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United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. General : the United Nations: Volume I (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States: diplomatic papers, 1945. General : political and economic matters: Volume II (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. European Advisory Commission, Austria, Germany: Volume III (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. Europe: Volume IV (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. Europe: Volume V (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. The British Commonwealth, the Far East: Volume VI (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. The Far East, China: Volume VII (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. The Near East and Africa: Volume VIII (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. The American Republics: Volume IX (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers : the Conference of Berlin (the Potsdam Conference), 1945: Volume I (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers : the Conference of Berlin (the Potsdam Conference), 1945: Volume II (1945)

United States Department of State Foreign relations of the United States. Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945 (1945)  


  January


PREMIER KUNIASHI KOISO'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS

January 1, 1945

Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service, Federal Communications Commission.

The Voice of France Will Be Heard

A POWER IN VICTORY, WORLD ORGANIZATION OR PEACE .

By GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE, Leader of the Provisional French Government

New Years Address to the French People, Paris, France, January 1, 1945


United States Position Towards International Cartels

NATIONAL LAWS LIMITED TO NATIONAL ECONOMY

By CRESWELL M. MICOU, Lawyer

Delivered before the Trade and Commerce Bar Association, New York City, January 4, 1945


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION

January 6, 1945

New York Times.


Our Southern Neighbors

CAN THE PAN-AMERICAN UNION BE MADE AN EVERY-DAY REALITY?

By NICHOLAS RICCIARDI, President, Sacramento College, Sacramento, Cal.

Delivered before the Business and Professional Women's Club, Sacramento, Cal., January 9, 1945


The Need For Honest Candor

CLARIFICATION OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY

By ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG, United States Senator from Michigan

Delivered in the Senate, Washington, D. C., January 10, 1945


Cultural Relations

MEANING IN THE NEW WORLD THAT EXISTS

By ARCHIBALD MACLEISH, Assistant Secretary of State

Delivered before the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges, Atlantic City, New Jersey, January 10, 1945


Collaboration Must Be Practical

AMERICAN GENERALITIES NO ADVANCE OVER ISOLATIONISM

By JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Chairman, Federal Council of Churches Commission on Just and Durable Peace

Delivered at the National Study Conference on The Churches and a Just and Durable Peace, Cleveland, Ohio, January 16, 1945


China's Problems

ONLY ONE MAN CAPABLE OF UNITING CHINA

By MICHAEL J. MANSFIELD, Congressman of Montana

Delivered in the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., January 16, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS IN COMMONS ON RELATIONS AMONG BRITAIN, THE U. S. AND THE U.S.S.R.

January 18, 1945

New York Times.


"What About Our American Economy?"

BEWARE AMERICAN POLICY BASED ON FOREIGN DIRECTIVES

By KENNETH S. WHERRY, Senator from Nebraska

Delivered before the 60th Anniversary Dinner of The American Tariff League, New York City, January 18, 1945


British and American Opinion

FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS THAT MIGHT BECOME A HEAD-ON CLASH

By WILLIAM L. BATT, Vice Chairman of the War Production Board and United States member and representative on the Combined Production and Resources Board

Delivered before the Engineering Society of Cincinnati, Ohio, January 18, 1945


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON CONTINUANCE OF THE COMBINED BRITISH-CANADIAN-AMERICAN PRODUCTION, RAW MATERIALS AND FOOD BOARDS

January 19, 1945 


British Colonial Empire

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE—WHAT WE HOPE TO DO

By OLIVER STANLEY, Secretary of State for the Colonies

Delivered before the Foreign Policy Association, New York, January 19, 1945


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S FOURTH INAUGURAL ADDRESS

January 20, 1945

New York Times.


U. S.-BRITISH-U.S.S.R. ARMISTICE WITH HUNGARY

January 20, 1945

United Nations Review.


Competitive Enterprise Versus Planned Economy

INDIVIDUALISM, THE PRICELESS INGREDIENT OF POLITICAL, PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM

By H. W. PRENTIS, JR., President, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa.

Delivered at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the National Association of Manufacturers, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 24, 1945


Class Friction and Formal Education

THE HOPELESSNESS OF PRESENT ECONOMIC LANGUAGE

By FRED G. CLARK, General Chairman, American Economic Federation

Delivered before the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Philadelphia, Pa., January 27, 1945


Transform Liberal Words Into Concrete Action

WE MUST PROVE IDEALISM MORE PRACTICAL THAN COMMON SENSE

By HENRY A. WALLACE, Former Vice President of the United States

Delivered at testimonial dinner under the auspices of the Union for Democratic Action and The New Republic, January 29, 1945


CHANCELLOR HITLER'S BROADCAST ON 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGIME

January 30, 1945

New York Times.


