Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-01
The tert OF President Roose-

The tert OF President Roose-
| uelt's address to Congress today
on the Crtmea Conference
Mr.. Vice President, Mr.. Speaker,
members of the Senate and of the
House OF Representatives:
1t Is good to be home.
1t has been long journey. I
hope you will agree that 1t was a
fruitful one.
Speaking in all frankness, the
question of whether 1t is to be en-
tirely fruitful or not lies to great
extent in your hands. For unless
you here in the halls OF the Ameri-
can Congress-with the support of
the American people-concur in the
general conclusions reached at Yalta,
and give them your active support,
the meeting will not have produced
lasting results.
That Is why / come before you
at the earliest hour after my return.
I want to make a personal report
to you-and, at the same time, to
the people of the country. Many
months of earnest work are ahead
OF us all, and should like to feel
that when the last stone is laid on
the structure of international peace,
1t will be an achievement for which
all of us in America have worked
steadfastly and unselfishly - to-
gether.
1 return from this trip-which
took me as far as 1000 miles from
the White House-refreshed and in
spired. The Roosevelts are not, as
you may suspect, averse to travel
We thrive on it!
Kept Constantly Informed.
Far away as I was, l was kept
constantly informed of affairs in the
United States. The modern miracle
Of rapid communication has made
this world very small: and we must
always bear that in mind, when we
think or speak of international re-
lations. / received a steady stream
of messages from Washington, and
except where radio silence was nee
essary for security purposes, 1 could
continuously send messages any
place in the world. And, of course,
in grave emergency, we could even
have risked breaking the secur-
ity rule.
come from the Crimea Confer
ence, my fellow Americans. with a
firm belief that we have made a
good start on the road to world
of peace.
There were two main purposes at
the Crimea Conference. The first
was to bring defeat to Germany
with the greatest possible speed and
with the smallest possible loss of
Allied men. That purpose is now
being carried out in great force
The German Army and the Ger
man people are feeling the ever
increasing might of our fighting
men and of the Allied armies. Every
hour gives us added pride in the
heroic advance of our troops over
German soil toward meeting with
the gallant Red Army.
The second purpose was to con-
tinue to build the foundation for
an international accord which
would give some assurance of last
ing peace among the nations of the
world.
Toward the goal also a ire
mendous stride was made.
At Teheran over year ago there
were long-range military plans laid
by the chiefs of staff of the three
most powerful nations. Among the
civilian leaders at Teheran, how
ever,' there were only exchanges of
views and expressions of opinion.
No political agreements were made
and none was attempted.
Specific Cases Tackled.
At the Crimea Conference, how
ever, the time had come for getting
down TO specific cases in the polit-
ical field.
There was on all sides at this
conference enthusiastic effort to
reach agreement. Since the time
of the Teheran Conference there
had developed among all of us
a greater facility in negotiating
with each other, which augurs
we'll for the future peace of the
world.
I have never for an instant wa
vered in my belief that an agree
ment to insure world peace and
security can be reached.
The lapse of time between Te-
heran and Yalta without conferences
of civilian representatives of the
three major powers has proved too
long-14 months. During this long
period local problems were per-
mitted to become acute in places
like Poland and Greece and Italy
and Yugoslavia.
Therefore we decided at Yalta
that, even if circumstances made it
impossible for the heads of the three
governments to meet more often in
the future we would make sure that
there would be more frequent per-
sonal contacts for exchange of views.
Accordingly, we arranged for
periodic meetings of the Foreign
Secretaries of Great Britain, Rus
STA and the United States at inter-
walls of three or four months. I
feel very confident that under this
arrangement there will be no re-
currence of the incidents which
this winter disturbed the friends of
worldwide collaboration.
When we met at Yalta, in addi-