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"TEXT OF ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL COMMUNIQUE
Villa Bristled With Guns; Troops Patrol Whole Area
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Talks During Unprecedented 10-Day. Conference; Prime Object Is to Aid Russia.
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CASABLANCA, Jan. 24 (Delayed) —(U. Pr.) .—The fol-
lowing is the text of the communique issved at the joint press conference of President Roosevelt and Prime Min-
tster Winston Churchill:
The president of the United States and the prime minister of Great Britain have been in conference near Casablanca since Jan. 14. They were accompanied by the com-
bined chiefs of staff of the two countries, namely,
United States: Gen. George C.
Marshall, chief of staff of the U.
for the
S.
army; Admiral E. J. King, commander-in-chiet of the U. S.
Admiral ef the Fleet Sir Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, chief of
Chief Marshal Sir Charles"
Portal, chief of the air staff.
These were assisted by: Lieut. Gen. B. B. Somervell, commanding general, services of supply, U.S. army; Field Marshal ‘Sir | John Dill, head of the British joi nt, staff mission in Washington; Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of combined operations; Lieut.! 3 chief of staff officer to the minister of de-! fense, together with a number. of; staff officers from both countries. |
They have received visits from. Mr. Murphy (Robert Murphy, the’ _bresident’s minister to North Africa)’ and Mr. MacMillan (Harold
navy; Lieut. Gen. ‘H. H. Arnold, commanding U. S. army air} forces and for Great Britain:
Dudley Pound, first sea lord; the imperial general staff; Air
LEADERS MEET EAGH 6 MONTHS
Casablanca a Seene of 4th
Roosevelt- Churchill
Conference.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (U. P). —President Roosevelt and Prime] Minister Winston Churchill have
“THE I INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
PEGE 3
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|SOLDIERS SAW
Rode in Jeep, Ate Field Mess, Laid Wreath at u. S. Cemetery.
By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent CASABLANCA, Jan. 21. (Delayed.) —American troops in French Morocco lined up today expecting to be inspected by :“just another bunch of brass hats”. .when_to their amazement they were reviewed by the president of the United States. Mr. Roosevelt rode past the soldiers in a jeep. ate a field lunch and drove 108 miles north to visit Port Lyautey, scene of .the hardest fighting in the North African campaign, and to lay .a wreath at an American cemetery near the 400-year-old fortress of Kasbah Mehdia. " The presidential convoy formad at 9:30 a. m. It skirted the city of Casablanca and drove directly to the review area, several miles to the north. Mr. Roosevelt rode in the official limousine of Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and was escorted by other limousines, armored scout cars carrying 50-caliber machine guns and weapon carriers with the photographers’ corps. There were about 20 cars in the convoy. It drove past the airport where “| scores of planes took off, forming a vast umbrella that protected the president all day.
Wore White Sweater
,The morning was chilly and somewhat cloudy. Mr. Roosevelt wore a gray, felt hat, a gray suit {with white pin-stripes and a white {pull- -over sweater. The convoy speeded through the
MacMillan, British ‘minister to al- met about every six months since ‘winding hill ‘roads on which sol-
lied force headquarters); from Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander- | in-chief of the allied expeditionary! force in North Africa; from Admiral, of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunning-| ham, naval commander-of the al-| lied expeditionary| force in North; Africa; from Gen, Carl Spaatz, air commander of t le allied 4 expeditionary force in North Africa, from, "Gen. Mark W. Clark, U. S. army, and from Middle East headquarters, from Gen. Sir Harold Alexander. air chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and Lieut. Gen. F. M. Andrews. U.:S. army. :
Hopkins ‘Accompanied F.D. R.
The president - was accompanied Harry Hopkins and was: joined by Mr. Averill Harriman.! With the orime minister was Lord!
) Leathers, British ‘minister of war |
“ between the leaders of the two
- mander-in-chief -is directing.
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transpart. For |10 days the combined staffs
| August, 1941, each time with spec-|giers.
tacular and historic results. - The
| meeting in Casablanca—their fourth
'—well may prove the most im{portant of all. In August, 1941, they met at sea ‘off Newfoundland and drafted the eight-point Atlantic charter, a document which since has served as a-guide for the allies in relations with each other and as the point of departure for most of the postwar: statements from allied officials in recent months. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Churchill visited the United States. He arrived in Washington on Dec. 22, 1941, and went immediately into ‘a series of conferences with -the president and Anglo-American miliitary and naval experts.
