Evening star., 1945-12-18

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objective would be II the war was
won and that he believed people
In the United etates would take
that point of view. He further said
he felt the realism inherent in
Article was one which would be
apparent to the enormous majority
of the American people and that
they would enthusiastically support
the need for the disarmament Of
aggressor nations.
II said ! also had been surprised
and somewhat discouraged by a re-
mark that the President had casu-
ally made In our mornings confer
ence-if I had understood him cor
rectly-which was that nothing
could be more futile than the recon-
stitution of body such as the As
sembly Of the League of Nations.
II said to the President that it
seemed to me that If he conceived
of the need for transition period
upon the termination of the war
during which period Great Britain
and the United States would UNDER
take the policing of the world, 1t
seemed to me that 1t would be enor-
mously desirable for the smaller
powers to have available to them
an assembly in which they would
all be represented and In which they
could make their complaints known
and join In recommendations as to
the policy to be pursued by the
major powers who were doing the
police work. I said it seemed to me
that an organization Of that kind
would be the most effective safety
valve that could be devised.
Remark Clarified.
The President said he agreed
fully with what I said and that
all that he had intended by the
remark he made this morning was
to make clear his belief tnat a
transition period was necessary and
that during that transition period
no organizations such as the Coun-
ell or the Assembly of the League
could undertake the powers and
prerogatives with which they had
been intrusted during the existence
of the League of Nations.
Il further said that while from
the practical standpoint I was in
agreement that the United States
and Great Britain were the only
powers which could or would exer-
else the police trusteeship and tina!
1t seemed to me that 1t would be
impossible II such a trusteeship were
set up to exclude therefrom the
other American republics or for that
matter the countries at present oc-
cupied such as Norway, the Neither
lands and even Belgium.
The President said that he felt
that a solution for this difnculty
could probably be found through the
ostensible joining with Great Britain
and the UAited States of those pow
ers, but 1t would have to be recog-
nized that 1t would be ostensible
since none Of the nations mentioned
would have the practical means of
taking any effective or, at least,
considerable part In the task in
volved.
IT said that 1t seemed to me that
now that the text of the joint dec
laration had been agreed upon, since
I assumed from what Mr.. Churchill
had told me that the British gov
ernment would support his recon-
mendations with regard thereto. all
that was left to do in the way Of
drafting was the preparation of the
brief statement which would be
issued simultaneously in London
and at Washington announcing that
the President and the Prime Min
lister had met, referring to the dis
cussions under the Lease-Lend Act
and the inclusion at the termina-
ton thereof Of the text Of the joint
declaration"