Detroit evening times., 1945-03-02
|FDR' S Story
of Conference
Continued from Page one)

NNontlnueu from rage Onel
back 10 Manila, and Adm. Nim-
itz Is establishing his air bases
right In the backyard of Japan
itself--ln Two Jlma."
The President however, warned
that defeat OF Germany did not
mean defeat Of Japan but that
America must be prepared for
long and costly struggle in the
Pacific
On the fate Of Poland. the Pres
ident went into details. He justi-
fled the partition OF Poland as
necessary TO Insure European Sc
curity and world peace by Great
ing "a strorg and Independent
Poland"
Mr.. Roosevelt departed from
his prepared text in defending
the compromise Polish settlement
by which Russia will get eastern
Polish territory. and Poland will
get German territory.
81 didn't agree with all of II
by any means, the President
said.
WHERE THEY DISAGREE
He explained that in some
areas the agreement did not go
as far as the British wanted; in
some not as far as the Russians
wanted, and in others not as far
as he wanted Under It, he said
most of East Prussia will 90 10
Poland, with a small bit going 10
Russia. He added that he believed
Danzig would be "a lot better off
as part of Poland
The President announced for
the first time in a diversion that
Russia would get a small part of
northeast Prussia.
almost all of East Prussia
will 60 TO Poland, except the
northeast corner which goes TO
Russia" he said.
On the war against Germany,
the President declared that the
conference planned the defeat of
that nation with the greatest
possible speed and with the small
est possible loss of Allied men,"
and ad6ed:
THAT purpose is now being
carried out in great force"
Speaking from the we'll of the
House of Representatives, Mr..
Roosevelt asserted that at Yalta
"the time had come for getting
down to specific cases in the politi-
cal field ---
He said that all three parties at
the conference made an "enthusi-
astic effort" to reach agreement
on political matters. and that all
of the decisions reached were
unanimous"
"The conference in the Crlmea
was a turning point in American
history. There will soon be pre-
sented to the Senate OF the
United States and TO the Amer
lean people a great decision
which will determine the fate of
the United States--and of the
world-for generations to come"
ne tOlO congress.
There can be no m iddIe
ground here. We shall have to
take the responsibility for world
collaboration, or we shall have
to bear the responsibility for
another world conflict.
II know that the word
planning Is not looked upon
with favor ir 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 re-
suit of adequate, intelligent
plannlng-reclamations of des-
ert areas, developments Of
whole river valleys, provision
for adequate housing.
URGES COLLABORATION
THE same will be true In re-
lations between nations. For q
bCNOhu tiAuCy tiiiS ktUCId -
face to face with the objective
Of preventing wars. To meet
that objectice, 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 t. humanity for dis
cussion anL decision.
81 have never for an instant
wavered in my belief that an
agreement TO insure world
peace and security can be
reached" the President said.
He referred at length to the
United Nations conference in San
Francisco, April 25, and declared
that the L. S. delegation would
be bi-partisan-"in every sense of
the word
"WOrld peace Is not a party
question-any more than Is mill
itary victory" he asserted.