Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. C Wayne Roosevelt Churchill Roosevelt Churchill Meeting at Sea ea Brings Joint Declaration of War Aims Seeking A Better Future for or World or Strengthen Vichy Vichy Nazi Nazi Collaboration EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When NOTE When opinions expressed ed In these thee columns they theT Are those of ot the tho news analyst and not necessarily of or this newspaper Released bv by Western Net Ne p r pcr er Union I x i f ft t t t J JL Ja Jr r a L I IK K a m PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL From their historic meeting at sea came an point eight joint declaration of tear tUr aims and a plan for a better future for the world J. See below HISTORIC MEETING MEETING-A A Declaration HISTORIC MEETING A Declaration After a secret meeting at sea President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Minister Min Min- ister Churchill of Great Britain issued and signed a joint declaration declaration declaration declara declara- tion of general war aims This declaration in its introduction Introduction introduction tion explained that two men being met together deem it right to make main known certain c common common p principles u uthe inthe in inthe the national policies of their respective respective respective re re- countries on which they base their hopes fo for a better future for the world The declaration then went on to tc outline the sort of world that would be sought following the end of the thc war In its eight point text the thc message expressed in a general way the foreign policy of the present U. U S. S administration and from the British point of view it was most concrete statement of war aims yet disclosed by that government In the opening point of the declaration declaration declaration dec dec- it was declared that neither the U. U S. S nor Britain sought aggrandizement aggrandizement aggrandizement ag territorial or other In the next and following points the ideals expressed included the right of all peoples to choose their own form of government a system of world trade working to the benefit of all nations a desire for fullest collaboration between all nations inthe in inthe inthe the economic field after the final destruction of Nazi tyranny hope was expressed for a peace in which all nations could exist in safety and traverse the high seas 4 without without with with- out hindrance and finally a plea for the abandonment of the use of force between nations of the world This historic document and meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing when they were announced ended ended ended end end- ed two weeks of rumors about the possibility of the men meeting No sooner had the President left Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington on what was announced to tobe tobe tobe be a short vacation cruise before the speculation and guessing began to sweep through this country and England Churchill was said to be absent from London on pertinent war matters For five days no direct word as asto asto asto to the Presidents President's whereabouts was available to the U. U S. S public Then came word that an announcement was to be made It was reported that at the meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings there were several conferences conferences conferences confer confer- high ranking army and naval officials of both countries were pres pres- ent From the White House came a statement that they had examined the whole problem of the supply of munitions of war D DRAMA RAl I In n WI Washington ashington It was high drama that passage of the bill which makes the service of guardsmen and regulars regu regu- regulars lars 18 months more than they signed up for The closeness of the vote to was part of it but the suddenness suddenness suddenness sudden sudden- ness with which it came the b bitterness bitterness bitter bitter- ness of the press and forensic fight on the measure gave the battle battle battle bat bat- tle its punch and severity The climax came when the calm voice of Speaker Sam Rayburn announced announced an an- pounced the totals a victory for forthe forthe forthe the administration by one vote This was met by a tumult in galleries galleries gal gal- and on floor of almost indescribable indescribable indescribable inde inde- excitement It had been one of those things that no one could have predicted and in which both sides felt feU sure of victory until the totals had been announced As the count grew late low and apprehensive whistles were heard from the members of congress as the vote balanced and then unbalanced unbalanced each other The vote found the widest split of delegations in many a year There were Democrats for the measure measure measure meas meas- ure and 21 Republicans 65 Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- and Republicans against 14 paired and 14 not voting This vote did something that legislation legislation legislation leg leg- seldom does docs in giving each representative a keen realization of the value of his single vot vote COLLABORATION Vichy-Nazi Vichy Pact Coming at a moment when the thc Russo-German Russo war was in its most critical stage and at a time when the Japanese situation was at a sort sore of peak crisis the Vichy-Nazi Vichy rapprochement rap rap- rapprochement ending in an upset of of the governments government's policy of limited collaboration and putting the highly highly high ly British anti Darlan practically althe at al atthe atthe the helm he of French affairs was a sensation indeed It was one olle of those sensations of the type that we knew all along was going to happen but it was still a major shock when it hap hap- One was forced to look at the mat mat- matter matter ter both from the British British American American viewpoint however and from the viewpoint largely a matter of ones one's imagination of Marshal Petain himself Preparatory articles had been written by escaped Frenchmen quoting the record of Petain's career career ca ca- reer to show that he had been both obstructionist and defeatist in thelast the thelast thelast last war and not at all the hero that early histories had painted His collapse therefore was not unexpected in wiser quarters and yet a double analysis of his reasons was possible one perhaps more charitable to the old man himself the other perhaps ps a more realistic summation of the whole affair Petain one might say viewing the impossible situation of France was making a complete surrender to Germanys Germany's demands hoping for and betting