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The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
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President Roosevelt reveals in a news conference that the Atlantic Charter is not a formal signed document but informal scribbles from a meeting with Churchill, following a reporter's inquiry and Senate question; he reaffirms support for its principles. (Washington, Dec. 20)
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Washington, Dec. 20-AP-A reporter's search for a feature story three weeks ago has now developed into the disclosure by President Roosevelt that the Atlantic Charter does not exist as a formal document.
The reporter, Tom Reedy of the Associated Press, wrote on Nov. 28 that nobody then at the White House, Library of Congress or the State Department seemed at all sure where the charter was.
Reedy suggested an ad in the "lost and found" column. Senator Chandler (D-Ky) read the story and raised the question in the Senate.
Mr. Roosevelt held his first news conference since Nov. 27 yesterday and told inquiring reporters that the nearest thing to an original probably was in the hands of radio operators who transmitted the charter terms from a late Roosevelt-Churchill meeting in the Atlantic.
It was composed by scribbles by various persons, the President said, and nobody ever signed it.
A statement to the press quoting the composite text and releasing it was signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt" and "Winston S. Churchill."
Mr. Roosevelt said he still stands by the charter principles.
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Domestic News Details
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Washington
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Dec. 20
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mr. roosevelt said he still stands by the charter principles.
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A reporter's search for a feature story three weeks ago has now developed into the disclosure by President Roosevelt that the Atlantic Charter does not exist as a formal document. The reporter, Tom Reedy of the Associated Press, wrote on Nov. 28 that nobody then at the White House, Library of Congress or the State Department seemed at all sure where the charter was. Reedy suggested an ad in the "lost and found" column. Senator Chandler (D-Ky) read the story and raised the question in the Senate. Mr. Roosevelt held his first news conference since Nov. 27 yesterday and told inquiring reporters that the nearest thing to an original probably was in the hands of radio operators who transmitted the charter terms from a late Roosevelt-Churchill meeting in the Atlantic. It was composed by scribbles by various persons, the President said, and nobody ever signed it. A statement to the press quoting the composite text and releasing it was signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt" and "Winston S. Churchill."