The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-16
STRATEGY OF PRESENT WAR
 TO CONTINUE
President Says There Will Be No Change, "Uneon-
 ditiondI Surrender

WASHINGTON April 16-PreSi- dent Harry s. Truman promised the grand strategy of the war will re- main unchanged and unhampered" by his accession to the Presidency.
 Making his first address to a joint session of Congress, the new President declared this nation, along with it's allies, must shoulder the grave responsibility" of making secure the future peace.
 To accomplish this objective, Truman said the United States must join in punishing those guilty of bringing on the war.
 For Lasting Peace
 "A lasting peace can never be secured if we permit our dangerous opponents to plot future wars with impunity in any mountain retreat, however distant" the President said. in an apparent allusion to reports that Hitler may attempt to seek refuge in the Bayarian mountains. ~
 The armies of liberation are to- :. day bringing to ar, end Hitler's ghastly threat to dominate the world, President Truman said, and Tokyo rocks under the weight of Iour bombs The grand strategy of the United Nations in the war has been determined, due in no small measure to,.the wisdom of our de- parted Commander in-C Chief. We are now carrying out our part of that strategy under the able direc- Ition of Admiral Leahy. Gen. Mar shall, Admiral King, Gen. Arnold. Gen. Eisenhower, Admiral Nimitz and Gen. Macarthur.
 T want the entire world to know this direction must and will remain unchanged and unhampered"
 Tribute To Roosevelt
 Speaking only one day after the burial of Franklin Roosevelt, Tru- man paid high tribute to his pre- decessor, saying tragic fate has thrust upon us grave responsibili- ties, and we must carry on. Our devoted leader never looked back ward. he looked forward, moved forward. That is what he would want us to do, that is what America will do"
 President Truman went to the Capitol after two early-morning conferences on international af- fairs, the first with Secretary of State Stettinius, and the second with British Foreign Secretary An thony Eden and British Ambassa- dor Lord Halifax.
 Long before the President ar- rived at the Capitol, police and Secret Service men placed care- ful guard about the building Only holders of special cards of ad- mission were allowed in the House gallery. where the joint session was held.
 Unconditional Surrender"
 Speaking from the rostrum where he heard Roosevelt on March describe the accomplishments of the Yalta Conference, Truman said the American policy remained "uncon- ditional surrender
 Declaring the nation is deeply conscious" that much hard fighting remains, the President said, ''hav- ing to pay such heavy price to make complete victory certain America can never become a party to any plan for partial victory We cannot traffic with the breakers of peace on terms of peace"
 Great Assemblage
 President Truman and Mrs. Tru- man reached the Capital at 12.27 o'clock this afternoon and were met by their daughter. Mary Margaret. They went immediately to the of- flee of Speaker Rayburn where the President waited for the formal Senate and House Committee to escort him to the House chamber to deliver his message.
 In the house. the customary cluster of microphones was arr ranged on the speakers table be- fore the President, and on the floor was a great assemblage of his former colleagues. Senate members. House members, and in the front row of seats were Justices of the