on an eventual German victory victory victory vic vic- tory and at the same time expecting expecting expecting ex ex- that when the debacle and reorganization of Europe might come France would get some crumbs from the conquerors conqueror's table History Will Tell That was the realistic view of the situation and the one most generally general general- ly accepted in Britain More charitable charitable charitable char char- was the thought that Petain working for France in a country already already already al al- ready vanquished and with Laval and Darlan both bolh friendly to the Nazis at his side had no other course than to surrender and those so viewing his bis act expressed the hope that Petain was secretly wishing wishing wishing wish wish- ing for a complete resistance to German occupation of French colonies colonies colonies col col- col- col onies and bases by the forces Whichever might turn out to be the factual reason the eventuality was the same for few doubted but that the French fleet barring British preventive measures perhaps aided aided aided aid aid- ed by the United States would be placed at nt Hitler's disposal for some move in n the western Mediterranean Perhaps it was said full collaboration collaboration collaboration ration was a prerequisite to an all- all out invasion attempt on the part of Germany and i if successful a complete complete complete com com- German victory That in sum was Petain's dream say the British when he addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed his people over the radio and said Frenchmen I have grave things to tell you RUSSIA Second Phase The Nazis' Nazis big second push on the eastern front was producing results results results re re- in ter territory gained but it still was debatable as ns to whether Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian resistance was being shattered or whether the pattern of Chinese resistance to Japan was being repeated repeated repeated re re- re- re in another sector of the war Russia admitted gains of considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable Importance on the northern and southern fronts with Germany making the border claims one asserting asserting as ns- that a territory of approximately approximately square miles had been nipped off ofT In the Black sea region They asserted their panzer divisions divisions divi divi- had driven down to the Black Blacksea sea coast past Odessa trapping within within this territory some large numbers of Russian armed forces which they asserted would be annihilated annihilated an an- in due course of time Russian fliers still continued to raid Berlin I ORIENT Japan Committed The report that the Japanese had hat landed men in Indo IndoChina and that most of these would be concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- on the Thai frontier wa was taken in British circles to mean meal that the Japs were committed b to invasion and that when it started Britain would find herself fighting on a new front What sounded very much like ai an ultimatum to Nippon was described describes in dispa dispatches from Melbourne which stated with that Britain and the United States had informed informer the Japanese that they must inform the two countries whether she sin agrees to forego her policy of expansion expansion expansion ex ex- southward and that a reply reply reply re re- ply was insisted upon within a stipulated stipulated la ted time Russia's answer to Japanese objections objections objections ob ob- to the use of the Siberian rian port of Vladivostok for lend least ships from America was that Russia intends to convoy such shipments shipment with naval vessels producing another another another an an- other eastern danger point The Russians also demanded that Japan sign a non aggression n pact without reservations The report of Japanese occupation occupation tion with troops came from Manila a source which also stated that the British are forming in considerable considerable considerable con con- force along the Malayan and Burmah borders of Thailand ready to move in i if they feel Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese invasion is a certainty SLASH In Arn Army y Fund Of considerable significance in the Washington scene was the fact that the senate appropriations committee commit commit- tee made emergency history by slashing more than a billion and a quarter dollars from the army approprIation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap bill the first defense appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap amount that has not passed with a rubber stamp reg reg- The committee headed by Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- Senai i tor Glass of Virginia made the cut by unanimous vote The cut amounted amount amount- ed to per cent of the amount asked a substantial slice indeed The house already had passed the bill on July 28 and had sent it to the senate with the inclusion of an item of for tanks and for tank anti-tank and anti-aircraft anti guns Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson had personally urged the inclusion of this item It was he said essential to the army i if the United States was to move into armed conflict The senate committee having slashed by disapproving ing this item then turned around and added to the bill thus making the net cut The main facts about the requested request request- ed appropriation were kept from the public as military secrets but it was known that the amount asked was for equipment for over and above an army of men In En other words this number of men nen could be equipped with tanks tank anti and anti aircraft guns through appropriations already OKd O.K.'d Kd but the co committee tee turned thumbs down on the additional equipment to go beyond the nun man figure The figures called for r ma- hum tanks 1500 light tanks and that hat the biggest item was for anti aircraft guns and that 1000 of these hese were to have been of 47 inch caliber aliber CHANNEL Plane Attacks Once more the English channel was vas the central scene of air warfare warfare war war- fare are with the British attacking German German Gernan Ger Ger- man nan points in increasing ever-increasing regularity regularity regu regu- larity arity and ferocity while the Nazis stung into action by the long series of cf raids on Berlin came back across the he channel with a renewal of severe severe se se- vere rere Previously for many days even before the start of the Ger I man nan war the N Nazi i attacks had been by ky single planes or small groups |