Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1950 — Page 10

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Ep EN TIRANA ON

The Crime in Korea

REPUBLICAN Senators charge that South Korea received only $200 worth of signal wire out of the $10 million military assistance program Congress voted for that country last year.

The Democrats insist that $253, 000 worth of equipment

was delivered.

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delivered wasn't encigh™ to

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“the figures on our Korean cea = should serve a useful purpose, if presented in the proper forum, which is the United Nations Security Council. They certainly will acquit the United States of arming the South Koreans for aggression, as the Soviet Union has charged.

"However,

THE United States furnished South Korea with $495,-

700,000 worth of economic and military assistance between thé end of the war and the date of the Communist atfack. ~~

Of this total, only $56 million was for fighting equipment. This consisted of such items as rifles and ammunition, mines

and mine-sweepers, helmets, boots, tents and blankets—ob-

viously for internal security forces. 1t included no tanks, heavy artillery or fighting aircraft which could have been used in a war of aggression. Right there we have the complete answer to Russia's big lie, and these facts should be spread on the record before the Security Council.

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Having submitted this, we should take the offensive and demand that the Russians show exactly how they spent their money in North Korea. Nor should we stop there. A crime has been committed and the guilty should be ar-

& # » - ANY settlement of the Korean situation which the United States accepts should provide for an investigation by an impartial United Nations commission to fix responsibility for this war. The inquiry should begin at the date when the United States and Russia assumed control of their respective zones of occupation after Korea's liberation, .so that a complete inventory can be made of all kinds and quantities of armaOnce these approximate facts are obtained, they will tell their own story.

ENTING noniarold. B. Stassor’s.call for. all-out... mobilization and an early peace-or-war showdown with Russia, Sen. Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island Democrat, said he didn’t think the President or the State Department

needed any advice from Mr, Stassen.

We'd like to see that question submitted to the Gls

fighting in Korea. We doubt that the Senator would find much support there.

The State Department had that same smug attitude

when for four years it failed to consult Gen. Douglas MacArthur about the gathering storm clouds in the Far East.

than for Pregident. Truman to call a meeting of national .

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The debacle in-Korea is a direct result of that neglect.

= ” . as = WE are in a grave situation. The administration not only should welcome advice, it -

should solicit it. Indeed, nothing would be more reassuring

onl Ya him-on-the

this war as a private tea party.

Home-Front ‘Luxury oo ;

T SHOULD be fascinating news to our outnumbered and - outgunned Gls in Korea that the House of Representa-

“tives has owoted for restoration. Ofc Awice-a-day: mail.

deliveries here at home. Especially when they learn that it means spending an estimated $70 million a year on another home-front luxury in time of war. Don't think ‘they won't hear about _it and realize the doleful significance. We should like to “hear their scathing comments==and we hope the 264 Congressmen who voted for it reap a good. harvest of “same, twice a day, if such service .is restored. There is a chance the Senate may not act on the bill this session, but if it is passed there it is almost certain to he vetoed by the President, as it should be. Meantime, in the face of the compelling need for strictest government economy in ‘every phase of nonmilitary spending, it's gravely disturbing to find so many in the House of Representatives still responsive to { + bleatings and squawks of those persons who are determined not to be bothered by a war.

A Wise Decision 7 RESIDENT TRUMAN is to be commended for changing his mind as to the urgency of passing a universal military training law now while the need for such has ~ been underscored so plainly by reverses in Korea. There has never been any oubt among responsible

* military authorities that UMT was the only practical way

to build up and maintain this nation’s military strength,

* which is almost the only hope the world now has for peace.

But the President was reported to feel that, since en~actment of UMT could not influence the outcome of the ~ present battle in Korea, this legislation could wait until

. Congress has disposed of other pressing matters.

In authorizing Defense Secretary Johnson to ask Confor a universal training law now, the President

3 { Endity ‘has decided that UMT’s prompt enactment would

i pared against any repetitions of Korea.

. be a sign to aggressors that this nation intends to be pre- { : Congress has had four years to pass UMT. This time there ¢ can be no excuse for dey,

___had numerical majorities

00D AND BAD .

. By Charles Lucey

‘Democrats Prepare for Vote Drive ..