Decided on Second Fgont
not knowing who they were guarding, were stationed at regular’ intervals, guarding every inch of the road with pistols and tommy guns. Reaching the review area, where the troops were lined up. for at least a mile in front of their tanks, half-tracks, scout cars and cannon of all sizes, Mr. Roosevelt left the limousine and entered a jeep. The jeep, driven by Staff Sergt. Oran Lass of Kansas City, Mo., drove slowly in front eof the soldiers after a band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” Rode with Gen. Clark } Riding with Mr. Roosevelt were Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander’ of the American fifth army; Charles Fredericks, the president's personal bodyguard, and the general.
During this visit the united na-, tions, under the impetus of the.
officer commanding during the in'spection of troops. Immediately be-
have been in constant session, meet- | chief executive and the prime min- | hind* the presidential jeep was an-
ing two or three times a day and! recording progress at intervals toj the president and prime minister. “The, entire field of the war was, surveyed, theater by theater, throughout the world and all resources ‘were marshalled for more intense prosecution of the war by land, sea and air. Nothing like this prolonged discussion. between two allies has ever taken place before. Complete agreement was reached
countries and their respective staffs
uport the war plans and enterprises]
to be undertaken during the campaign of 1943 against Germany, Italy and Japan with a view to drawing the utmost advantage from the markedly favorable turn of events at the close of 1942.
Stalin ‘Was Invited
Premier Stalin was cordially invited to meet the president and prime minister in which case the meeting would have been held much farther to the east. He'was, however, unable to leave Russia at this time on account of the great offensive which he himself as com-
The president and prime minister realize to the full the enormous weight of the war which Russia is successfully [beating along her whole land front, ‘and their prime object has been to draw as much of that weight as possible off the Russian armies by engaging the enemy as heavily as possible at the best selected points. Premier Stalin has been fully informed of the military proposals. The president and prime minister
isters. became an organized real-| lity. And, though the hour was dark| |and the united nations were on the defensive. they talked of offensives. Churchill er president, with their military advisers, decided it would be desirable to open up a second front against Germany on the English channel coast of Europe in 1942. Top military, and naval experts of both nations went to work on the monumental detail connected with suchsan operation. i Churchill came back to the United States in June, 1942, for another series of conferences. This time, the president and the prime minister decided on the North African invasion which materialized Nov. 8 Mr. Roosevelt explained the behind-the-scenes aspects of his conferences with Churchill long after the African operations began.
Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek. They have apprised him of the measures which they taking to assist him in China's magnificent and unrelaxing struggle for the common cause. The occasion of the meeting between the president and prime minister made it opportune to invite Gen. Giraud to confer with the combined chiefs of staff and to arrange for a meeting between him and Gen. de Gailille. The two .generals have been in close consultation. The president, prime minister and the combined staffs having completed their ‘plans for the offensive campaigns of 1943 have now sepa-
are under- |
other with bodyguards. ° The next jeep carried Maj. Gen. {George S. Patton Jr., commander of troops in this area, Admiral Ross McIntyre, Mr. Roosevelt's physician and Harry L. Hopkins. Robert S. Murphy, American envoy in North Africa, and Lend-Lease Administrator W. Averill Harriman were in another car. The soldiers were unaware of Mr. Roosevelt's presence at first. Staring straight ahead at attention, they could not see him until his jeep passed less than six feet away. Few were able to resist smiling.
Ate Typical Field Ration
The convoy turned into an open field where mess Sergt. Joseph Baer of Sharon, Wis., had set up a field kitchen near 20 small folding tables with chairs. The president inspected “K” rations and was introduced to 50 representative officers and men who had been decorated with silver stars and purple hearts for their feats in the initial occupation. He ate a typical field lunch of ham, green beans, sweet potatoes, coffee, bread liberally spread with butter, strawberry preserves and canned mixed fruit. Leaving the review area, the presidential party returned to Casablanca through a drizzling rain along roads lined by troops whom he greeted. They saluted him with yaves and yells.
PURDUE OFFICER SPEAKS Thomas R. Johnson, public relations director for Purdue university, discussed the schools’ needs and wartime problems at a lunch-
rated in order to put them into ac-
have’ heen in communication with
tive and concerted execution.
eon of the local alumni club today in the Severin hotel.
