Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-01
Report to Congress on Big Three Talk.

Tokyo. The defeat of Germany will
not mean the end OF the war against
Japan. On the contrary, America
must be prepared for long and
costly struggle in the Pacific.
japanese Militarism Must Go.
But the unconditional surrender
of Japan is as essential as the de-
feat of Germany--if our plans for
world peace are to succeed. For
Japanese militarism must be wiped
out as thoroughly as German mill
tarism
On the way home from the Crimea
I made arrangements to meet per-
sonally King Farouk of Egypt, Halle
Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, and
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia.
Our conversations had to do with
matters of common interest. They
will be of great mutual advantage
because they gave us an opportu-
nifty Of meeting and talking face to
face, and OF exchanging views in
personal conversation instead OF
formal correspondence,
On my voyage I had the benefit
of seeing our Army and Navy and
air force at work.
All Americans would feel as proud
OF our armed forces as am If they
could see and hear what / did.
Against the most efficient profess
sional soldiers and sailors and air.
men of all history, our men stood
and fought-and won.
This is our chance to see to It
that the sons and grandsons of these
gallant fighting men do not have
| to do it all over again in few years.
Turning Point in History.
The conference in the Crimea was
turning point in American his
tory. There will soon be presented
to the Senate of the United States
and to the American people great
decision which will determine the
fate of the United States-and of
the world-for generations to come.
There can be no middle ground
here. We shall have to take the re-
sponsibility for world collaboration,
or we shall have TO bear the respon-
sibility for another world conflict.
know that the word planning"
is not looked upon with favor in
some quarters. In domestic affairs,
tragic mistakes have been made by
reason of lack of planning; and, on
| the other hand, many great i'm
provements in living and many
benefits to the human race have
been accomplished as a result of
adequate, intelligent planning -
/ reclamations of desert areas, devel-
opments of whole river valleys, pro-
vision for adequate housing.
The same will be true in relations
between nations. For second time,
this generation is face to face with
the objective of preventing wars.
To meet that objective, the nations
Of the world will either have a plan
or they will not. The groundwork
of a plan has now been furnished,
and has been submitted to humanity
for discussion and decision.
No plan is perfect Whatever is
adopted at San Francisco will
doubtless have to be amended time
and again over the years, just as
our own Constitution has been.
/ Must Work for Peace.
No one can say exactly how long
any plan will last. Peace can endure
only so long as humanity really in
sists upon it, and is willing to work
for it-and sacrifice for it.
Twenty-Five years ago. American
fighting men looked to the statesmen
of the world to finish the work of
peace for which they fought and
suffered. We failed them then. We
cannot fail them again, and expect
the world again to survive.
/ The Crimea Conference was
successful effort by the three lead
ing nations to find a common
ground for peace. It spells-or
ought to spell-the end of the sys-
tenn of unilateral action and ex-
: elusive alliances and spheres of
!, Influence and balances of power and
: all the other expedients which have
: been tried for centuries-and have
failed.
We propose to substitute for all
: these universal organization in
/ which all peace-loving nations will
finally have chance to join.
am confident that the Congress
: and the American people will accept
' the results of this conference as the
i beginnings of a permanent struc-
} ture of peace upon which we can
: begin to build, under God, that bet
: ter world in which our children and
, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES anG mine, the
children and grandchildren of the
, whole uorld-po1ISt live