Evening star., 1945-01-05
Foreign Policy,
War Jobs Head
Message Topics
President Will Give
Summary on Radio
Tomorrow Might

news conference tOQay MS mes
sage to Congress tomorrow would
be an 8,000-word document COW
ering foreign policy and man.
power draft, but parried ques-
tions as to it further content.
He also revealed he is going to
give Commute radio summary of
the measure tomorrow night. The
broadcast will be carried by all net
works from 10 to 1o:3o pm.
In connection with foreign policy
discussion at the conference Mr..
Roosevelt answered yes and no when
asked whether the time and place
had been set for his next meeting
with Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stain.
Smiling, he said it would take
place after his Inauguration Janu-
ary 20 and added in response TO
questions that the meeting will
differ as to agenda and other plans
from previous meetings at Casa
blanca, Teheran, Quebec and Wash
ington.
Jokes About Time and Place.
Joking about the time and place,
he said that whether the meeting
would be held at the North OF South
Pole depends on ice conditions.
He said he did not know whether
other Allied leaders than the Big
Three" will attend.
The President also disclosed that
new program for feeding Italy has
been agreed on and that more food
is going in there. He could not esti-
mate the increase in pounds but
said there were more calories in the
new shipments.
He said shipping still is a very
great problem in feeding the Ital-
| ians
He was once more asked about the
possibility of making public the
terms of the Italian arnistice, but
he repeated what he has said on
previous occasions, that military
people on the ground do not believe
the considerations will permit the
| terms given Italy to be disclosed.
1t is not expected that Mr.. Roose-
velt's message will attempt to define
exactly American policy toward cur
rent European political problems.
The Chief Executive is represent
ed as wishing to keep his hands free
for bargaining with Mr.. Churchill
and Premier Stain.
| After his initial talks with them,
he should know more exactly than
at any time since the Teheran
conference year ago what are their
plans and purposes with respect to
the smaller countries of Europe and
the extent to which basic American
policies already enunciated may be
put in practice there.
Background of Meeting.
On the basis of that information,
it is expected that subsequent to the
conference he will be able toSdef1ne
more clearly just how American war
aims will work out in practice in
postwar Europe-the Europe which
already is coming into existence as
Allied armies press forware against
the Germans.
AS highly placed informants see
the background of the big Three"
meeting, it may be summarized in
; this manner:
Mr.. Roosevelt will enter the con-
!, ference strengthened in position be-
cause American armies are now
fighting great campaign on the
western front and no question can
any longer be raised about Amer
ica's unstinted participation in the
Allied war effort.
At the same time, responsible per-
sons here say, he has the handicap
which results from American de-
sires to see certain policies made
effective in Europe without Ameri-
can willingness to take the re-
sponsibility for making them
effective.
As a result of the Big Three con-
ference and of the forthcoming for
eign policy discussions in Congress,
diplomatic officials hope and expect
that the United States Government
soon may be able to say what de-
gree of responsibility it is willing to
accept in European affairs.
i Responsibility for U. S.
The situation arises primarily be-
cause of the lapse of time between
the liberation of territories overrun
by Germany and the proposed crea-
ton of a world security organization
which would embrace the United
States as well as the other great
Allied powers.
If and when this country goes into
such an organization it will assume
a large measure of responsibility for
European as we'll as other world
affairs covering the interests of the
great powers as well as the right of
small nations.
However, at the moment American
foreign policy Is limited Cd to help
ing to win the war, (2) to seeking
creation of the world security or
| (See MESSAGE, Page A-4)