The Spirit of Religion

"CHURCHES MAY HAVE FAILED, BUT NOT CHRISTIANITY"

By JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Jr., Philanthropist

Delivered at dinner of the Protestant Council of the City of New York, January 31, 1945


        February


The Job Ahead for Industry

NATIONAL SERVICE NOT THE ANSWER TO MANPOWER PROBLEM

By IRA MOSHER, President, National Association of Manufacturers and President, Russell-Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass.

Delivered before the South Jersey Manufacturers Association, Camden, N. J., February 1, 1945


GENERAL DE GAULLE'S BROADCAST ON FRENCH POLICY IN WAR AND PEACE

February 2, 1945


The Lessons of Hitler

INTER-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICS AND ECONOMICS

By HERBERT MORRISON, British Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security

Delivered before the Manchester Council of Labour, Manchester, England, February 4, 1945


France Will Not Be Bound

MUST HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE

By GENERAL CHARLES de GAULLE, Leader of Provisional French Government Broadcast from Paris.

Recorded and translated by the Federal Communications Commission, February 5, 1945


Towards A Stronger Dumbarton Oaks

OBLIGATION TO CARRY OUT SANCTIONS MERELY MORAL AND LEGAL

By WILLIAM G. CARLETON, Professor of History and Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Delivered at the Northeastern Florida Sectional Conference of the Florida Federation of Womens Clubs, Jacksonville, Florida, February 8, 1945


News Blackout of the Fifth Army

FIXED TOUR OF DUTY FOR INFANTRY

By CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, Congresswoman from Connecticut,

Broadcast, February 9, 1945


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON BRETTON WOODS MONEY AND BANKING PROPOSALS

February 12, 1945


JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ ON CRIMEA CONFERENCE

February 12, 1945


YALTA (CRIMEA) CONFERENCE, February, 1945


The Yalta Division of Germany

FUTURE OF ANGLO-AMERICAN TERRAIN

By GEORGE N. SHUSTER, President, Hunter College, New York

Delivered before the Foreign Policy Association, New York, February 17, 1945


A Catechism of So-Called Labor Relations

"TOMORROW'S LABOR PROBLEMS WILL MAKE TODAY'S HEADACHES SEEM LIKE PLEASURABLE MOMENTS"

By ARTHUR J. TODD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

Delivered at the Principia School of Government Conference on Employer-Employee Relations, Chicago, Ill., February 17, 1945


Adopt National Service Legislation Now

CIVILIAN JOB TURNOVER MUST BE STOPPED

By HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War

Broadcast over Blue Network from Washington, D. C., February 18, 1945


What Does the Future Hold for the U. S. Taxpayer?

PLAN TO BASE AMERICAN ECONOMY ON MEDIEVAL GUILD SYSTEM

By JOHN W. HANES of New York, Finance Executive and Chairman of the Citizens National Committee

Delivered at the nineteenth annual meeting of California Taxpayers' Association, Los Angeles, February 21, 1945


Industrial Future of England

QUALITY PRODUCTS AND CONFIDENCE IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

By BRENDAN BRACKEN, British Minister of Information

Delivered before the Royal Empire Society, London, England, February 21, 1945


America's Role in World Peace

ALL NATIONS ARE INTERDEPENDENT

By EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, Secretary of State

Delivered at the plenary session of the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, Mexico City February 22, 1945


Were Washington Here Today

CONFEDERATION OR EXTERMINATION

By ROBERT C. CLOTHIER, President, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J.

Delivered before the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, New York City, February 22, 1945


MARSHAL STALIN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON THE 2 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED ARMY AND NAVY

February 23, 1945


COLOMBIA'S RESOLUTION ON AGGRESSION INTRODUCED AT INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

February 23, 1945


CHANCELLOR HITLER'S MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY'S PROGRAM

February 24, 1945


The Bridge To the Future

HAVE WE HERE AND NOW THE INTELLIGENCE AND DEVOTION TO CROSS OVER?

By FLORENCE E. ALLEN, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth District, Cleveland, Ohio

Delivered at the 89th anniversary of the founding of Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, February 25, 1945


U. S. ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PROPOSALS MADE AT INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

February 26, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS IN COMMONS ON THE CRIMEA CONFERENCE

February 27, 1945


ADDRESS BY GENERAL MACARTHUR ON THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT

February 27, 1945


ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMENA ON THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT

February 27, 1945


Permanent Peace via the Triple Alliance

FOUNDATION OR "STATUS QUO"

By GEORGE W. HARTMANN, Professor of Education Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City

Delivered at the twenty-first anniversary dinner of the War Resisters League, New York City, February 27, 1945


Relief Organizations

WHO HANDLES WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN

By CHARLES P. TAFT, Acting Chairman, President's War Relief Control Board

Delivered before the Potomac Cooperative Federation, Washington, D. C., February 27, 1945


U. S. STATEMENT ON LEND-LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE

February 28, 1945


    March


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE CRIMEA CONFERENCE

March 1, 19451


SPEECH BY PRESIDENT CHIANG KAI-SHEK BEFORE THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CHUNGKING

March 1, 1945


Dumbarton Oaks Amendments

PRESENT FATAL TRENDS OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

By BURTON K. WHEELER, Senator from Montana

Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Washington, D.C., March 1, 1945


The Reconstruction and Rebirth of France

STATE CONTROL OF MEANS AND COMMUNICATIONS

By GENERAL CHARLES de GAULLE, Leader of the Provisional French Government


ACT OF CHAPULTEPEC

Declarations on Reciprocal Assistance and American Solidarity, March 3, 1945.


STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED VOTING PROCEDURES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION


March 5, 1945


San Francisco—The Golden Gate to Peace

SEVEN CARDINAL POINTS OF FUTURE WORLD POLICY

By COM. HAROLD E. STASSEN, Former Governor of Minnesota

Delivered at a Meeting Sponsored by the Minnesota United Nations Committee, Minneapolis, Minn., March 7, 1945


A Philosophy of Approach

"LAWS OF GOD FOR HUMAN CONDUCT AS POLITICAL PRINCIPLES"

By WALLACE SPEERS, Vice President, James McCutcheon & Co., N. Y.

Delivered before the Sub-Committee on Social Legislation, National Affairs Committee, National Republican Club, New York City, March 8, 1945


Something Better Than Dumbarton Oak

FOUR PROPOSALS BASIC TO PEACE

By NORMAN THOMAS, Chairman, Executive Committee, Post-War World Council, New York City

Broadcast Over CBS, March 10, 1945


A Future of Toil and Sweat

NO TOTALITARIAN SYSTEM FOR ENGLAND

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered before the Annual Conference of the Conservative Party, London, March 15, 1945


What Is the Truth About China?

THE GREAT MORAL DECISION OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK AND THE CHINESE PEOPLE

By WALTER H. JUDD, Representative from Minnesota

Delivered in the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., March 15, 1945


A Challenge To Economists and Moralists

REASON, MORALITY, CULTURE MUST GO INSEPARABLY TOGETHER

By REVEREND BROTHER C. EDWARD, F.S.C., Vice President, Manhattan College, New York

Delivered at the Anniversary Dinner of the Charitable Irish Society, Boston, Mass., March 17, 1945


ADDRESS BY POPE PIUS XII IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE, VATICAN CITY, URGING A CHARITABLE PEACE

March 18, 1945


Labor Looks At International Affairs

WE MUST PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY AGAINST ANY FORM OF TOTALITARIANISM

By MATTHEW WOLL, Vice President, The American Federation of Labor

Delivered before The Rotary. Club of New York, March 22, 1945


YALTA (CRIMEA) CONFERENCE

(Published March 24, 1945)


Economically Healthy World the Foundation for Peace

MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TARIFFS

By FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, Washington, D. C., March 26, 1945


The Scientific Suicide of America

TRAINING OF TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC STUDENTS

By DR. CHARLES A. THOMAS, Central Research Department, Monsanto Chemical Co., Dayton, Ohio

Delivered at Company Stockholders Meeting, St. Louis, Mo., March 27, 1945


ARGENTINA'S MESSAGE TO THE PAN AMERICAN UNION ON ITS DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN AND GERMANY

March 28, 1945


The Return to "Enlightened Despotism

PROPOSALS OF TODAY'S PIONEERS NO SOUNDER THAN THOSE OF 200 YEARS AGO.

By RUFUS S. TUCKER, Chief Economist, General Motors Corporation, Former Analyst of the U. S. Departments of Commerce and of the Treasury

Delivered before the Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., March 30, 1945


Planning for Freedom

FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES OF MASS UNEMPLOYMENT

By LUDWIG VON MISES, Austrian Economist and visiting professor at the School of Business Administration of New York University, New York City

Delivered before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., March 30, 1945


Our Great Stake in Agriculture

FOOD WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE WORLD

By LOUIS BROMFIELD, Author,

Delivered before the Executives' Club of Chicago, March 30, 1945


GENERAL EISENHOWER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A GERMAN SURRENDER

March 31, 1945


GENERAL EISENHOWER'S INSTRUCTIONS TO GERMAN TROOPS, AND TO FOREIGN WORKERS, IN PREPARATION FOR DEFEAT OF GERMANY

March 31, 1945


April


STATEMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS ON REPRESENTATION IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROPOSED UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

April 3, 1945


Freedom from Ignorance

SAFEST FOUNDATION OF A TRUE DEMOCRACY

By Y. C. JAMES YEN, China's Mass Education Pioneer

Delivered before the Rotary Club of Chicago, April 3, 1945


U.S.S.R. DENUNCIATION OF PACT WITH JAPAN

(With text of original non-aggression pact.)

