The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-07

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Medal Of Honor. (Internctiondl)
ment of the principles Of the At
lantic Charter"
I'VE have not shrunk from the
military responsibilities brought on
by this war;" he declared. I'VE
cannot and will not shrink from
the political responsibilities which
follow in the wake of battle"
Diplomats sought to appraise
these words in the light of feeling
in some quarters that Russia and
Britain have Winked at provisions
Of the Charter calling for self-de-
termination of peoples.
Mr.. Roosevelt himself said he
would not be frank if he did not
admit concern about many situa-
tons, the Greek and Polish, for
example.
But those situations" he said,
''are not as easy or as simple to
deal with as some spokesman,
whose sincerity do not question,
would have us believe. We have
obligations, not necessarily legal,
to the exiled governments, to the
underground leaders and to our
major allies Who came much near
er the shadows than we did.
I'VE and our Allies have de-
clared that it is our purpose to
respect the right of all Peoples to
choose the form of government I'm
der which they will live and to
see sovereign rights and self-gov-
eminent restored to those who
have been forcibly deprived of
them. But with internal dissension,
with many citizens of liberated
countries still prisoners of war or
forced to labor in Germany, it is
difficult to guess the kind Of self
government h e people really
want"
In what may have been a guard
ed call for eventual plebiscites in
both Poland and Greece, the pres
ident went on to say that during
the interim period, this country
and the Allies have duty ito
use our influence to the end that
no temporary or provisional au-
thorities in the liberated countries
block the eventual exercise of the
peoples right freely to choose the
government and institutions, under
which as free men. they are to
live"
The task, he said, isn't helped
by stubborn partisanship by oppos-
ing internal factions.
Declaring that many OF the prob
lens of Peace are upon us even
while the war continues, the presi-
dent asserted that the United Ma
tions will go forward vigorously
and rsolutely in creating an in
tegrated world security system.
''The aroused conscience of hui
manity,'' he said, will not permit
failure in this supreme endeavor."
Coupled with the presidential de-
mand for a universal service law
was another for amendment of the
Selective Service Act providing
for the induction of nurses into
the armed forces"
Volunteering, MI Roosevelt |
said, has not produced the number
of nurses needed. Nurses for the
armed services are overWorked, he
said, yet care and treatment OF
the sick and wounded have been
the best known to medical science.
At least $4,000 more nurses must
be obtained for the Army and 1000
for the Navy, whereas active re-
cruiting has produced only 1000
volunteers for the Army Nurse
Corps in eight months.
Urging continued devotion to the
tasks of turning out new and old
weapons. Nj. Roosevelt declared
that this nation must Pay for all
those who leave their essential
jobs'' with the 'life's blood of our
sons"
This is no time to quit or change
to less essential jobs, he said, add
ing:
There is an old and true saying
that the Lord hates a gutter.