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A Politicians’ War

required to fight a one-handed ‘war in Korea. use his other hand to keep the politicians in Washington off his back. . . - He ordered the Yalu River bridges bombed as soon as it was realized that the Chinese Communists were crossing in‘force. .. “That order was countermanded from Washington and it was only when I protested violently that I was allowed to continue my original directive,” he told the Senators. Until his order was sustained, U. 8. planes could not bomb within five miles of the Yalu. ' a 9 . s = = THE General told the committee he operated in a policy vacuum in Korea and even yet does not know “what the policy is.” > . The answer is that we have no policy. While Gen. MacArthur was testifying in Washington, the American delegation to the United Nations was asking the membér nations whether they would agree to an arms embargo against the Chinese Reds who are fighting the United Nations forces in Korea. A complete strategic embargo was desired, but diplomatic sources reported the United States had been unable to overcome British and

*: That absurdity would be inconceivable in any normal situation. But we have become so accustomed to pink-tea diplomacy under Secretary Acheson that such cowardly vaccillation has come to be commonplace. A Secretary of - “State with any backbone would tell the British and French to ‘get into line or look elsewhere for their groceries. But Déan Acheson would be horrified by the very thought of

such a thing.

™ 5 » . # ! ss = ” “" YET, as Gen. MacArthur told Sen. Russell: “It isn't

blood!” » : i. And it will continue to be American blood, he added, ab lohg as our troops are compelled to fight “in accordion ‘fgshion” up and down the Korean Peninsula. : . . Meanwhile, in the first nine months of the Korean War 196,000 tons of rubber went to Red China from British Malaya, compared with only 27,500 tons in all of 1949. And Britain is one of our allies to whom President Truman pparently has conceded veto privileges over American 1 "Gen. MacArthur said the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed with him on a military policy, including use of Chinese onalist troops, in a memorandum dated Jan. 12.

1~“It is my personal opinion that the greatest political we made in a hundred years in the Patific was in allowing the Communists to grow into power in China,” . Gen. MacArthur told the committee. : ‘4. He expressed belief that we would be paying for this mistake for a century, when the Communist tide could have been checked by giving the Chinese Nationalist. government “a very little help” six years ago. Be : 2.8 = : . =» 8 na © TURNING BACK to the present-war, the General said that if U. 8. air and seapower wefe permitted to carry the fight to Red China, we could “wind this thing up” in Korea with only small additional ground forces, and “with the least loss of life.” But if we go on as we are at present, He warned, otir “cumulative losses are going to be stag-

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#< Gen. MacArthur maintained that the Chinese Communists would suffer “military starvation” if their supply 18s. and bases were destroyed. = If our Allies fail to see the wisdom and utility of this cburse, he said, the American interest being the predomi- ; nt one in Korea, we should act on our own responsibility. (he present indecisive policy will cost thousands and thousands of lives, until events catch up with you, he told the Senators. Then, he asked, “where does the responsibility of that blood rest?” = American public opinion will pass on that issue in the days ahead, without any help or hindrance from military or political censors.

Under D for Death

ITY HALL has enough traffic plans filed away to lay ‘out one of the most impressive traffic control patterns in the nation. © Under D for death in the same cabinet all our good intentions are filed away . .. gathering dust now for a great many years. : . A frank neighbor dropped over the other day and told us our traffic system has BO... it stinks. And it has for a long time now. #" Traffic authorities from Columbus, O., told us all we had to do was get down to work and clean it up. Stop the slaughter by taking the Police Department out of politics and get out from behind the traffic engineering eight ball. In-other words, wise up to the facts of saving lives. . These experts might, too, have exposed our courts to ‘the same spotlight. . | A good policeman is only as good as his boss will allow him to be. If the boss is bound by political commitgents, the policeman can't be a very good one. If the urts are thus hampered it won't matter if he is a good one. 4 The way to a better Police Department is thfough jvil service and higher pay. Police officials cannot worry shout trafic problems if they continually have to worry about their political necks. : Proper installation of one-way streets, elimination of a number of left turns, proper marking, getting control of

some streets back from the state would help knock out

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T WAS known long before he began to testify in the Senate * Joint Committee's hearing that Gen. MacArthiir had been

But his testimony yesterday revealed that he had to .

French opposition to full economic “Fanctions against the

just dust that is settling in Korea, Senator, it is American

EE ¥ “But this policy was vetoed by someone in Washington.

