Address by President Roosevelt on Yalta Conference (3-1-45)

Roosevelt invites Frisco delegates

WASHINGTON (UP) – President Roosevelt has sent formal invitations to his eight choices as members of the United States delegation to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco.

One of the proposed delegates, Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-Michigan), has refused to say whether he would serve as a delegate on grounds he had not been invited. Other choices have indicated their willingness to serve.

Other delegates are to be Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Chairman Tom Connally (D-Texas) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, Chairman Sol Bloom (D.-New York) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R-New Jersey), a member of Mr. Bloom’s committee; Cmdr. Harold E, Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota, and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of Barnard College.