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house chamber. the President sale
that IN previous conferences-par-
ticularly the Tehran meeting late
i'll l943-no political agreements
were made. But at Yalta THE time
had come for getting down to Speci-
fic cases in the political field"
He frankly described the Big
Three decision on the boundaries
of Poland as "a compromise" But
he said he was convinced that ''un-
der the circumstances ii was the
most hopeful agreement possible for
free. independent and prosperous
Polish state
DIVIDING POLAND
The agreement would give Rus
sia about one-third of prewar
Polish territory. Poland would re-
ceive German territory in the west,
in compensation.
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized that
quite naturally" the Crimea con-
ference did not deal with the Pacific
war, but that the combined British
and American staffs at Malta
made their plans to increase the
attack against Japan"
In this connection. he said, the
unconditional surrender of Japan
is as essential as the defeat of Ger
many if our plans for world peace
are to succeed"
The defeat CT Germany will not
mean the end of the war against
Japan" he said. "On the contrary,
Amrica must be prepared for a long
and costly struggle in the Pacific" 4"
He said it was not yet possible
to announce the procedure of vot-
ing in the United Nations security
council, but that Great Britain and
Russia had unanimously adopted a
proposal made at Yalta by the
American delegation.
It will be possible to disclose this
plan lin a very short time The
President said he believed congress
would find it "a fair solution Of
this complicated and difficult prCb-
lem"
KEYSTONE OF PEACE
Looking to the San Francisco
meeting as a keystone of future
world peace, Mr.. Roosevelt said
this time we shall not make the
mistake of waiting until the END of
the war to set up the machinery of
peace. This time, as We fight tc-
gether to get the war over quickly,
we must work together to keep 1t
from happening again"
He was well aware of the consti-
tutional fact" that the charter de-
veloped at San Francisco, as well as
some of the other arrangements
made at Yalta," will require senate
ratification. He assured the house
and senate that they would be kept
constantly informed Of this govern
ment'S program and reminded them
that the congressional delegates to
the San Francisco conference in
cluded equal Republican and Demo-
cratic representation.
World peace is net party ques-
tion any more than is military vic
tory" he said The structure of
world pca,e cannot De the work of
one man, or one party, or one ma
ton. 1t cannot be a peace Of large
nations or Of small nations. It must
be peace which rests on the CO.
operative effort of the whole world"
The President repeatedly spot
lighted the present unity between
the major Allies, saying they had
never been more closely united,
not only in their war aims but in
their peace aims"
CLOSER RELATIONS
He said one of the accomplish
nents at Yalta was closer tactical
iaison between Russian, American
and British forces fighting in
Europe.
He gave the first details OF this
new, close cooperation, saying pro-
vision was made for daily exchange
Of information between the Allied
forces on the western front, the
armieS in italy, and the Soviet
:rnies u the eastern front with
)ut the necessity of going through
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