DEAR BOSS .. . By Dan Kidney Brownson Fires Fast Questions

Isn't At All Satisfied With UN Policy in Korea

WASHINGTON, May 4 — While the two Indiana Senators were condemning Warren _ Austin; former GOP Senator from Vermont and now United Nations delegate for the United States, Rep. Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis Republican, was “béarding the lion in his den.” . The condemnations of Bens. Homer E. Capehart and Willi{am E. Jenner; as well as

ators, was based on Mr. Austin's’ staunch defense of the TrumanAcheson doctrihe in Korea as opposed to that of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. In “addressing the i. “grand lodge of Masons ~ in New York State, . Mr. Austin maintained oh i that United Nations Mr. Austin foitey “n Soren is “clear, pos vean +++ peace, not war. consistent.” That is exactly the opposite view from that of Gen. MacArthur, “The Uniled Nations aim is not conflict without limit, but peace without appeasement,” Mr. Austin said. That speech was made Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Mr. Brownson called on Mr. Austin, as a member of the Bonner subcommittee of

the House Committee on Executive Expendi- ,

tures. Also present was Rep. Cecil Harden, Covington, Republican National Committeewoman from Indiana. Upon returning here, Mr. Brownson reported that Mr. Austin, in his palatial United Nations office, was very cordial and gave the visiting Cohgressmen somewhat ithe same talk that he had given the night before. Then came a questioning period. When Subcommittee Chairman Herbert C. Bonner (D.

* N.-C.) called on Mr.- Brownson, the freshman Congressman from Marion County, was loaded)

‘No Mumbo-Jumbo’

“MR AMBASSADOR, your speeches sound just fine,” Mr. Brownson told Mr. Austin, “but my folks back home want to know definitely what is to be the outcome of our fighting in Korea. “With many of their sons on the battlefront, they dare not satisfied with any glittering generalities and mere mumbo-jumbo. They want the answer to be definite and concrete. The question they are asking is ‘where are we going in Korea?’ I would be doing less than my duty if 1 didn’t put it bluntly for them.” Mr. Austin then repeated, in substance, part of his speech which said that United tions policy in Korea consists of two parts: “Militarily, the objective is to repel aggression and restore international peace security in the area. “Politically, the objective is to establish a unified, independent and democratic government in the sovereign state of Korea. We will adhere to both these purposes.

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“UNITED NATIONS has not declared, nor has it ever been asked to declare, that the political objective must be achieved by military means. In fact, the emphasis has been quite the contrary. : “The United Nations policy ha¥ been—and should always be—to achieve: its political obJectives by pacific settlements, “United Nations does not exist to conduct war, but to stop it—by peaceful means, if possible—by united force, if nec . In our alle-

essary. glance to United Nations, this is a fact we must never forget.”

Mr. Brownson said these were “nice sound-

ing words” but still lett the Korean question _

unanswered.

“In my opinion, United Nations is working for some settlement in Kqrea without a military victory such as Gen. MacArthur has proposed,” he concluded.

What Others Say—

SOME prices are clearly out of line and should be controlled.

—Rep. Thomas Jenkins (R. Ohio). SPANKING 1s an adjunct In the bringing up of children. rn ® i e : : =Dr. Joseph Palma of Honolulu, T. H. I EXPECT at least for a very long, long time we will continue to have the greatest Navy. —Navy Secretary Francis Matthews.

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LAW SAYS NO POLITICS . . . By Frederick C. Othman

If You Want a Postoffice Job Be Sure You Know Right Party

WASHINGTON, May 4—There is. a city-in South Dakota that Sen. Karl E. Mundt will Identify only by its initial, “M.” Might. be Madison, 8. D., his home town. This mystarious metropolis is inhabited almost exclusively by Republicans. Most of these are exceedingly

smart. Some are s=———— :

starry-eyed. = 172, ) i =

These latter spend == a good deal of time submitting to Civil Service examinations for local postmaster. “They take these examinations and, being ‘smart, they get the three top spots on the list and you Ag continue to reject all = three of them,” xs Sen. Mundt.

Postmaster General © Jesse M. Donaldson, who went, ulp.

““Now I am not seeking this patronage,” the

gentleman from Madison continued. “But these young men have star dust in their eyes. They believe what they read about the Civil Service ‘Law—no politics in postmasterships. So they write me when they get turned down and I_tell them frankly that a postmastership is purely political patronage.

“Then they reply and they quote the law, which says their race, their creed, and their politics shall have no part in their ‘selection. And they wonder if Mundt is telling. the truth. Now I ask you, Mr. Postmaster . General, whether postmasterships are political jobs, .or aren't they?” Poor Donaldson was on the well-known spot. A veteran of 45 years in the postal service and the only career man ever to be appointed to the top job, he was beginning to sweat. Of course,

EUROPEAN DEFENSE . . . By Ludwell Denny ==

Aid To Spain Depends On Troops

Best Untapped Military Reservoir Not Used Because Countries Don't Trust Dictatorship MADRID, May 4—Spain probably will get American military

ize a million men in two weeks, gnd two million men in two months. Today he has 400.000 troops organized in 22 divisions. Their equipment is

traffic jams and accidents. Tw ° We've heard it all before. We've heard it from traffic from all over the country. It's high time we do ‘about this business of saving lives.

aid, but not as much or as soon as needed. Gen, Dwight Eisenhower will be too long deprived of troops.

