Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

button of all available material and
transportation to places where they
can best be used in the combined
war effort-American, British and
Russian"
TERMS TO GERMANY
He elaborated at length on the
meaning of unconditional surrend-
er of Germany. The German people
must realize the necessity of ac-
cepting it as the primary requisite
of their establishment as
people whom the world might ac-
cept as decent neighbors."
He said this did not mean the
destruction or enslavement of the
German people. but it did mean
temporary control of Germany" by
Great Britain, Russia, France and
the United States.
1t also means the ending of Naz-
ism, the Nazi party, and all militar-
iStic influence; it means punishment
for war criminals, Germany's COM
plete disarmament and the per-
manent dismemberment of the Ger
man general staff which has so
often shattered the peace of the
world
BY compelling reparations in
kind-in plants, in machinery, and
rolling stock and raw materials
we shall avoid the mistake made
after the last war of demanding re-
parations in the form of money
which Germany could never pay"
He said the objective in handling
Germany is Simple-'to secure the
peace of the future world"-but that
experience had shown this would
be an impossible objective IF Ger
many is allowed to retain any ability
to wage aggressive war"
LIBERATED NATIONS
In speaking of the political prob
lens inherent in the liberation of
nations occupied by the Nazis, the
President said there had been in
stances which were incompatible
with the basic principles of inter-
national collaboration" and that it
was 'fruitless" to try to place the .
blame on one nation.
The Crimea meeting produced a
settlement in which the |
three nations agreed that the poll |
tical and economic problems of any
area liberated from the Nazi con-
quest, or of any former Axis satel-
lite, are a joint responsibility of all
three governments"
Great Britain, Russia and the
United States will join together
during the temporary period of in
after hostilities, to help
the people of any liberated area,
or of any former satellite state, to
solve their own problems through
firmly established democratic pro-
cesses," he said.
FREE ELECTIONS ;.
They will endeavor to see to it
that interim governing authorities
are as representative as possible
Of all democratic elements in the
and that free elections
are held as soon as possible"
He went on to explain that final
decisions" in the liberated areas
dIS SOIllS W LS Iildue JOiIltly anu
therefore will often be "a result
Of give-and-take compromise
The United States will not al
ways have its way 100 per cent
nor will Russia or Great Britain :. E.
but am sure that under the agree
ments reached at Yalta there will
be more stable political Europe
than ever before.
once there has been a free ex-
preston of the peoples will in any
country our immediate responsible
ity ends-with the exception only
Of such action as may be agreed
upon in the international security
He described the Polish solution
as "one outstanding example" of
joint action by the three major
Allies toward the objective of help
ing create "a strong, independent
and prosperous nation, with a gov
ernment ultimately to be selected |
by the Polish people themselves"