The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-03
Roosevelt's Report

The establishment and maintenance OF an en-
during peace is everyone's business.
That, to U.S. is the essence of President
Roosevelts address to Congress and the
American people Thursday.
The speech may be considered within the
category Of his '.fireside chats except it was
not on the state of the nation but the state
OF the world, present and future. 1t was much
more than an explanation of the Malta con-
ference and defense of the decisions made
there. He showed and quite rightfully so, that
gathering of the Big Three marks "a good
start on the road to world peace Why? Be-
cause it demonstrated the power OF compro-
mise in maintaining good will among the Al
lied nations He was quite correct in acknow-
lodging that some Of the Crimean decisions
were based on compromise and it was no
excuse when he added no nation will al
ways have its way 100 per cent
It was a conference Of cooperation
Because no nation can no longer live alone,
this spirit must continue after our enemies
are crushed. II it fails, then there will be
Word War III. Whether it succeeds, will de-
pend or the American people more than any
other nation in the world. We are the domi-
nent power in this war. We will have to take
the same outstanding role in the peace
The first step for us is not far away, the
foundation for it having been laid at the Cri-
mean conference. 1t is the gathering in San
Francisco next month at which the United Ma
tons are expecting to set up an international
security organization. Whatever transpires
here, whatever decisions reached will have
to have the acceptance of the American peo-
pie and ratification of the U. S. Senate We
do not expect there will be full agreement on
any course set, there will be criticism. Per-
haps that is the way it should be. No peo-
pies peace can be drafted by few repre-
sentatives. Yet all must not only show but
execute materially the spirit of compromise
that these decisions will be wel-rounded,
with majority support by the time the war
ends.
BY taking the Congress and people into his
confidence, President Roosevelt has made a
strong start in obtaining the cooperation of
the country in his lead toward full collabora-
ton with the remainder of the Allies in build
ing the new peace. His beginning is much bet
ter than that of President Wilson in World
War I. President Roosevelt's trip to Yalta
was to find common ground for the peace
foundation. The principal outcome was great
determination to do everything possible for
the advancement Of world collaboration among
his people. His address Thursday may pos
sible be the first of several along the very
definite theme that isolation is obsolete, must
not be revived, as the germ of the third
world war
1t is a reasonable expectation that a trend
Of isolationism will reappear, flourish in some
quarters, when the war is over. That is what
the nation must guard against and it is quite
proper to mernorize President Roosevelt
warning:
1--WE shall have to take the responsibility
for world elaboration or we shall have to
bear the responsibility for another world con-
flict.'
That responsibility began with the Yalta
conference. 1t should never be laid down. If
we do cast it aside, again convince ourselves
we can live alone, the days of peace will
have been numbered and the paths of an
other generation Of American youth will be
turned toward war, the deadliest we've ever
known