the meetings planned new often
sives against the Japenese and he
reiterated America Pacific war
goals, to retake and free the Phil
ippines and to drive Japan to UNI
conditional surrender.
Visits Installations.
The Chief Executive coupled with
his conferences detailed visits to
Pearl Harbor and other military
installations converted since De-
cember 7, 1941. into an islo.,u Iris
ting with land, sea and f.r fighting
power. He termed the conversion
the most amazing chanl r. he had
ever seen.
Admiral Nimitz and Gen. Mac
Arthur-the latter wearing leath-
er field jacket-Went aboard the
Presidents ship to greet Mr.. Roose-
welt as soon as he arrived at Pearl
Harbor.
The navy yard was teeming with
sailors and workers The crowd ap-
plauded as the President greeted
Gen. Macarthur on the gangplank
With them and Admiral NimltZ
in later conferences were: Admiral
William F. Halsey, jr., commander
of the Sd Fleet; 1t. Gen. Robert
c. Richardson, il, Central PACING
Army commander, and war chiefs
representing the North, South and
Southwest Pacific theaters.
Mr.. Roosevelt termed his visit here
highly successful. Sea tanned and
smiling, he snapped nearly an hour
of questions and answers with Pa
ciflc war correspondents and White
House reporters for the Associated
Press, the United Press, the Inter-
national News Service and repre-
sentative of the four major radio
networks who travelled with his
party from Washington.
Unconditional Surrender Goal.
We are going back to the Philip
pines, Mr. Roosevelt said, and Gen.
Macarthur is going to be part of
the operation. You can't say, he
smiled. whether the general is going
back directly or by way of North
Africa-but he is going back and we
are going to give the islands their
independence.
Our goal is unconditional surren-
der for all our enemies, he said
Whatever is required, he continued,
we are going right through to clean
up the japanese.
A reporter asked if new Japanese
offensives would develop soon and
the President said yes, but reminded
his listeners that soon is a relative
term and that strategy is a con-
stantly shifting thing.
During his stay here the President
visited virtually every military oper-
alton on the island-from a deadly
advanced training course in jungle
fighting to the hospital cots of the
wounded from Saipan and the Mar
shalls. He reviewed the 7th Division,
veterans of Attu, Kiska and Kwaja-
lein.
He made seven brief talks in two
days, frequently delivered to service
men who looked up from their jobs
in surprise to see the President roll
ing up in a jeep-escorted open tour
ing car
His trip to Hawaii was a closely
guarded military secret, but rows of
islanders and servicemen lined the
streets every time the presidential
party moved through Honolulu
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3D