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Show WASHINGTON ISPS final defeat of Germany, the president continued. Arrangements were developed for daily exchanges ex-changes of information directly between General Eisenhower's armies, ar-mies, those of Soviet Russia, and our armies in Italy; plans were formulated for effectively distributing distrib-uting available material and transportation to the most strategic strate-gic spots; and "unconditional surrender" sur-render" was defined to mean not destruction and enslavement ol the .German people, but complete surrender leading to re-establishment of Germany as a people "whom the world might acept as decent neighbors." INTERNATIONAL PEACE ORGANIZATION President Roosevelt told the joint session that an American proposal regarding voting in the Securty Council (upon which no agreement could be reached at Dumbarton Oaks) was unanimous- FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON CRIMEAN CONFERENCE President Roosevelt personally delivered to the House and Sen. ate, in joint session, a message regarding the recent Crimean conference, con-ference, attended by the President, Prime Minister Churchill, and Marshal Stalin. PURPOSES AND PROBLEMS President Roosevelt told the Congress that the conference had had two main purposes, namely, to bring about the quickest possible pos-sible defeat of Germany and to further strengthen the foundation for an international accord which would make for lasting peace. In addition, the President states, there were the following problems to be thrashed out: (1) occupation and control of Germany, Ger-many, with the complete destruction destruc-tion of her military power; (2) differences concerning the International Inter-national Security organization devised de-vised at the Dumbarton Oaks conference; con-ference; (3) general political and economic problems related to liberated lib-erated nations; and (4) special problems regarding Yugoslavia and Poland. ly accepted by Russia and Great Britain. He expressed the opinion that the Congress would find the voting agreement a fair solution to this big problem, once the agreement us ready for release. SAN FRANCISCO MEETING In commenting upon the United j Nations conference to be held at San Francisco, the President j stated: "A conference of all the United Nations of the world will i meet in San Francisco on April I 25, 1945. There, we all hope, and I confidently expect, to execute a j definite charter of organization under which the peace of the world will be preserved and the forces of aggression permanently outlawed." His message stressed that unanimous unani-mous agreement was reached by the represented nations on ' each point, and he emphasized particularly particu-larly that he believed there had been achieved a unity of thought at the meeting. MILITARY ACCORD Daily conferences between the chiefs of staff of Russia, Great Britain, and the United States resulted re-sulted in a completed plan tor |