SECOND FRONT IN EUROPE

Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 244, 16 October 1942, Page 5

SECOND FRONT IN EUROPE

MR WILLKIE'S CONCLUSIONS. MUST STRETCH MUSCLES AND MINDS.

P.A. Cable.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.

"A seecnd front is feasible and possible," said Mr Wendell Willkie, after he had reported to President Roosevelt on the results of his mission abroad. "I said it in Moscow and I say it again to-day." He added: "The President described as entirely wrong reports that he criticised my second front stateements. I based my appeal for a second front on my talks with generals in all countries and on recommendations of military leaders in Britain, Russia, China, and the United States."

Mr Willkie declined to say whether Stalin would be satisfied if a second front in Europe were delayed until next year. He added that Germany would never conquer Russia. After a few days' rest, Mr Willkie ,said, he would make careful, crystalclear reports to the American people. "I do know, because I discovered it at first hand, that a lot of us, including public officials, will have to stretch our muscles and minds before we win." Expressing confidence in an Allied victory, Mr Willkie said: "We have the power and resources on our side. I am chiefly concerned over the cost, not in money but- in human lives and liuman values, and whether we are going to win the peace."