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-It's about two years now since Harry Truman hit the highroad seeking re-election; damning the Repub"lican 80th Congress and promising a heap about what he would do to give him a fresh new term. Today, with a new national election coming up, the Democrats are getting ; ready to go to the country and —although the Korean War has changed everything sharply—they will have to stand in good part on the Truman administration’'s legislative record

It’s an in-and-out record good here, bad there. It was a record made in the face of -great-difieulty. The. President... in Senate and House but they. Mr. Yyuman . -ReYer.. represented stable sup- =o. g .port for his ballyh gram of the 1048 election campaign. session of the present Congress his

At times

in the first leadership seemed demc ahs the basis of performance, n ho oon getting far less than he asked

‘ for but still enough, to provide fodder for some “point-with-pride” Democratic speeches this fall,

What did the President shout loudest—about——

two years ago? Maybe Taft-Hartley labor law repeal. What did he get? Nothing. A coalition of Republicans and his own Democrats beat him so badly last year nobody even thought seriously about bringing up the matter this year.

Calls for National Health Program MR. TRUMAN talked a lot that year about a new national health program. Congress made a few passes at enacting some fragments, but consideration of the so-called “socialized medicine” phase of it—a cempuisory national insur-

- ape system-— never.-even got serious £onsidera-

Ahern a,

§ ned fer

In the foreign field, the administration came up with and got acceptance of the North Atlantie Paet, the. first peacetime alliance with Europe in our history. Last year it was successful in

getting $5.4 billion for European aid and has gained a $3.2 billion authorization this year. It was able to beat off Republican attempts

to restrict operation of the reciprocal trade program. Its Point Four program is moving slowly

i. but .o The issue-of national survival should nat be nde appari. oo Brannan “farm plan? The: Korean. War . ~

can IG ite an ssue if they persist in trea NE Foys evn talk about.

wow enate action stills awaited onaqphase of it

already accepted in the House, Providing a

guarantee of overseas investment of private U. 8. capital. On defense, Mr. Truman last year got $15.6 billion, from Congress—greatest: in peacetime. history until this ‘year, when nobody can say yet how high it will go. Even so, Mr. Truman didn’t want the To-growp Air

Force last year

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

“Foreigh Policy, War Top Issues

and Republicans who did want it will make political capital of it this fall in discussing inadequate U. 8. preparedness. The administration was able to keep the draft law on the books, a handy tool in the present emergency. The Democrats can cité some domestic victories. This year the administration is getting a substantially Increased social security program, though it has been unable to get the expansion of the unemployment compensation system it sought. It was successful last year in fighting for increase of the minimum hourly wage from 40 to 75 cents.

The Republicans lost a lot of votés in 1948

because of farmers’ resentment against inadequate provision for grain shortage facilities in the previous’ GOP-controlled Congress. Mr. Truman promised he'd get such facilities for the _graln country if “elected. He delivered on this one.

Pass Slum Clearance, Housing Plan ; ear the President. With Republican help, managed to get enactment of a new slum clear nC , and housing program. { ‘he administration has managed to keep rent control on the books, though in watereddown form. Mr. Truman has had fair success in getting oon; =f Hoowv mission proposals for government reorganization. This year the score has been: 20 plans accepted, seven rejected. In the 1948 campaign Mr. Truman damned the Republicans for their post-war tax cuts and set out after he was elected to get a big, new tax bill. Congress ignored him last year—but with a Korean War to pay for he's'sure to get

one now. Down the drain with the war went —

an excise tax repealer. Mr. Truman got slapped prety hard at times on personal appointments which needed Senate confirmation. He tried to get his ‘pal Mon Wallgren into the National Security Resources Board chairmanship last year and was licked — f

THE 1948 Democratic platform said it-was-a fine idea. to ‘knock off those heavy “federal taxes on oleomargarine. That's been done. The administration missed out in other places—on trying to get’ cabinet status for a’ big, new welfare department; on getting Accept-

canee:of theft kawrence Seaway; on a geweral +:

" federal- -ald-to-education bill. But foreign policy: and war preparednessor lack of it—is where the administration is in for {ts biggest fight in trying to get a Demo«ratic Congress re-elected this year. It will be the top issue of the fall campaign. And the vote in fact may turn on how things are going south of the 38th Parallel along ahout Nov. 1.

WASHINGTON, Aug.

vention, pilots,

“intended.

: am - "A fellow ought to have a buck

® hamburger with some poor boy!"

