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...Year, Cordell Hull, America's World Statesman...
Anthony Eden last week told the House of Commons what he could about his talks in Moscow with Cordell Hull and Viacheslav Molotov and his subsequent conference with Turkey's Numan Menemencioglu. He made two salient points: 1) knotty issues still remain to be settled; 2) because the U.S.S.R., Great Britain and the U.S. have assumed the final responsibility for reshaping Europe, they must have unfettered freedom to make the final decisions.*Said...
...That gallant old eagle, Mr. Hull . . . flew far on a strong wing. . . . No airy visions, no party doctrines or party prejudices, no political appetites or vested interests must stand in the way of providing before the end of the war for food, work and homes. . . . Unless the hand of Providence is stretched forth by some crowning mercy, 1944 will see the greatest sacrifice of life. . . . British and American manhood, striving in generous emulation, true brothers in arms, will attack and grapple with the deadly foe. ... I say that our supreme duty-all of us, British and American alike...
...urging of Cordell Hull, the Moscow Conference agreed, in language reminiscent of the U.S. Bill of Rights, that: "Freedom of speech, of religious worship, of political belief, of press and of public meeting shall be restored in full measure to the Italian people. . .."* Even a hard-headed realist like Kent Cooper had reason to hope that Allied statesmen would feel the same way about Germany and other Axis powers, that Russia would fall into line of her own motion...
...might be imagined that the position of Stalin after the war will be such that he and his party need not fear an opposition press. . . . But, in any event, Americans who believe that there resides some virtue in a free press ought to be thankful to Judge Hull. . . . The matter of a free press is now on the peace table agenda...