WORKABLE PEACE

Grey River Argus, 29 June 1945, Page 5

WORKABLE PEACE

U.S. PRESIDENT’S MISSION ... Cabinet Changes (Rec. 9.25) NEW YORK, June 28. ' President Truman received a tumultuous welcome at Indedependece, Missouri, his home town, where he is spending a few days’ vacation with his family. In a speech at a rally a few hours after anouncing Mr Stettinius’ resignation as Secretary of State, Mr Truman said’ he hoped that the Big Three in their meeting in July, would find a formula for a final peace treaty which would maintain the peace of the world for generations to come,. The President, added: There are two things which I must accomplish as President. The first is to win the war with Japan—and we are winning it; and secondly, I must win a peace that will work. That is all that I shall devote my time to from now on.

A “New York Times” correspondent with President Truman says:— The Under-Secretary of State, Mr Joseph Grew, will continue to be Acting-Secretary of State until a new Secretary takes office. The correspondent adds: Owing to Mr Stettinius’ resignation, the Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Morgenthau is the next in line for succession to presidency in the event of Mr Truman's death, disability, resignation or incapacity. This status will remain until a new Secretary of State has been appointed, confirmed and taken office, or until Congress passes new legislation on the presidential succession, as making the Speaker of the House of Representatives the first in line, as recommended by Mr Truman. Bills threanent have been presented both to the House and to the Senate. The “New York Herald-Tribune’s" Washington correspondent says: The Senate’s reaction to President Truman’s removal of Mr Stettinius from office so soon after the San Francisco conference, and before • the ratification of the Charter, was somewhat cool. Several Senators -who are strong- advocates of the proposed international organisation expressed fears that President Truman’s action might delay approval of the Charter. These Senators were lavish in praising Mr Stettinius’ work as chairman of the United' States delegation at San Francisco, and were inclined to view his appointment as the American representative on the United Nations Council as a demotion, in spite of Mr Truman’s assurance that it was the highest post in the gift of the Government.