April 5, 1945


The American Merchant Marine

A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE

By JOHN W. HANES, Chairman, Executive Committee, United States Lines

Delivered before the Academy of Political Science, New York City, April 5, 1945


Education for a Lasting World Peace

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL AGENCY OF EDUCATION

By EVERETT CASE, President of Colgate University

Delivered before The Academy of Political Science, New York City, April 5, 1945


San Francisco Conference Prospective

A CHARTER CONVENTION, NOT PEACE CONFERENCE

By EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR., U. S. Secretary of State

Delivered before the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, April 6, 1945


International Police Power

AN ELEMENT OF EFFECTIVE WORLD GOVERNMENT

By FRANK G. TYRRELL, Judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court

Delivered before the Center for International Understanding, Los Angeles. Cal., April 7, 1945


The Dominions and San Francisco

CHARTER MUST BE AMENDABLE

By H. V. EVATT, Australian Minister for External Affairs

Delivered before the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, April 9, 1945


DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

April 10, 1945


DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

April 10, 1945


The Mirage of Expanding Exports

WORLD WILL DISTRUST AN ECONOMIC COLOSSUS AS QUICKLY AS A MILITARY ONE

By ARTHUR BESSE, President, National Association of Wool Manufacturers, New York, N. Y.

Delivered before the Sales Executives Club of New York, April 10, 1945


TREATY BETWEEN U.S.S.R. AND YUGOSLAVIA

April 11, 1945


THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

April 12, 1945


At Long Last He Can Rest

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

By SAMUEL D. JACKSON, Former Senator from Indiana

Broadcast from Westinghouse Radio Station WOWO, Fort Wayne, Ind., April 12, 1945


PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN'S PROCLAMATION ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

April 13, 1945


PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S UNDELIVERED JEFFERSON DAY ADDRESS

April 13, 1945


Anglo-American Cooperation in the Middle East

"BI-NATIONAL COOPERATION IS SIGNIFICANT IF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IS OUR AIM"

By JAMES M. LANDIS, Dean, Law School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Delivered before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., April 13, 1945


Force, Justice and Law

THE POSITION AND JURISDICTION OF THE WORLD COURT

By FREDERIC R. COUDERT, President, American Society of International Law

Delivered before the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1945


Spring Leaves on Dumbarton Oaks

CLARIFICATIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO IMPROVE SET-UP

By PHILIP C. NASH, President, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

Delivered before the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., April 13, 1945


FIRST MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO THE CONGRESS

April 16, 1945


CHANCELLOR HITLER'S ORDER FOR A LAST STAND IN THE EAST

April 16, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S BROADCAST TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES UPON HIS ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE

April 17, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S EULOGY IN COMMONS FOR THE LATE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

April 17, 1945


The San Francisco Conference and Peace

ADDITIONS TO DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS

By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States

Delivered before the Foreign Policy Association, Philadelphia, Pa., Broadcast over the National Broadcasting System, April 17, 1945


TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND POSTWAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE U.S.S.R. AND THE POLISH REPUBLIC

April 21, 1945


LETTER FROM PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS CONCERNING ADMISSION OF THE UKRAINIAN AND WHITE RUSSIAN REPUBLICS AS INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

April 22, 1945


CHANCELLOR HITLER'S ORDER TO HIS WESTERN ARMIES CONCERNING GUERRILLA WARFARE

April 22, 1945


WARNING TO GERMANY BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN, PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL, AND MARSHAL STALIN

April 23, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S ADDRESS TO OPENING SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AT SAN FRANCISCO

April 25, 1945


SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS' ADDRESS AT FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

April 26, 1945


MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CHINA T. V. SOONG'S ADDRESS AT FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

April 26, 1945


PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE U.S.S.R.: V. M. MOLOTOV'S ADDRESS AT FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

April 26, 1945


SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN, ANTHONY EDEN'S ADDRESS AT FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

April 26, 1945


The San Francisco Conference

ARE THE OBJECTIVES PROGRESSIVE OR REACTIONARY?

By FELIX MORLEY, President, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.

Delivered before the Chamber of Commerce, Youngstown, Ohio, April 26, 1945


Proper Treatment of War Prisoners

REASON FOR WAR DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT

By 1st LT. NEWTON L. MARGULIES, Assistant Judge Advocate, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Delivered before the Downtown Optimists Club, St. Louis, Mo., April 27, 1945


THE PRIVATE AND POLITICAL TESTAMENTS OF HITLER,

APRIL 29, 1945


May


ASSUMPTION OF POWER BY DOENITZ

May 1, 1945


MARSHAL STALIN'S MAY DAY ORDER OF THE DAY

May 1, 1945


SPEECH OF SOVIET FOREIGN COMMISSAR V. M. MOLOTOV OPPOSING ADMISSION OF ARGENTINA TO THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE

May 1, 1945


THE GERMAN SURRENDER DOCUMENTS - WWII:


Justice Cannot Be Appeased

ALL NATIONS MUST BE TREATED AS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW

By JAN CIECHANOWSKI, Polish Ambassador to the United States

Delivered at a meeting of the United American and Polish Societies, Commemorating the 154th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Polish Constitution, Baltimore, Md., May 6, 1945


BROADCAST TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE BY FOREIGN MINISTER LUTZ SCHWERIN VON KROSIGK

May 7, 1945


GRAND ADMIRAL KARL DOENITZ' BROADCAST INFORMING THE GERMAN PEOPLE OF THEIR UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

May 8, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S BROADCAST ON SURRENDER OF GERMANY

May 8, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S PRESS STATEMENT CONCERNING JAPAN

May 8, 1945

United States Department of State Bulletin.


