The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-08

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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Brit
tlsn Field Marshal Sir Henry Matt
!and Wilson, British Ambassador
LORD Halifax and MRS. Churchill
We're among the notables who ac-
companied the former prime min
ssger here On special train from
washington. The party was greeted
~ GOV William IA, Tuck and other
Virginia uigniaries.
The scene Of the speech was the
lo4-year old Virginia House of Dele
gates, linked indellbly with the
names Of Thomas Jefferson, John
Marshall, Robert y. Lee and other
great Americans, Churchill was in
reduced hy House Speaker Thomas
81 Stanley.
Unlike his speech n Fulton, No.
earlier this week, Churchill made
no reference to Russian activities
ana what he called the Communist
threat TO Christian civilization, But
~ the colorful language ne issued
on implied plea for The United
States and Britain 10 continue their
wartime alliance.
Packed House
The 7i-year-oId statesman told the
packed assembly hall that in these
last years OF my iifeD he was the
nearer Of o very simple MESSAGE
that Britain and America must
stand together because IT Is In the
years q peace that wars are pre-
But peace" he said, will not be
preserved without the virtues which
make Victory possible IN war. Peace
VIII not be preserved by pious sonti-
lnents expressed In terms Of platl-
tudes or BY official grimaces, and
diplomatic correctitude,
1T will not be preserved BY cast
ing aside In dangerous times the
panoply Of warllke srength."
Then, he declared:
There must be earnest thought
great heart must have his
sword and armour TO guard the pill
griins on their way,
Above all, among the English
speaking peoples, there must be the
union OF hearts based upon convic-
ton and common ideals. That Is
what otter. That Is what I seek"
Churchill recalled how he told the
late President Roosevelt lin O dark
hour In 1871" that America and
Britain should walk together IN
majesty and peace"
THAT I am sure Is the wish OF
the overwhelming majority OF the
20O,00O,O00 Britons and Americans
VINO are spread about the globe"
Churchill said. "That Is our des-
tiny, or as most OF US would put
y, the viii Of God, seems sure and
certain"
How and when this destiny Is to
be fulfilled, Churchill said he could
not tell. But he said It should
be somewhere between two scar
crow. extremes" he has recently
These extremes he listed as a state
ment BY an English nobleman that
England would have TO become the
4Dth state OF the American Union"
and one by air able editor that the
United States ought not TO be asked
70 re-enter the British empire"
Churchills failure to mention Rus
Sia today did not deter him from
making o sly reference to the con-
troyersy stirred up BY his Missouri
Noting that the virginia IeTis-
lators had not asked to see his
speech In advance, he said the re-
Aponsibility was therefore theirs II
ne should "blurt out q lot Of things
people know In their hearts are true
but are q bit shy Of saying in pub
llc."
Lauds Virginia
He lauded Virginia as the cradle
OF the American union and home Of
such great American figures as
Washington. jefferson, Lee and Pat
rick Henry.
Turning to the great struggle Of
the Civil War, Churchill recalled
that his grandfather was a north
erner in the state Of New York,
and you would not expect me to be-
heve the cause for which he stroye."
But now" he said, I'VE have
moved into a broader age and "old
battles are remembered not as
sources OF bitterness but TO celebrate
the martial virtues and civil fidel-
ity Of both sides in that immortal
struggle"
Today" he said, "the American
union is the most powerful cham
pion Of national individual freedom
and carries with 1t a large portion
Of the hopes Of men"
From Richmond, Churchill goes to
the resotred colonial capital at VIII
liamsburg where he will be the
dinner guest tonight of John D.
Rockefeller III. He returns to
Washington tomorrow morning. On
Monday he leaves for N. .ew York
and on March 81 viii sail for Eng
land.