COPR, 1950 BY NEA SERVICE. WC. T. M. REC. U. 8. PAT. OFF,

or-two in his pocket, dad_t might have a chance to do a good deed by sharing a

One of the many surprises of the North Korean effectiveness has been the manner in which Red commanders have been able to make night attacks and

in the morning. To break up these maneuverings in total darkness, it has been necessary to do considerable night flying, for both reconnaissance and attack. EJ ” - TO SPOT troop movements and targets, U, 8. planes have had to fly low over roads, then turn on their landing lights and strafe whatever might be revealed by this illumination. Two-place P-50 fighters have been used for front line reconnaissance. Practically all the armament has been taken out of these planes to give them greater maneuverability and range. The planes fly over the battle area. The observer in -.the second seat locates targets, then by. radio calls in the fighter planes, By voice control, the tactical planes are guided to - z targets to do their. stuff,

the Federal Power =

RESULTS OF EXPEDIENCY . New Air Power T Yohics sedi in Korea

tee of the league has provisions within it for correcting its weaknesses without altering its structure or’ essential usefulness. REY | ® ¢ o

tarian rule Wherever 3 it Jcsents itself or under what guise

MOST Silom ohervey advise that Asia suspects any large power, including Russia, of

ob R ¢ g the Republi of Ohio last week sang oy Regi awareness of the situation in the Orient when he told them the United Nations would have to make the peace terms when the military operations in Korea came fo an énd. + The United States is ‘committed before the world legally, politically, and militarily to the United Nations. It seems like dangerous trifling to subject United Nations officials and

representatives to serious charges without sup- = Porting evidence

Whit weult-stiant-up in court. ron 3 reroll lmrmcie THE United Nations Study group. of “the League of Women Voters has stated what procedures we are for on a rather broad front.

imperialistic intentions when such ol powers underSen.

WE ARE aware of the dangers of totali- -

“cided to

We do not t share the belief that friendly gov-

ron, Aug. 10—There is growing impatience here over Britain's slow-motion re-

“armament. Prime Minister Attlee’s refusal Jo

call Parliament into session before Sept. 12, requested by the Conservative and Liberal _ Party leaders, causes disappointment. Criticism ranges from the extreme anti-Brit-minority, which is relatively unimportant, to Ve vm many BE friends of the Labor government in the Truman administration. In general, the criticism is tempered by confessions that America has been even more negligent than Britain in the past, and therefore should not be holier-than-thou now when our ally lags behind. There is also appreciation of British efforts in Malaya and Hong Kong.

Major Weakness NEVERTHELESS, Washington feels that Britain's leisurely rearmament is a major weakness in the over-all defense crisis. This applies both to military manpower and to industrial mobilization. Its effect is felt in the Par East and also in Atlantic Pact preparedness. There is little or no doubt of Britain’ s reliability. On the contrary, even those who are most skeptical of some of our other Allies take it for granted that the United Kingdom and

the ‘Dominions -are-in-this fight to-the-end-and

“regardless o VLC In that sense the disappointment over Prime. “XNRISTer ATEIéa"s Tallire to rise to the emergency

is a tribute to the basic faith here in our British alliance. It is because so much was, and is, expected of Britain that the impatience is so marked.

‘WILLOW RUN’ SPIRIT .

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19—Something akin to a “spirit of Willow Run” is needed to put resolve and muscle into America’s Atlantic Pact partners. One of the unlisted problems on the North Atlantic Council agenda remains that of convincing some Europeans, particularly the

French, that they can genuinely resist attack

from the East. The urgency of rearming has been largely accepted. Korea shook ‘up the lethargic ones who may have felt that Communist aggression was a matter of words.

THAT'S WHERE THE Willow Run spirit enters, . Willow -Rur, the -Michigan auto plant

“where World War II bombers were turned out

on an assembly line, represents the reasonable prospect of success for which the continent apparently yearns. This thinking permeates the deliberations of

. the whole Atlantic defense setup,

The French are said to be ‘especially V Willow-

‘Run-gons¢ious: This: is the result. mainly: of a

World War II hangover. With 75 divisions and

a Maginot line for protection before the war

started, the French felt reasonably secure. But ‘they were overwhelmed by German armor and equipment and didn't emerge from the shock until the United States countered with an equally impressive display of big and modern stuff in Normandy. .

RE a

‘and theNations as much of a duty as '

elections. Mr. Malik has chosen propaganda as his

something should want another trial. It means “if had been one of “their wives “attack, would they feel the AE WEY? This case has invited more crime than any I know of. I sincerely hope he gets what he deserves. Why should they show him mercy? He doesn't know what that word means.

‘Goon Buying Strike’ By Mrs. Beth Brown The present trend of spiraling economy can be definitely and hi chasers of consumer goods. would go on a buy-—ing-strike for 90 days. ; Pledges could be signed and a “No Buy” program instituted until manufacturers and

money in their

her

and the United Nations as the arena

“Watts des

dealers and ultimate consumers Some down to

their senses.

. By Ludwell Denny

. Ing Washington.

“Europe Wants U.

sis d, The “French: propose to put 15" divisions ‘in the ‘Herd

Over British Arms Lag

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It is understood here that, when Parliament | jus

meets a month hence, Mr. Attlee will propose better pay and conditions for the British armed forces and also an increase in conscription service from 18 to 24 months. sidered far short of the all-out plan needed.

