Evening star., 1960-06-12
Col. C. I. Kephart says Of
Franklin D. Roosevelt:

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Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Certainly he does not rank
with our greater Presidents,
especially since he is respon-
sible for the Russians being
in East Germany today, with
all of the threats that it in
wolves. Evidently he had no
personal knowledge Of Soviet
world aims, or he would not
have voted with Stain
against Winston Churchill
on the proposition"
Such a vote was never
taken.
In 1943 at Teheran, RooSe-
yelt, Churchill and Stain dis
cuSsed the diSmemberment of
Germany but no decision was
reached.
Mr.. Churchill relates the
following regarding the Yalta
Conference in Volume VI Of
his work, The Second World
War"
"Stalin now asks how Ger"
many was to be diSmem-
bered. I (ChurchilD said
that we all agree that Ger
many should be diSmembered,
but the actual method was
much too complicated to be
settled in five or six days. 1t
would require a very search
ing examination of the his
torical, ethnographical, and
economic facts, and prolonged
examination by a special
committee, which would go
into the different proposals
in advising them. There was
so much to consider. Mr..
Roosevelt suggested asking
our Foreign Secretaries to
produce a plan for studying
the question within twenty
four hours and a definite plan
for diSmemberment within a
month. Here for a time, the
matter was left"
According to Churchill's ac-
count, the above was his last
conversation with Stain and
Roosevelt regarding the oc-
cupation of Germany.
Mr.. Churchill stated the
following about Mr.. Roose-
velt in the same volume:
There was no doubt that
the President foresaw the
great dangers closing in upon
the pre-war world with far
more prescience than most
well-informed people on
either side of the Atlantic,
and that he urged forward
with all his power such pre-
cautionary military prepara-
tions as peace-time opinion
in the United States could be
brought to ACCEPT"
Frank P. Dunn.
I take issue with H. C.
Hopkins on the F.D.R. Me-
mortal. Indeed we should
have a monument to one so
great, for his deeds were
monumental.
On the memorials walls
we should inscribe his many
contributions to this Nation
and mankind:
/. First recognized COM
munism as a state CU.S.S.RO
in 1888 with help of his Con-
gresS. 2. Was the greatest
spender the world has ever
known. 3. Built up labor
lords with unrealistic de-
mands upon industry and
consumers. 4. Instituted a
Federal planned and control
led farm policy that resulted
in a runaway food surplus
that costs the taxpayers mil
lions just to store. 5. Origin
ated lease-lend economic aid
to our allies that later turned
into a great giveaway with
no-collateral-asked policy. 6.
First broke the tradition of
Presidents being limited to
two terms in office. Result
the limiting by legislation of a
President to two terms (22d
Amendment). This I believe
is a true measure Of the
mans greatness.
Indeed, let us have such a
memorial.
r. F. ].
Col. C. I. Kephart, USAR-
Ret. in his criticism of our
late President Franklin
Roosevelt, has propounded an
historical inaccuracy. Col.
Kephart blames our late
President for the Russians
being in East Germany, and
states that if Roosevelt had
not voted with Stain against