SECOND FRONT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1942, Page 4

SECOND FRONT

MR WENDELL WILLKIE’S VIEW NEED OF STRETCHING MINDS & MUSCLES. IN ORDER TO WIN WAR. e (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, Noon.) WASHINGTON, October 15. “A second 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 today.” He added: “The President described as entirely wrong reports that’ he criticised my second front statements. I based my appeal for a second front on talks with generals in all countries and on the recommendations of military leaders in Britain, Russia, China and the United States.” Mr Willkie declined to say whether M. 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 he would make a careful and crystal-clear report to the American people. “I do know, because I discovered it at first hand,” he said, “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 the resources on our side. I am chiefly concerned over the cost, not in money but in human lives and human values, and whether we are going to win the peace.”