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN PARLIAMENT OF GERMANY'S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

May 8, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S SPEECH TO V-E CROWDS IN LONDON

May 8, 1945


KING GEORGE VI'S V-E DAY ADDRESS

May 8, 1945


GENERAL EISENHOWER'S VICTORY ORDER OF THE DAY, AND HIS PROCLAMATION ON GERMANY'S DEFEAT

May 8, 1945


GENERAL DE GAULLE'S V-E DAY BROADCAST TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE

May 8, 1945


MARSHAL STALIN'S V-E ORDER OF THE DAY

May 9, 1945


MARSHAL STALIN'S VICTORY ADDRESS

May 9, 1945


FINAL COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND

May 9, 1945


POPE PIUS XII'S RADIO BROADCAST ON WAR'S END

May 9, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON "FIVE YEARS OF WAR"

May 13, 1945


GENERAL DE GAULLE'S SPEECH BEFORE THE FRENCH CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY ON THE VICTORY OVER GERMANY

May 15, 1945


Post-War Transportation By Sea

PLANS FOR MAINTENANCE OF A HEALTHY SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

By HENRY E. ROSSELL, President, Cramp Shipbuilding Company

Delivered before the Technology Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, May 15, 1945


International Morality

ANSWER TO CHURCHILL

By EAMON de VALERA, Prime Minister of Eire

Broadcast over Radio Eireann, May 16, 1945


Standards of Thinking

THE NEED FOR VISION

By DR. JAMES P. ADAMS, Provost of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Delivered before the Adult Education Institute, Detroit, Mich., May 16, 1945


"What I Saw In Europe"

"WHAT WE MUST DO ABOUT IT"

By MALCOLM W. BINGAY, Editorial Director, The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan

Delivered before the Economic Club of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, May 16, 1945


MARSHAL TITO'S REPLY TO NOTES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN PROTESTING YUGOSLAV CLAIMS TO ISTRIA AND TRIESTE

May 19, 1945


TEXTS OF ALLIED STATEMENTS ON TRIESTE DISPUTE WITH YUGOSLAVIA

May 19, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S LETTER TO DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE ON THE LABOUR PARTY'S REFUSAL TO CONTINUE THE COALITION GOVERNMENT

May 22, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S STATEMENT TO CONGRESS ON REORGANIZING THE GOVERNMENT

May 24, 1945


The Land of Opportunity—the Next Phase

HAVE WE THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE WIT TO GRASP IT?

By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER, Journalist,

Delivered before the Chicago Federated Advertising Club, Chicago, Ill., May 24, 1945


Universal Military Training

WHAT THE NAVY CONTEMPLATES

By RALPH A. BARD, Under Secretary of the Navy

Delivered before Citizens Committee For Military Training of Young Men, Inc, New York, N. Y., May 25, 1945


The Future of Puerto Rico

INDEPENDENCE, STATEHOOD OR DOMINION

By LUIS MUNOZ-MARIN, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico

Broadcast over Columbia Broadcasting Network, May 26, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ASKING EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LEGISLATION

May 28, 1945


RADIO REPORT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY OF STATE EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR.

May 28, 1945


The Pacific Campaign

A COMPROMISE PEACE WOULD BE ONLY A TRUCE

By GENERAL ALEXANDER A. VANDEGRIFT, U.S.M.C., Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps

Delivered before the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1945


Industry, Government and Labor

WHERE DO THEY GO FROM HERE?

By FRED SMITH, V. P., American Broadcasting Co., Former Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury

Delivered before the New York Employing Printers' Association, New York, May 28, 1945


America and World Communism

SHALL IT BE ONE WORLD?

By CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, Congresswoman from Connecticut

Broadcast over Blue Network, Tuesday, May 29, 1945


Compulsory Military Training In Peace Time

AGAINST FUNDAMENTAL POLICY OF AMERICA

By ROBERT A. TAFT, Senator from Ohio

Delivered at Memorial Day Ceremony, Gettysburg "National Cemetery, May 30, 1945


Minding Our Own Business

WHAT IS OUR OWN BUSINESS?