IN INDIANAPOLIS—MEETINGS
HERE 1S THE TRAFFIC RECORD
FATALITIES
County City Total 4 9 13
‘Accid ft | Arrests | Injured LDeald ......i.s 1
TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations Tried tions Paid Speeding 0 $ Fociions driving Failure to stop at through street ...... Failure to step at signal heees Drunken driving | : All others i
Totals
RATIONING DATES
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Gasoline—A book—Coupon 4 good through March 21. Fuel Oil—Coupon 3 ‘good until Feb. 27. Coupon 4 will become good on Jan. 31.
must be inspected by March 31. Tires for holders of B and C books must be inspected by Feb. 28.
EVENTS TODAY
OPA meeting on price regulations for rocers whose stores.are located north Ԥ Washington st. and east of Meridian Brookside community building, 8
p. m. Indianapolis Symphony orchestra, young people’s concert, Murat theater, 8 p. Indiana Retail Hardware associatidn, Ai ofents Hotel Lincoln, all day. i Lilly/and Co., ceremony “for award of a E, Cadle Tahernacle, 8 p. m. Indiana Federation of Clubs, executive board meeting, Claypool hotel, all day.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Apartment Owners association, luncheon, Hotel Washington. noon Indianapolis Real Estate ‘board. dinner meeting, Indianapolis Athletic club, 6:30] Pp. m. Co- Operative club, dinner part. Hunters’ lodge, Marott hotel, Indiana Garden club, meeting, Federal building, 10 a. m. Purdue Alumni club, luge eon meeting, Hotel Severin, noon.
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A, Indiana Petroleum Hota] Severin, 6 p. Building Trade Credit group, Hotel Washington, noon. Theta Delta Sigma, meeting, Hotel Washington, 8
commission, dinner m.
luncheon,
club, noon
EVENTS TOMORROW
Ice hockey, Caps vs. i shurgh, Colsieum, state fairgrounds, 8:30 Indiana Retail Hardware xi ation; conference, Hotel Lincoln, all day Toastmasters Clubs of Indiana, speaking class, Y. M. C. A:, p. Metal Working Industrial Suppliers Senip, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Oil club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. Farm security administration, mn uncheoD, Hotel Washington, 12:30 p. m.
public
MARRIAGE LICENSES
These lists are from official fesords fa the county court house. The .T therefore, is mnot- responsible for Es in names and addresses.
Alfred William Allen, 23, Pittsburgh. Pa.; Dorothy Lange Martenet, 25, of 3855 N. New Jersey. George Frank Winship, 39, Camp Atterbury, Ind.; Kathrine Susie Nutter, 39, ‘Washington Hotel. . Clifford ay Johnson, 22, Ft. ton, Tex.; Margaret Ann Todd, 967 N. Bolton. | William Francis Feeney, 29, Avon Park, Fla., U.-S. Army: Josephine ‘Mary Swarm, 26, of 1724 Park, 8.
Sam Hous18, of
association, training : school, First Lutheran church, 7:30 p. m.
Francis Lee Watts, 35, Kentland, Ind.; Marjorie Irene Gordon, 19, Watseka, Il.
Bible Investigation club, mPeting, ¥. M.!
D. Kiwanis Clie, luncheon meeting, Columbia |
{John Andrew LeVan, 26. of 4964 W. 14th; Mary Ruth Gray, 19, of 3307 S. East. Raymond Watson . Durham, 21, of 2732 N. Illinois; Mary Enizabeth Gardner, 20, y of 4221 Graceland. Mack Anderson, 21, of 22337 Hillside; Claris White, 18, of 2006 Ralston. George Warren ‘Holdsworth, 21, Conesville, O.; Lenarose' Hedge, 21, Coshocton, O. Kenneth Bradford. 21. Camp Atterbury, Ind.; ‘Rosemary Hagaman, 20, of 94 N. Dearborn, Stanley Ira Riddell, 27, of Dorothy Marie Russell, 27, of 2119 Gent. Calvester Woods, 33, of 328 W. 10th; Sarsh Elizabeth Holland, 29, of 323 W. th.
2119 Gent;
BIRTHS
Girls Richard, Marjorie Lowe. at St. Francis. Charles, Sarah Jane Oden, at ‘St. Vine cent's. Bruce, Shirley Morgan, at St. Vincent's, John, Marjorie Lovell, at St. Vincent's. Donald, Alice Robertson, at St. Vincent's. Maurice, Iona McCullough, at St. Vin-
cent’s. John, Julia Ahoe, at Coleman. Roy, Mary Ann Mitt, at Methodist. Paul, Ella Mae Orr, at Methodist. Jess, Jeanette Williams, at Methodist. Robert, Kathryn Dearing, at Emhardt. Paul, Irma Lewis, at Emhardt. Jack, Rosalee Lineback, at Emhardt. Leo, Alma Hoyt, at Emhardt. ; Francis, Daisy Yates, at Emhardf. Harold, Margaret Butler, as{2450 N. Mount. Herbert, Mary Brown, at 1423 Columbia.
mes, | David, Beulah Weathers, at 2502 Brouse.
