The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-02

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 settlement but there was no evil dence that sympathy for Poland would win majority votes away from the ultimate postwar peace ob- jectives. The most bitter opponent of the Polish settlement is Rep. AL win OKonski, R., Wis.
 "All this talk, he said, about free Poland! How can there be such a Poland when l30,000 Polish boys now fighting on all fronts cannot even go back to Poland without being sent to Siberia as enemies of their native countriesP
 President Roosevelt's reply to that, in effect, was that he was not wholly satisfied with the Polish settlement, it being compromise. But he em- phasized again that machinery had been set up for free and secret pol ish elections. And he seems to have committed the United States to as- sist in keeping those elections hon. est.
 His statement that some decisions reached at Yalta would require sen- ate ratification aroused considerable interest. It was known that the senate would have to ratify the in- ternational security organization voting procedure, upon which a compromise agreement was reached in the Crimea. But what other questions requiring ratification came up remained mystery today.
 The Presidents report was fol- lowed by announcement that formal invitations had been sent to the members of congress and others al- ready designated as American rep resentatives at the San Francisco conference which will convene April g. All already have accepted except Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich, whose constituency includes many persons of Polish extraction.
 Vandenberg has indicated that he desires to discuss the conference with the President before accepting and that he will not accept dele gate membership unless he can go as a free agent, uncommitted to anything. But Vandenberg has not challenged the basic objectives of postwar security including the use of force to maintain peace.
 With few exceptions Democratic legislators lauded the Roosevelt re- port. There was more favorable Re- publican comment than on most of Mir Roosevelt's communications to congress. There are some remarks from the opposition:
 Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, R., Mass :--'I take 1t that the prelim- inaries have been laid for a better understanding between nations leading to peace. It is up to us to understand thoroughly the problems involved and to accept our responsi- bility in determining the course the United States should follow"
 Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R.. N. H.: -'I thought 1t was in the nature of a family fireside talk telling the directors of the American govern ment of his experiences. and prob ably telling us as much as he could consistent with what he believed was the best interests of the country prior to the San Francisco confer ence."
 Sen. Kenneth Wherry. R.. Neb. :- My first reaction Is that he didn't tell us anything we hadn't already heard. My second is that he said they had made a compromise on Poland. For the first time we have given our sanction. along with Euro- pean powers. to the cutting up and dissemination of a nations popula- tions. It is a step forward in Amer lean participe /n in power politics. The President evidently has sealed a bargain dominated by Stalin."