Evening star., 1945-02-12
President Will Tell
Congressional Group
OF Big Three Plans
BY the Associated Press.

Increasing cooperation be-
tween the administration and
Congress on foreign affairs was
emphasized today by the revela-
tion that Chairman Connally of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and group of legis-
lators plan to visit the White
House to receive from President
Roosevelt report on the Big
Three meeting.
This revelation followed the State
Departments announcement Satur-
day that Chairman Connally. Chair
man Bloom of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee and several pri-
vate citizens would act as advisers
to the American delegation to the
forthcoming Mexico City conference.
Meanwhile, reports from Paris
said the President-last reported in
conference with Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain some
where In the Black Sea area-Would
visit Gen. Charles de Gaulle in Paris
DC1olC lCbuI IlAIlS llUlIC al 10 II SIC0
understood that Mr. Roosevelt would
assure France of full participate in
postwar European settlements af-
fecting her. The French have made
1t clear that they want a prominent
part in policing the Rhineland.
Pravda Halls Communique.
Today's Pravda hailed the initial
communique of the Big Three con-
ference as "the loss of the last trump
by the Hitlerites from q political
point Of view" the Associated Press
bureau in Moscow reported.
From a military point of view
this declaration means that opera
tions for the final defeat of Hit
lerite Germany will develop with
growing speed on an even larger
scale" the official Communist organ
declared.
Senator Connally told a reporter
that he had received suggestions
that summation of the Big
Three" discussions be given to all
legislators But he expressed the
opinion that Mr. Roosevelt would
find this course impractical.
Instead, he said he hopes to head
q bipartisan delegation of Foreign
Relations Committee members to
the White House, when the Presi-
dent returns, to obtain background
information on any of the decisions
that may have been made at Mr..
Roosevelt's meeting with Mr.
Churchill and Mr.. Stain.
Similar discussions of foreign
policy have been carried on re-
Gently between legislators and the
President, outWardly to the salts
faction Of Senate Democrats and
Republicans who were included
There have been some complaints
from House members, however, that
they were not invited and future
meetings may find some of them
present.
Byrnes' Presence Significant.
Former Senate colleagues of War
Mobilization Director Byrnes think
the latter's presence at the confer
ence means they are to be told more
about this meeting of the three
world leaders than they have known
in the past. He has close contacts
In Congress.
The Mexico City meeting will be
the first inter American government
meeting to be attended by congress
sional leaders The invitation per-
haps set a precedent for future con-
ferences of all kinds. including the
expected United Nations parley to
establish a world security organiza-
ton.
Inclusion of representatives. from
Congress and outside the Govern
ment on the delegation to Mexico
is a part of broad State Depart
ment program to gain popular sup
port for peace and security plans
Among the nongovernmental
leaders who will go to Mexico City
are Eric Johnston, president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce; Alfred S. Goss. head of the
National Grange; David Mcdonald |
of the United SteelWorkers' Union, |
and George Meany of the American
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