NAVAL MESSAGE
               (NAVY DEPARTMENT)
 
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT:
     
     DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS CABLES HAVE BEEN SENT TO
YOU COVERING THE EXPLORATION WORK THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO
FAR IN THE WAR AND PEACE SITUATION IN EUROPE. IN THIS CONCLUDING
MESSAGE OF THE SERIES I SHOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO YOU
IN RELATION TO THE CURRENT PROMBLEM.  I HAVE BEEN RATHER SATURATED
WITH THE PROBLEM PARTICULARLY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND
AM PRESENTING THE SUGGESTIONS WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY MIGHT BE
SLIGHTLY HELPFUL IN DEVELOPING YOUR OWN VIEWS AND PLANS.
     THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE ARE UNITED IN THE BELIEF THAT THE PRESENT
WAR COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED.  THERE IS TODAY A DEEPER SELF INTEREST
APPEAL FOR ALL THE BELLIGERENT PEOPLE IN MAKING PEACE THAN IN
CONTINUING THE WAR.  NOBODY CAN DOUBT THE WISH OF EVERY
BELLIGERENT COUNTY FOR THE ENDING OF THIS WAR.  THE WORLD FACES
MANY PROBLEMS TODAY JUST AS SERIOUS AS WAR AND FAR MORE WORTHY OF
SACRIFICES. NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS IS GOING TO BE SOLVED BY THIS WAR.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A MAN OR A NATION MUST FIGHT. THERE ARE THINGS
WORTH MORE THAN