Roosevelt victory pleases British
London, England (UP) –
Early editions of London afternoon newspapers bannered the reelection of President Roosevelt and carried editorials hailing his victory.
“…We in Britain can congratulate President Roosevelt for a triumph that makes American history,” the Evening News said in an editorial titled “Still on the Bridge.”
The Star stressed that Americans had given President Roosevelt an “unmistakable mandate for action beyond the fighting. They decided that he is the man to guide them both in the making of peace and the return to peace conditions.”
The Evening Standard paid tribute to President Roosevelt as the leader of an allied nation to whom Britain is linked by blood ties.
Moscow hails early vote returns in U.S.
Moscow, USSR (UP) –
Early election returns showing President Roosevelt leading in 32 states caused satisfaction here.
The Russians are primarily interested in whether or not recent trends in American foreign policy will continue or will be interrupted.
Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, is the only newspaper which appears on Tuesday and it came out late in order to include New York dispatches reporting the preliminary results of the young.