The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-13
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and dark suit waved back and
chatted with those on shipboard as
the vessel came in. He puffed east
" on a cigarette and conversed
with his daughter, Anna Boettiger
who went out to meet the Presl-
ent's ship early this afternoon.
For the most part, his talk was
to a serious discussion of
the Pacific war and future military
and economic developments in the
vast area.
1.-The self interests of our Allies
will be affected by fair and frieraa-
ly collaboration with u.s. Mr.. Roo
sevelt said. They too will gain in
national security. They will gain
economically. The destinies OF the
peoples of the Who'll ePacific will
for many years be entwined with
our own destiny. Already there are
stirring among hundreds of mil
lions of them desire for the right
to work out their own destinles,
and they show no evidence of seek
ing to over-run the earth-With one
exception.
eThat exception is and has been
for many, many years that OF ia
pan and the Japanese people be-
cause whether or not the people
of Japan itself know and approve
of what their lords have done for
nearly a century, the fact remains
that they seem to be giving hearty
approval to the Japanese policy OF
acquisition of their neighbors and
their neighbors' lands, and a mill
tary and economic control of as
many nations as they can lay their
hands on.
Mr.. Roosevelt said it is can I'M
fortunate fact that the world can
not trust Japan.
BY removing the future menace
of Japan, he said, I'VE are holding
out the hope that other people in
the far east can be freed from the
same threat"
He said the peoples of the Philip
pines. Korea. Indo-China, New Gui-
nea and the inundated islands have
no wish to be Japanese slaves, and
ne declared we are in the splendid
process" of throwing the Japanese
out.
The President said the war in the
Pacific is well in hand'' but OBJ
served:
IT cannot tell you, if I knew
when the war will be over either
in urope or in the far east or the
war against Japan.
''It will be over the sooner" he
said, .'if the people of this country
will maintain the making OF the
NECESSARY supplies and ships and
planes. BY SO doing we will has
ten the day of peace. BY SO doing
we will save our own pocketbooks
and those of our children; by so
doing we will run better chance
Of substantial unity among the uni
fled nations in laying more secure
ly he foundation of a lasting
peace"
The President stood at micro
phone at the base On a gun-mount
on the destroyer to deliver his ad-
dress in the navy yard. A cloudy
sky obscured the sun.
He appeared tanned from his
long sea voyages of recent days.
Sailors and workers damned the
area before his ship to listen to his
words. AS he stood to speak, a
cheer and applause went up from
the audience. He waved a return
greeting.
While the president sat aboard
the vessel before time for his
speech the Pudget Sound navy
yard band played swing tunes from
temporary bandstand thrown up
on the dockside.
In his speech, Mr.. Roosevelt
went into detailed description of
the military installations he visit
ed in the Pacific.
He told of his military confer
ences in Honolulu with my oia
friend General Douglas MacArth-
ur," and said he had participated
in interesting and useful confer
ences accompanied by Admiral
and my own chief of staff,
Admiral Leahy, and General Rich
ardson, the commanding general Of
Army forces in the Hawaiian area,
and Admiral Halsey, commander of
the Third Fleet
The three days of conferences,
he said, developed complete ac-
cord both in. the understanding of
the problem that confronts us and
in the opinion as to the best meth
cd for it's solution
The Chief Executive interrupted
his prepared text to comment on
what he termed "a modern mar
vel'-the fact that newspapers did
not break security to discuss his
trip although they were in on the
secret from the time he left Wash
ington.
The President said the Hawaiian
islands have been converted from
a mere outpost to major base for
frontlnie operations in the Pacific.
He brought cheer from his au-
dience when he declared "the is
lands will make possible future op-
erations in China-make possible
the recapture and independence of
the Philippines, and make possible
the carrying Of war into the home
islands of Japan itself, and its
capital scity of Tokyo"
Mr.. Roosevelt said upon his re-