Ernest, Virginia Dickmeyer, at 3338 Lockurn Roy, Audrey Bolton, at 1101 Vincennes.
Boys John, Lottie Wiese, at St. Francis. James, Mary Farrar, at St. Francis. Charles, Lillian Waite, at St. Francis. Cleo, Henriette Price, at St. Vincent's. Thomas, Genevieve Hamilton, at St. cent's. Calvin, Evelyn Smith, at St. Vincent's. Carson, Wilma Combs, at St. Vincent's. Arthur, Harriett Cecil, at St. Vincent's. John, 3-M- at St, cent’s. John, Helen Cretors, at St. Vincent's.
Vin-
chena Steinmetz, Vin-
FOR AT REVIEW
Kept Advised
Josef Stalin, leader of the Russians, was too busy personally leading the fight to drive the invading Germans out of the Soviet to attend the Casablanca war strategy parley but a communique revealed that he was kept informed of all proceedings.
FOR 1ST TO FLY
He’s Also First Pr President to. Leave Own Country in
Wartime.
WASHINGTON, Jan. —President Roosevelt's sensational frip to North Africa added two more “firsts” to his record as a precedent-smashing chief executive. In winging to his meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchill by clipper and bomber, Mr. ROosevelt became the first United States president to fly while in office. In crossing the Atlantic, he became the first United States president to leave the country in time of war. The late President Woodrow Wilson went to Europe twice after the first world war, in 1919 and 1920. The North African trip also added to Mr. Roosevelt's record as the greatest traveler among United States presidents. His record since March 4, 1933, already added up to more than 200,000 miles. Mr. Roosevelt began breaking travel precedents in 1932 when he flew from Albany, N. Y., to Chicago to accept his first term nomination.
F. D. R. Flew by Clipper, Bomber
CASABLANCA, Jan. 24 (Delayed) (U. P.), — President Roosevelt made the {rip to his historic conference with Prime Minister Churchill entirely by air. He flew by Clipper to a point in North Africa where he transferred to a four motored bomber that had been. especially outfitted for his comfort.
The president reached Casablanca late in the afternoon and went immediately to his villa. Churchill had arrived first, and the president sent “Harry Hopkins to the prinie minister's residence to arrange a conference. Churchill went to Mr. Roosevelt's villa and they talked uniil 3 o'clock the following morning. During the 10 days they were together almost. constantly. The president’s trip breached the secret service's long-stand-ing policy of strenuous objection to air travel by the nation's chief executives. Mr. Roosevelt's last previous trip was in 1932 when he flew from Albany, N. Y., to Chicago to accept the Democratic presidential nomination.
Dr. Willard, Louise Smullen, at St. Vin- | cent’s,.
Capital
WHILE IN OFFIGE
27 (U. PI.
