NEW AMBASSADOR TO LONDON

Southland Times, Issue 24356, 10 February 1941, Page 5

NEW AMBASSADOR TO LONDON

Mr Winant Outlines His Views (Received February 9, 9 p.m.) WASHINGTON, February 8. Mr John G. Winant, who has now been appointed United States Ambassador to London, said he would probably depart for London at the middle of the month, probably by plane. He said he thought eventually the United States must collaborate on a wider scale with other democracies—wider than merely England and the United States. Mr Winant declined to elaborate. He recalled that he had visited England often and knew most of the member of the present Government. He said his first visit to London was before the world war to study Mr Lloyd George’s social programme He was still very much interested in social improvements. Asked if he hoped to be useful to the Labour classes during his London mission, Mr Winant replied that he hoped to be useful to all the people of both countries. Mr Winant in a speech said: “To win the war or build our defence we must first justify beliefs for strengthening the fundamental, economic, social and civil rights of all free citizens. We cannot expect a citizen, with no share in the benefits of democracy, to give faith to and his life for the preservation of the empty promises of democracy. This will happen only if we are willing to wipe out the hunger, want and hopelessness of the pre-war period.”