field is it to be the problem of the Secretary, the President,   
or of both? Someone must define it clearly, and before   
the event, in broad general terms as related to each  
nation involved in the War. From such general policy the  
Secretary and in turn his Assistants must be permitted at  
the right moment to act--not to evade or avoid action. I  
understand that the Under Secretary is the clearing house  
for the Secretary in administration matters, leaving the   
Secretary free to shape policy with the President and to  
be the consultant of his staff in administering policy.
 
     
 
 
QUERY. The question then arises as first stated in  
this section II. Do the Assistant Secretaries, having the  
responsibility for No. I., have in addition the time and  
the strength competently to carry the burden of both I and  
II? If not, the remedy may be to add to their number by  
appointing additional Assistant Secretaries.
 
     
 
 
III. "The Peace andPost-War Problems."
 
     
 
 
These problems arising now and in prospect will gradually   
expand into action involving all the terms of surrender,   
of occupation and administration, of boundaries,