HINT DATE SET FOR INVASION
Observers Think Timetable Worked Out
At Casablanca.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Rapidly developing evidence that the full story of the Casablanca conference is far from completely told is catching the" sensitive interest of this wartime capital today. White House Secretary Stephen T. Early agreed during his morning press conference today that ‘subsequent chapters undoubtedly will be written” to the story of the Casablanca meeting. But he added that the story is complete “so far as it can be told at the present time.” “There was quick enthusiasm here for the fact that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill had met in North Africa. There was more than a touch of disappointment that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Premier Josef Stalin had not been there, too. There is speculation how they may be more closely associated with the Casablanca announcement. Think Story Untold Washington’s judgment. coincided with London's that the president and prime minister had agreed on an early invasion of Europe, where British and American troops will slug it out with Germany on the ground. There is growing confiie that the invasion timetable ‘has been fixed. But the all-inclusive, global scope of the Casablanca communique and of the statements made by Roosevelt and Churchill at last Sunday's press conference suggest that some definite and satisfactory means must have been agreed upon to embrace China and Soviet Russia more firmly in the statement of policy. Some of the newspapermen who covered th2 conference and reported it for American readers are beginning to evidence frustrated fears that they did not get all the story. C. R. Cunningham of the United Press was one of them, Two days after cabling his report of Sunday’s press conference and communique, Cunningham cabled again last night that there was a ‘“growing conviction” among | correspondents that much remained to be told. The London Daily Mail's G. Ward Price, a reporting veteran of world war I, was another. - Price thought it over a couple of days and reported in” a second dispatch today that only part of what happened at Casablanca had been revealed, that sensational news was to come. There is the report of Walter Logan, United Press staff -correspondent, that visitors arrived with Finnish tags on their baggage. And there were rumors galore. Questions Were Barred A significant fact is that the “press conference” Sunday with Mr. Roosevelt and the prime minister was no press conference at all but more of an audience, because questions were barred. It is not Mr. Roosevelt’s habit to avoid sharpshooting questions even when the going is tough. And the question bar may properly be taken as evidence that there was more in hand and planned at Casablanca than was permitted to meet reporters’ eyes or ears. What decisions were reached and | what progress made in the muddy
field of North African politics 1e-|
| mained almost as obscure after announcement of the Churchill-Roose-velt meeting as before it. Washington can find grounds for real disappointment in that because in this city are roughly two groups of administration enthusiasts. Since Mr. Roosevelt personally assumed responsibility for handling of North African political affairs the moment he set foot on Moroccan soil, Washington would be warranted in hoping for some definite assurance that things are all right there or, if wrong, that changes will be made. : If no other purpose were served, some such assurance from the presi dent would quiet the squabbling administration factions here, most of whom on both sides are the presi=dent’s own appointees to various offices. :
VITAL STATISTICS
William, Lucille Currie. at Coleman. Ted, Ruth Hinton, at Coleman. Lester, Ruth Kinnett, at Methodist. Phillip, Virginia Saxe, at Methodist. James, Marjorie Arthur, at Methodist. Fred. Mary Ritter, at Methodist. Harold, Mary Smith, at Emhardt. William. Alice McClelland, at Emhardt. Roger, Eleanor Yocum, at Emhardt. John,, Addie O'Neal, at 901 Locke. Everet, Mabel ‘Montgomery, at 1231 Lee. John, Nellie May, at 843 Madison. william, Carmenia Kurtz, at 104 Cora. Primus, Lillie Brooks, at 1152 N. Pershing.
DEATHS
Gertrude P. Fitzgerald, 48. at 2246 N. Delaware, multiple sclerosis. James 'P. Tarpy, 59, at 462 Division, cerebral hemorrhage. Alvin G. Dithmer, 84, at 6538 Winthrop, coronary occlusion. John Miles, 62, at Methodist, sarcoma. Julia H. Ogden, 94, at 2108 N.. Alabama, chronic myocarditis Verne S. Beale, 47,. at 3418 N. Capitol, cerebral hemorrhag Kate Casey, 66, at Methodist, hemiplegia. Clara Hessler, 51, at St. Vincent's, myocarditis. Clara Vincent, 44, at Central, uremia. Paul Cheatam, 91, at City, uremia. Lillie Belle Shook, 54, at 325 W. 11th, coronary occlusion. Michael- John Leffler, 49, at City, lobar pneumonia. Homer Smith, 48, at Veterans, arteriosclerosis. Walter M. Evans, 56, at Veterans, pulmonary embolism Louise Stickles. 60, at St. Vincent's, malignant cyst. Merrill Ivey, 37, at Methodist, carcinoma. Floyd ack, 52, at 963 Stillwell, regurgitation. Herman Hill,
olis Walter "Rudd, 50, at Long, myocarditis. Fredericka Anderson, 82, at St. Vincent's, arteriosclerosis. Joseph P. Loechle, 63, at 443 N. Rural, chronic myocarditis. N. Lemon, 63, at 3131 Washington myelitis. P. Johnson, 61, at 5807 N. New , coronary thrombosis. John Riley Dudley, 81, ‘at 4912 Caroline, cardio vascular renal. Earl T. Bonham, 47, at St. Vincent's, coronary embolism Ossie B. Crum, 64, at 216 W. dr., coronary thrombosis,
55, at Long, cerebral em-
Jesse.