By LT. JAMES H. CASE, JR., USNR, Commanding Officer, Navy V-12 Unit, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Memorial Day Address, Crawfordsville, Indiana, May 30, 1945


THE U. S. NOTE TO THE FRENCH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT ON THE LEVANT STATES

May 31, 1945


FOREIGN SECRETARY EDEN'S STATEMENT ON THE LEVANT STATES

May 31, 1945


June


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON DRIVING FOR VICTORY AGAINST JAPAN
June 1, 1945

ADDRESS BY POPE PIUS XII TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS
June 2, 1945

Citizenship and Public Service

"HELP KEEP THE VILLAGE CLEAN"

By DR. VIRGIL M. HANCHER, President, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Delivered before the Graduating Class of the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., June 3, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S LEND-LEASE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS
June 4, 1945

PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S SPEECH IN COMMONS ON SYRIA AND LEBANON
June 5, 1945

ALLIED DECLARATION ON CONTROL OF GERMANY
June 5, 1945

Another World

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

By NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, President, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

Delivered at the 191st Commencement of Columbia University, New York City, June 5, 1945


JUSTICE JACKSON'S REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ON ATROCITIES AND WAR CRIMES
June 7, 1945

U. S. As A Mediator for Peace

WE MUST NOT GANG UP ON ANY NATION

By ALFRED M. LANDON, Ex-Governor of Kansas

Delivered before the Rotary Club, Manhattan, Kansas, June 7, 1945


World Trade

THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY

By THOMAS E. DEWEY, Governor of New York

Delivered at a Seventh War Loan Organization Dinner, New York City, June 7, 1945


AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH, AND YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENTS ON VENEZIA GIULIA
June 9, 1945

EMPEROR HIROHITO'S IMPERIAL RESCRIPT OPENING THE 87TH DIET
June 9, 1945

PREMIER SUZUKI'S SPEECH BEFORE THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL DIET
June 9, 1945

PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S REPLY IN COMMONS TO ALLEGATIONS MADE BY MARSHAL PÉTAIN
June 12, 1945

Our Great Team

COMMANDER, THE SYMBOL OF ALLIED VICTORY

By GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces

Delivered at the Guildhall, London, England, June 12, 1945


Reconversion of Men

RESTORING THE VETERAN'S INDIVIDUALITY

By BRIGADIER GENERAL ARTHUR E. EASTERBROOK, Commanding the Santa Ana Army Air Base, Santa Ana, Cal.

Delivered before The Los Angeles Breakfast Club, and broadcast over station KFWB, Los Angeles, Cal., June 13, 1945


The New Realism

CONFUSION IN AMERICA

By DR. ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, President, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

Convocation address delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the University of Chicago, June 15, 1945


GENERAL EISENHOWER'S ADDRESS BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
June 18, 1945

PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
June 19, 1945

GENERAL DE GAULLE'S ADDRESS BEFORE THE FRENCH CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY ON THE LEVANTINE QUESTION
June 19, 1945

RESOLUTION BY FRENCH CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON
June 19, 1945

Peace An Absolute Necessity

"ONLY STRENGTH CAN COOPERATE"

By GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces

Delivered at Dinner Given in His Honor by the City of New York, June 19, 1945


The Spirit of America

TRIBUTE TO GENERAL EISENHOWER

By IRVING LEHMAN, Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Delivered at Dinner in Honor of General Eisenhower by the City of New York, June 19, 1945


Anglo-American Unity in Argentina

ERADICATION OF AXIS INFLUENCE

By SPRUILLE BRADEN, American Ambassador to Argentina

Delivered before the British Chamber of Commerce in the Argentine Republic, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 19, 1945


Words Simple and Commonplace

MAY YOU FULFILL YOUR HIGHEST HOPES

By DR. MONROE E. DEUTSCH, Acting President of the University of California.

Delivered at Commencements, University of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles, June 23 and 24, 1945


What To Do With Germany?

REHABILITATION AND MORAL RECONSTRUCTION

By EARL BRANDT, Economist, Food Research Institute, Stanford University, Stanford University, California

Delivered before the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, Cal., June 22, 1945; broadcast over Station KLX, June 24, 1945; and delivered before the San Francisco Branch of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Treasure Island, July 11, 1945


THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS
June 26, 1945.

ADDRESSES AT FINAL PLENARY SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
June 26, 1945

That We May Serve Humanity As Equals

SMALL NATIONS NOT IN OPPOSITION TO BIG FIVE

By JAN MASARYK, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister, Chief of the Czechoslovak Delegation to the United Nations Conference, San Francisco, Cal.

