U.S.A. AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1944, Page 5

U.S.A. AFFAIRS

PRESIDENT’S BROADCAST.

WASHINGTON, November 2.

President Roosevelt, broadcasting from White House, said: We are all overjoyed at the news from the Pacific Never before in history have there been such long lines of supply and of communication. Even while we are still fighting a major war in Europe, our advances towards Japan are many months ahead of our own optimistic schedule. But we must remember that any military operation conducted at such a distance is a hazardous undertaking. Our progress may be interrupted by checks and setbacks. However, ultimately, our advance will halt only at Tokio itself. “We also do not expect that the Winter will bring any lull in Europe. On the contrary, we expect to keep striking the enemy on the move, to hit him again and again, and give him no rest, and to drive through to Berlin.”

NEW LEASE-LEND

NEW YORK, November 3.

The “New York Times’s” correspondent at Washington learns that Congress representatives are discussing a supplementary “second phase” of a lend-lease proposal made by Mr. Churchill at the recent Quebec conference. This proposal would permit Britain to acquire at least twenty-five hundred million dollars worth of nonmilitary supplies from the United States for re-sale in the British export trade. It is reported that Mr. Churchill pointed out Britain’s special necessities which were the result of her weakened finances, widespread destruction of industrial plants and other war ravages, which the United States had been spared. The correspondent says that Congressional approval would be necessary to authorise such a new agreement.

SHORTAGE OF

(Recd, 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. The shortage of merchant seamen threatens within a few weeks to delay sailings to war zones, said Vice-Ad-miral Land, in a Press interview. He added that thus far the ships were kept sailing with minimum delays, but efficiency and safe operation were jeopardised by the assignment of men to duties above their grades and employment of a disproportionate number of unskilled ratings without ; prior sea experience. {