Evening star., 1945-07-20
America Desires No I erritories,
Only World Peace, Prosperity,
President rumon Says at Berlin
Stors and Stripes
Are Raised Over
Conquered Capital
Ry the Associated Press.


POTSDAM, July 20.-President
Truman, speaking at symbolic
f1ag-raising over conquered Ber-
lin, said today the United States
wanted not one piece of terri
tory, but peace and prosperity
for the world as a whole"
The speech had great significance
against its background of the Big
Three Conference, where the Presi-
dent is joining Britain and Russia
in helping to settle European boun-
dairy and other problems.
I'VE are raising this flag in the
name of the people of the United
States, who are looking forward to
a better world. peaceful world, in
which all the people will have an
opportunity of enjoying peace and
opportunity" Mr.. Truman said.
Formerly Flew Over Capitol.
The Stars and Stripes raised over
the United States group council
headquarters-in the former head
quarters of~Germany's air defense
was the flag that few over the
Capitol in Washington the day the
United States entered the war
against the Axis. 1t flew over AL
giers when that city was Gen. Eisen-
howers headquarters and over Rome
when the first Axis capital was cap
tured. It is destined to be raised
over Tokyo.
Lets not forget that we are
fighting for peace and for the well
fare of mankind" Mr.. Truman told
the troops lined up for the cere-
mony. I'VE are not fighting for
conquest.
There is not one piece of ter
ritory or one thing of monetary
nature that we want out OF this
war. We want peace and pros
perity for the world as whole. We
want to see the time come when we
can do the things in peace that we
have been able to in war. If we
can put this tremendous machine
of ours, which has made this VIC
tory possible, to work for peace
we could look forward to the great
est age in the history of mankind.
THAT is what we propose to do"
Tank Division Reviewed.
Mr.. Truman told the soldiers,
picked infantrymen from the I'd
Armored Division, that they had
proved conclusively that a free
people can look after the affairs
of the world" The President, Sec
retary of War Stimson and Gems.
Eisenhower and Patton reviewed the
division.
The President spoke extempora- |
neously for two minutes.
Gen. Omar Bradley, new veter-
ans administrator who had been
summoned here for a conference,
accompanied him to the site from
the Little White House. Secretary
Stimson, Gen. Eisenhower, Gen.
Patton and Maj. Gen. Floyd L.
Parks, American member OF the
Berlin kommandatur, were in the
Presidents party. 1t. Gen. Lucius
D. Clay, head of the United States
Group Council, received Mr.. Tru-
man.
The Presidents brief message was
interpreted by some of his listeners
as meaning the United States in
sisted that the peace and welfare of
the average man were more impor-
tant than territorial disputes and
boundaries. /
Germans Cleared From Area.
The ceremony took place in the
cobblestoned central court of what
had been the German aircraft COM
mand for Middle Germany. All
! Germans hyd been cleared from the
area before the President arrived.
He drove up in his open car, accom-
panied by military and naval aides
snd small Secret Service detail.
Immediately after the hag-raising
the President sped back to Potsdam
to resume his deliberations with
Premier Stain and Prime Minister
Churchill.
The President was described as
eager to return to Washington as
soon as possible after the conference
here closes. He has all but aban-
doned plans for even brief visit to
London.
He is keeping in close touch with
congressional considerations of the
United Nations Charter and Bret
ton Woods proposals, and the Little
White House maproom is receiving
hourly reports on the Pacific war.
The President spoke in Berlin
after Vice Admiral Emory S. Land,
chief of the United States Maritime
Commission and War Shipping Ad-
ministration, arrived with his staff
in response to special request from
Mr.. Truman.
The shipping experts arrived late
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