Hampton
mitral c
at 3834 3508
Charles Malvern Hammond, 177, Ruckle, carcinoma. ° Hiram Ellsworth Tucker, 80, 2 Northwestern, cardio yascular ren Mary Harry Peacock, 85, at 3245 No ni nois, cardio vascular renal, Edward Joseph Sulivan, 65, at 1262 W. McCarty, organic hear Albert Elias Pendergast, at 307 N. New Jersey, arteriosclerosis. William Thomas Pearcy, 81, at 1030 Windermire, carcinoma Constance Betty Kennedy, 18, at Coleman, pulmonary embolism Mary Quack, 62, aj St .Vincent's, mitral stenosis. Elizabeth Reynolds. 83, a 14 N. Dearborn. broncho-pneumoni {Alice Taylor, 81. at 3614 Rockville, rd. chronic myocarditis.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
uv. S. Weather Bureau ______
All Data in Central War Time Sunrise %:58 | Sunset..... TEMPERATURE ~—Jan. 1942—
5:58
- 2%
Precipitation 24 hrs. end. 7:30 a. m.. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan.
Highest Lowest
Stalion Yesislday Lag Night
Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Evansville . Ft. Wayne Kansas City, Miami, Fla. Minneapolis. New Orleans New York » Oklahoma City . Omaha, Neb. ...ccce000ee 34 Pittsburgh . never 26 San Antonio, TeX.o.oon. St. Louis ... . sieves Washington, D. eases Indianapolis City) esoes D3
By C. R. CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff Corrcspondent CASABLANCA, Jan. 24 (Delayed). —President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill have just adjourned their most informal and
unusual press conference. They met the correspondents i the rear garden of a luxurious white villa on the outskirts of Casablanca. The whole area for blocks around was filled with troops and anti-air-craft equipment and barbed wire. + The correspondents assembled at noon. In the garden were two white leather chairs with a microphone before them. Through the big windows overlooking the Atlantic Har-
ry L. Hopkins and his son, Corp. | a photographer stationed in Tunisia, making final;
Robert Hopkins,
arrangements for the conference, could be seen. Lieut. Col.
Elliott Roosevelt, the
president’s son, appeared with two
more chairs which he arranged in the garden. Then the president came from
the villa. He wore a gray business suit, a black tie, and had, as usual,
a cigaret in the long holder.
Churchill appeared next, wearing
a gray, pin-striped suit, his tradi-
tional gray hat and with a cigar in his mouth. He wore black shoes fastened with zippers. Gen. Charles de Gaulle and Gen. Henri Honore came next. Giraud sat on
Giraud the end seat on the president's right. De Gaulle was on the president’s left and to his left Churchill. Mr. Roosevelt
asked whether!
the photographers but the prime minister said he wore it to keep: the sun out of his eyes and suggested that the president also should have worn one. Mr. Roosevelt said he had been born without a hat and did not see any need for one now. The two French generals, the president and the prime minister talked while the newsgeel cameras ground and the still. photographers made innumerable shots. At Mr. Roosevelt's * suggestion, de Gaulle and Giraud posed shaking hands.
P Sit on the Grass
De Gaulle and Giraud then left, and the president asked the correspondents to come. closer. We pushed close to the white chairs and Mr. Roosevelt suggested that we sit in the grass at his and Mr. Churchill's feet. While the conference was in session, secret service agents surrounded the group, keeping a constant watch on all. Immediately after the conference, some correspondents returned to the white chairs, but were shooed away by the secret service agents. Hopkins remained for a while, talking with correspondents. He said he was becoming tired of air travel. He noted a fancy tiled swimming pool that had been made into
sat) the authorities had kept it as it
an air raid shelter for the dignitaries and remarked that he wished
was origirally. He said he would have enjoyed a swim.
SECRET IS OUT! NOW HE KNOWS
G-2 Told Reporter He Would Be Shot if He Went
Near Certain Villa.
By WALTER LOGAN United Press Staff Correspondent CASABLANCA, Jan. 20 (Delayed) —G-2 (military intelligence) called me to headquarters and told me I would be shot if I tried to go near a certain villa. (Later Logan found out why. The villa was the meeting place of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churghill.) That was how thorough were the precautions taken to protect the
president, prime minister and other __
dignitaries during their conference. The precautions ~ were evident from the time of arrival of corre« spondents. There was an unusual number of planes of ali types scattered about at almost every airport. Casablanca was a fountain of rumors. There was an influx of strange baggage labels. Some consular baggage bore Finnish labels, and there were many from ather cophe tals. Hotel employees said that guests had been moved out of 50 rooms to make room for residents of villas which had beén vacated. I had asked many questions when I first arrived, but I quit and my
behavior became circumspect after: -
G-2 talked to me.
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