Evening star., 1945-07-21
Much Serious
Business Done
AT Big ; Talks
Meetings Averaging
3 Hours; Leaders
Confer Fifth Time
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
POTSDAM, July 81. PreSi-
dent Truman, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain
held their fifth meeting today
the American delegation an
nounced, and much serious
business has been done"
"The work of the conference Ii
going ahead" the delegation re.
ported. Since the first meeting or
Tuesday the Big Three have met
every day, including today, ano
averaged almost three hours pei
meeting"
Foreign Secretaries of the United
States, Russia and Britain have
been meeting every day since Mon
day, putting in long hours, ano
numerous committees and subcom-
mittees also have been busy draft
ing reports for action by the Big
Three.
Want to Speed Up Talks.
Both Mr.. Truman and Mr.
Churchill were understood to be
anxious to speed up deliberations.
President Truman is eager to re-
turn to Washington soon, and is be-
lieved seeking to keep discussions
down to a minimum, with view to
quick decisions where there is a pos
sibility of adjustment of differences
For his part, Mr.. Churchill wants
to return to London by July 26, in
time for the announcement of the
national election returns. and his
associates are reported working to-
ward the goal of concluding the
conference in advance of that date
In the American compound, Mr.
Truman conferred today with Ad-
miral Emory S. Land, chairman OF
the United States Maritime Com
mission, who is here for discussions
looking to the postwar utilization
of Americas big merchant feet. 1t
Gen. Lucius Clay, Gen. Eisenhower
deputy in Germany, had dinner with
the President.
Tomorrow Mr.. Truman presum-
ably will attend church services as
usual. The American delegation
planned services in its area. There
was a possibility the services would
be conducted by Col. L. Curtis Tier
nan, chief of chaplains of United
States forces in the European the
ater and an old friend of Mr.. Tru-
mans.
The Presidents party was enter
tanned again last night by Sergt
Eugene List, pianist, and Pvt. Stuart
Canin, violinist, both of New York
City. They had played the previous
night for all the Big Three.
Bargaining on Proposals.
President Truman may possibly
be insisting at the Potsdam con.
ferenceS that any bargaining or
conference proposals be predicateo
on Russian participation, at least tc
some extent, in the war against
Japan. 1t is regarded as obvious
that he is presenting the American
position as stemming irrevocably
from the premise of saving Amer
ican lives.
Qn London diplomatic observ-
ers said that from the Potsdam
meeting may emerge an Ameri-
can foreign policy free from IA
voritism, yet friendly toward all
nations of goo6 will. Smaller
nations representatives were said
to be counting heavily on the
hope that President Truman
would translate such a policy into
a role for the United States as
impartial arbiter in Europe's
problems.)
Today's Big Three session may b,
unusually long on the insistence ol
Mr.. Truman, who has scruple.
against working on Sunday. Al
early riser himself, Mr.. Truman il
said to be disappointed that most O.
the sessions of the Big Three are de.
layed until the late afternoon.
The best information emanatins
from the conference area is that thu
President is making hit with botl
Premier Stain and Prime Minister
Churchill because of his informally
and his aversion to pretense anc
f1attering phraseology.