Delivered at the close of the San Francisco Conference, June 26th, 1945


The Coming Winter in Europe

FOOD SITUATION IN DEVASTATED COUNTRIES

By ROY F. HENDRICKSON, Deputy Director General, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Delivered at Food Forum meeting, Chicago, Illinois, June 26, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S SPEECH TO HIS NEIGHBORS IN INDEPENDENCE, MO.
June 27, 1945

PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S LETTER ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR. AS SECRETARY OF STATE
June 27, 1945

SENATOR CONNALLY'S REPORT TO THE SENATE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE
June 28, 1945

SENATOR VANDENBERG'S REPORT TO THE SENATE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE
June 29, 1945

CZECHOSLOVAK CESSION OF THE CARPATHO UKRAINE [RUTHENIA] TO THE U.S.S.R.
June 29, 1945

July


PRIME MINISTER FIERLINGER'S BROADCAST ON CZECH-POLISH DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW

July 2, 1945

 

Objectives of the Charter

PRINCIPLES NOT NEW

By HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States

Delivered before the United States Senate, Washington, D. C., July 2, 1945


ESTABLISHMENT OF U. S. AND BRITISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE POLISH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
July 5, 1945

STATEMENT BY STETTINIUS BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
July 9, 1945

Will There Be Peace?

WAR WITH THE SOVIET UNION IS NOT INEVITABLE

By WILLIAM G. CARLETON, a Member of the Faculty of the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Delivered at an Open Forum in Greensboro, North Carolina, under the auspices of the Carolina Institute of International Relations, June 15, 1945 and at a Mass Meeting sponsored by the United National Committee of Asheville, Asheville, N. C., July 10, 1945


Progress Toward Enduring Peace

STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES OF CHARTER

By HERBERT HOOVER, Former President of the United States

Delivered over the Columbia Broadcasting System from San Francisco, July 18, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S SPEECH AT AMERICAN FLAG RAISING EXERCISES IN BERLIN
July 20, 1945

Swedish Foreign Policy During the War

NO CAUSE FOR REGRET FOR PAST OR ANXIETY FOR THE FUTURE

By M. GÜNTHER, Swedish Foreign Minister

Translation received from Swedish Legation, Washington, D, C.

Delivered at the summer meeting of the Swedish Rural Youth League, Angelholm, Switzerland, July 22nd, 1945


THE POTSDAM PROCLAMATION
(United States, China, United Kingdom) A statement of terms for the Unconditional Surrender of Japan, July 26, 1945.

International Law

IMPORTANCE OF UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY AND COURT

By WALTER F. GEORGE, Senator from Georgia

Delivered in U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C., July 27, 1945


Making Liberty

A CLEARER SENSE OF DIRECTION

By KENNETH IRVING BROWN, President, Denison University, Granville, Ohio

Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, July 28, 1945


  August


THE POTSDAM DECLARATION

Tripartite Agreement by the United States, the United Kingdom and Soviet Russia concerning Conquered Countries, August 2, 1945.


ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA, AUGUST 6, 1945

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
August 6, 1945


STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB BY SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON

August 6, 1945


STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL ON THE ATOMIC BOMB

August 6, 1945


Britain's New Government

AN AMERICAN POLITICIAN LOOKS AT THE BRITISH ELECTION

By ALFRED M. LANDON, Ex-Governor of Kansas

Delivered before the Kiwanis Club, Topeka, Kansas, August 6, 1945


DECLARATION BY THE U.S.S.R. OF A STATE OF WAR WITH JAPAN

August 8, 1945


STATEMENT BY. SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES ON THE SOVIET DECLARATION OF WAR ON JAPAN

August 8, 1945


AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR WAR CRIMINALS IN EUROPE

August 8, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S REPORT TO THE NATION ON THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE

August 9, 1945


OFFER OF SURRENDER FROM JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

August 10, 1945


SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES' REPLY TO JAPANESE SURRENDER OFFER

August 11, 1945


STATEMENT BY JUSTICE JACKSON ON WAR TRIALS AGREEMENT

August 12, 1945


JAPANESE ACCEPTANCE OF POTSDAM DECLARATION ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN

August 14, 1945


SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES' SURRENDER INSTRUCTIONS TO JAPAN

August 14, 1945


EMPEROR HIROHITO'S BROADCAST TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE ON SURRENDER

August 14, 1945


Price of Defeat Is High

By MAMORU SHIGEMITSU, Foreign Minister of Japan

Radio broadcast, Tokyo, Japan, Recorded by the Federal Communications Commission

(Not dated. Assigned date of August 14, 1945.)



PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE'S BROADCAST ON JAPAN'S SURRENDER

August 14, 1945


ADDRESS BY KING GEORGE VI ON OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

August 15, 1945


Britain's Labor Government

LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

By KING GEORGE VI of England

Delivered at opening of Britain's New Parliament, London, England, August 15, 1945


King a Symbol of Unity

THE PEOPLES WILL

By CLEMENT R. ATTLEE, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and WINSTON CHURCHILL,Former Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered in House of Commons, London, England, August 15, 1945


EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES BETWEEN GENERAL MACARTHUR AND JAPANESE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS ON MANILA MEETING

August 15-19, 1945


GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S VICTORY MESSAGE

August 15, 1945


The War Is Over

By KING GEORGE VI of Great Britain

Radio Broadcast, London, England, August 15, 1945


PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE'S SPEECH ON THE KING'S ADDRESS

August 16, 1945


Where Do We Stand?

