 The third anniversary of the birth of the United States Victory Fleet, men of the Merchant Marine Academy and the Maritime Service parade down lower Broadway in New York City. The Victory Fleet's third birthday is dedicated to American shipping companies, whose ships and personnel have maintained the global lifelines of a nation at war. Now the Commandant of the Eastern Seaboard, the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, and Vice Admiral Emery Lan, War Shipping Administrator. Special awards are made to 85 New York Steamship Companies, who under the War Shipping Administration have helped to carry out a great and perilous transport job. In Washington, a Chinese delegation replaces Soviet Russia in conversations on post-war security. Dr. Wellington Kuhl, China's Chairman, with Finance Minister Yong and Secretary of State Cordell Hall. Britain's Halifax, Cadogan, and America's Statenius, Dr. Kuhl expresses the spirit of the conferences. The establishment of an effective international peace organization is the united hope and aspiration of all the freedom-loving peoples, who have been making such heroic sacrifices in life, blood, and toil. We owe to them, as well as to humanity at large, to subordinate all other considerations to the achievement of our common object. Following six weeks of meetings by representatives of Britain, Russia, and the United States, the entrance of China's delegation brings the discussions into a second phase, laying a foundation for future talks among all the United Nations on organizing for security in a world at peace. Chinese homeland, meanwhile, Presidential Emissary Donald M. Nelson leaves the headquarters of the Military Council in Chongqing with General Joseph Stillwell and Major General Patrick Hurley. Stillwell recently promoted to full four-star generals rank, conferred with Hurley, production expert Nelson, and Chinese leaders, including Chief of Staff General Hou Ying Jin. Head forces move ahead. General MacArthur's infantry, knee-deep in the mud of the New Guinea jungle, move inland with their native guides toward Itape, where 50,000 Japanese have been isolated, drop supplies and ammunition to American units far from their base. With a surprise amphibious attack on Sansapora, on the western end of Dutch New Guinea, American Sixth Army troops outflank the last enemy position there. Veterans of months of Southwest Pacific jungle fighting close in on the Japanese, a relentless offensive against the final enemy garrisons on New Guinea. Following successful occupation of Saipan, the target is the Palau. Imaxing an 11-day air-sea hammering, a large United States Navy amphibious force like those which won the Gilberts, the Marshals and the Marianas, smashes at Palelio Island east of the Philippines. Amphibious combat vehicles and landing boats surge to shore under heavy fire. First Marine division go into action once again. The small rocky island of Palelio, site of the finest airfield in the Palau, is defended by 8,000 Japanese. Back with every weapon, last important bases guarding the Philippines. Seeing as severe as any in the Pacific so far, American casualties are many. The first wounded come back from the front for evacuation. Marines take this valuable airstrip. In the smoldering wreckage of enemy equipment, and in the 10,000 Japanese lives so far lost in the Palau's campaign, is evidence of the strong determination to liberate the Philippines.