Leadership Lacking

THE explanation of the Labor government's lack of leadership is believed to be a combina tion of several factors: An honest difference of opinion as to the urgency of the military crisis, with Mr. Attlea more hopeful than Mr. Churchill and Washington officials regarding the time left. Opposdition to our Formosan policy and fear that it will lead to a China-American war, in which unwilling. and unprepared Britain would have to join with us at the risk of Hong Kong and Malaya. : Inefficient defense ministers. The drag of the anti-American left wing of the Labor Party, and the illness of Foreign Minister Bevin—the ablest and most influential cabinet officer.

Labor Reluctant

RELUCTANCE of the labor government to Band armament at the expense of the welfare sta e.

considerable confidence here that Mr. Attlee can and will provide rearmament if he has enough time. But that big

By Peter Lisagor S. Production

Conditioned by these experiences, the French feel first that the Western European effort must be a combined one, and second that only the most modern. type of equipment must be forthcoming.

U. S. Pressure Expected

IN SHORT, Uncle Sam must provide the assurances because the United States is synony« ous with Willow Run and all it implies.

“if” is what is worry~

But that is con

“Despite “all “these handicaps, “there 1s str = 1

Around these considerations the Atlantia

Council deputies are proceeding in their (plans ga make. haste wi fide defens :

ién the deputies resume y thels ariel: in -Lohdon... Tih tnd Slates is g

an even -gredter effort must be made. In the same calculation they hope other nations won't lean too heavily on the U. 8. pillar,

Manpower Big Question

The

and ask that Britain and the United - spond with five divisions each for the Stale yer This question of who will provide the manpower is expected to be another major snarl. Prior to Korea U. 8. military spokesmen sought to reassure Europeans with talk of new weapons as a substitute for vast hordes of soldiers. Korea has shanged 1 much of that i

By Peter Edson

! i ged Hy proposals magle by other countries, they believe

still have control of their forces -

] 19—Korean fighting has developed some brand new gimmicks in the employment of air power, They are the results of expediency. Necessity being the mother of ingroup commanders and even ground force commanders handicapped by lack of troops, artillery and tank killers have had to employ airplanes in ways for which. they. were never...

" THE stock of “the jet planes — F-80's — has risen consider: ably for use in tactical air support of ground. troops. Being fast, they can get to the front in a hurry on an emergency call, Also, they can fly more missions per day, though their time in the air on each sortie is limited. The story is told of one jet pilot who stayed too long over the front and exhausted both

his ammunition and gasoline.

Being unable to-get back to his

" base, he made a belly landing in a rice paddy. It was the first’

time on record that such a thing had been done safely. Then the pilot got South Koreans to come into the field and by main strength and awk‘wardness lift hjs plane out of the muck so he could lower his wheels: They pulled him onto a road, ‘hrought gas and saw him take off. That was another first.

REPORTS that the jets fly too fast for accurate shooting give Air Forcg commanders the

heeby jeebies. They say pilots who are poor marksmen or miss their targets use this as their alibi. : Pilots have been detailed to advanced ground force command posts. to spot. targets. Again using radio voice control, they talk in the fighter pilots for attacks on enemy strong points, In the early days of the Kor-

‘ean fighting Gen. MacArthur

had to throw his troops in piecemeal, as fast as they could be moved over from. Japan. This is always considered risky, ternative. ” ” » THEN because there was not enough artillery available, the Air Force was called on- to take-its place, as best it could.

" Using airplanes to bomb fox-

holes is not efficient. It is expensive. There were .even reports of B-29's being used to bomb advariced positions. But

in this emergency it has been .

regarded as effective. Main disadvantage of such misuse of heavy bombers was that it prevented them from doing their normal job of blasting- production and supply centers and main lines of communication. For instance, there were two

“main oil’ refineries in, Korea.

but time gave no . al.

T8; took=——

One was at Wosan in North

Korea, the other, larger one near Seoul, the South Korean capital. It is only recently that these two strategic targets have been ‘thoroughly ombed ~ Oats a ” =

RESULTS of these bomb-

’

ings have not begun to show

yet. They are expected to show soon in more enemy tanks and trucks stalled for lack of gas. When attacked, North Ko= rean tanks and trucks have been effectively concealed by crashing through mud and thatched walls of flimsy houses. Only way to smoke them out for destruction has been by setting fire to whole villages.

48 THE South Korean govern ment has sanctioned this practice, rough though it is. The people have been told by radio to take to the hills on the ap« proach of North Korean forces, The villages are deserted. That the Korean people accept this order is indicated reports from U, 8. pilots. never they fly over, the people come out into clearings and wave to . them.

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