By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Leader of the Opposition

Delivered in the House of Commons, London, England, August 16, 1945

Text of the Address Dealing with Foreign Policy, the Part Dealing with Domestic Affairs Not Included


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S STATEMENT OF LABOR POLICY

August 16, 1945


Policy Will Be Set by Government Ministers

By CLEMENT R. ATTLEE, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Delivered in the House of Commons, London, England, August 16, 1945

Text of the Address Dealing with Foreign Policy, the Part Dealing with Domestic Affairs Not Included


EMPEROR HIROHITO'S SURRENDER RESCRIPT TO JAPANESE TROOPS

August 17, 1945


WAR MINISTER HIGASHI-KUNI'S SURRENDER ORDER TO JAPANESE TROOPS

August 17, 1945


SPEECH OF PRINCE HIGASHI-KUNI TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE UPON BECOMING PREMIER

August 17, 1945


STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER SHIGEMITSU ON JAPAN'S OBSERVANCE OF POTSDAM DECLARATION

August 18, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON RECONVERSION

August 18, 1945


STATEMENT BY GENERAL MACARTHUR AT THE CONCLUSION OF MANILA CONFERENCE WITH JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOYS

August 20, 1945


SPEECH IN COMMONS BY FOREIGN SECRETARY BEVIN ON FOREIGN POLICY

August 20, 1945


Labor Party's Foreign Policy

By ERNEST BEVIN, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Delivered in the House of Commons, London, England, August 20, 1945


WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DISCONTINUANCE OF LEND-LEASE

August 21, 1945


PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE'S SPEECH IN COMMONS ON THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

August 22, 1945


GENERAL MACARTHUR'S INSTRUCTIONS TO JAPANESE ON OCCUPATION LANDINGS

August 23, 1945


STATEMENT IN COMMONS BY PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE ON TERMINATION OF LEND-LEASE

August 24, 1945


STATEMENT BY LEO F. CROWLEY, DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION, ON TERMINATION OF LEND-LEASE

August 24, 1945


SPEECH BY GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK BEFORE KUOMINTANG EXECUTIVE ON CHINA'S AIMS

August 24, 1945


JOINT STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND GENERAL DE GAULLE ON FRANCO-AMERICAN COOPERATION

August 25, 1945


AGREEMENT OF ALLIANCE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S.S.R. AND CHINA

August 26, 1945


Voice of Freedom Will Be Heard

ALL CRIMINAL HENCHMEN NEED UPROOTING

By SPRUILLE BRADEN, United States Ambassador to Argentina

Delivered at farewell luncheon given by Argentine and American cultural institutes, Buenos Aires, August 28, 1945


PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S LETTER TO CONGRESS ON TERMINATION OF LEND-LEASE

August 30, 1945


September


THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS - WWII:
 

PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S BROADCAST ON JAPANESE SURRENDER
 
September 1, 1945

MARSHAL STALIN'S RADIO ADDRESS ON THE JAPANESE SURRENDER
September 2, 1945

Salute to U. S. Armed Forces

TOTAL VICTORY HAS BEEN WON

By HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States

Broadcast from Washington, D. C., September 2, 1945


EXCERPTS FROM GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S VICTORY MESSAGE
September 3, 1945

PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE'S ADDRESS ON BRITISH DEMOBILIZATION PLANS
September 3, 1945

RESCRIPT READ BY EMPEROR HIROHITO BEFORE THE JAPANESE DIET
September 4, 1945

PREMIER HIGASHI-KUNI'S ADDRESS BEFORE DIET ON REASONS FOR DEFEAT
September 5, 1945

Is the Use of the Atomic Bomb Justified?

"REIGN OF THE BOMB MUST BE REPLACED BY THE REIGN OF SOVEREIGN LAW"

By FRANK G. TYRRELL, Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court

Delivered before the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Beverly Hills, California, September 5, 1945


MESSAGE TO CONGRESS BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN
September 6, 1945

STATEMENT OF U. S. POLICY RELATING TO JAPAN, PREPARED JOINTLY BY STATE, WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS
September 6, 1945

Story Behind the Atomic Bomb

TEAMWORK AMONG SCIENTISTS

By DR. REUBEN G. GUSTAVSON, Vice President and Dean of Faculties, University of Chicago

Delivered before the Executives' Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, September 7, 1945


STATEMENT BY GENERAL MACARTHUR ON POLICY IN JAPAN
September 9, 1945

Remember Bataan! Remember Corregidor!"

NEVER NEGLECT OUR DEFENSES AGAIN

By GENERAL JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT

Delivered at homecoming celebration, Washington Monument, Washington, D. C., September 10, 1945


A Just, Not Soft Peace

"MEDIEVAL WAYS HAVE NO PLACE IN MODERN WORLD"

By GENERAL JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT, Commander at Corregidor

Delivered at the Dinner of the Commerce and Industry Association, New York, N. Y., September 13, 1945