Factors which discourage large-scale American assistance

include’

ONE: Widespread economic distress and unrest, and growing

unpopularity of the Falangist regime, reveal political instability,

TWO: The collapsing corpor-ate-state economy cannot support major rearmament.

THREE: The Madrid government's arrogance and inefficiency are barriers,

FOUR: Gen, Eisenhower's increasing arms requirements for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization states have legal and moral priority. y

FIVE: There are many serfous complications involved in a separate U. S.-Spanish military pact, desired by Franco, outside NATO—from which his totalitarian regime is excluded by opposition of most NATO members.

SIX: The trend in Allied strategic thinking is to hold any European battleline as far eastward as possible, and—in case of forced retreat—to give preference to England and France's Breton peninsula over Spain. SEVEN: Growing demands of Middle East defense push Spain farther back in the America ald priority line. EIGHT: Continuance of the Korean War and increased aid to Formosa have the same ef-

- fect, only much more so.

Under present conditions Spain's strategic importance geographically is not as great as Franco likes to think in his hard bargaining. Its haven behind the Pyrenees is safer than any other. Yet Spain does not have preference in Allied defense plans—and would not even if she were a stable democratic member of the Atlantic Pyt. Cor

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This is because she is neither on the front line, such as Turkey or West Germany or Norway, nor an industrial base such as northern France or England.

Our Allies and West Germany are all suspicious of any “behind the Pyrenees” strategy as defeatism of the worst kind. The European fear that America will retreat from Germany to Spain is the biggest barrier today to all-out Allied rearmament and morale.

Moreover, the highly mechanized Allied armies cannot operate well from Spain. Its roads are primitive, its bridges inadequate. Its railways are not standard gauge and are in extreme disrepair, These handicaps could” not be removed without expenditure’ of billions

of dollars.and several years of

concentrated effort.

Spain would become of overriding strategic importance only if she were in danger of falling to Stalin. Today she is the most anti-Red country in Europe and the least exposed to Russian attack. » n = THE other danger is that the Falangists will carry out their threats to seize Gibraltar and become an. enemy nation, But that risk does not appear real, : Though Spain's bases are not of primary importance now, her troops are. The issue in American military aid to anco is not Spanish geography, but how many divisions he would turn over to Gen. Eisenhower to: train and to command where needed, and

how soon.

Franco boasts he can mobil.

mostly pre-World War II. They need everything except small arms. Their morale is not good. But potentially they are among the hardiest and bravest soldiers in Europe. This best untapped reservoir of European defense is not being used. Our Allies think a totalitarian - army cannot be trusted, much less effectively

SIDE GLANCES

it was a hot day and, of course, he is inclined to be plump. He read the law aloud.

It said flatly that political and religious faith shall have no part in the selection of a postmaster. Yet every postmaster hired by Mr. Donaldson is “suggested” by a Democratic Senator, a Congressman, or—if none exists, as in South Dakota—by a voter of the Democratic faith. “We have a law,” prompted Sen. Mundt, “and it says political considerations are not .to -

be considered, when you and I know that is the

only consideration.” Mr. Donaldson sald he guessed maybe the law never had been strictly enforced. He said, he remembered that when Congress was Republican; so were all the postmasters. He said he presumed that his political advisers might possibly be thinking about politics when they selected postmasters, but he personally did not know their thoughts. This struck Sen. Mundt as a wishy-washy answer. And what about ‘that postmaster in

_the city of M2? erm ivim

Mr. Donaldson said if Republicans only were in the three top grades, then a Republican most certainly would get the job.

Horrid Truth

“HAW,” went Sen. Mundt, but he was not amused. “Haven't you ever heard of that gimmick, known as the acting postmaster?” The Postmaster General had heard of ft, but he said acting postmasters could hold on only six months, unless the Civil Service gave them a six-months extension. Seldom, he said, does an acting postmaster stay on the job more than a year. Sen. Mundt goaded him some more. Mr. Donaldson got sore. He blurted out the horrid truth: Only way to get politics out of the Postoffice is for the Senate to give up its ancient privilege of confirming or turning down postmasters after they've been appointed.

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Hoosier Forum

*| do not agree with a vord that you say, but | will defend to the death your right to say it."—Voltaire. :

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‘Why Our Boys Fight’ - MR. EDITOR:

Many people ask why is it recessary for the boys to fight It is necessary so we can have democracy and a free and independent - nation. We do not want communism in our country. If communism gets in our country we can listen only‘to the radio programs they tell us to listen to. "We would never have television sets or mévies. There would be one car to about 400 people, 5 In school, in Russia, all they teach is- to love - communism and hate democracy. They don’t teach like we do. We want our chiliren

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.to get an education and Russia doesn't care.

We want hospitals for the sick. We want ‘homes for “those .who are poor, We want to elect our own President and Congress, We want to think and. xs-we' plefrse. We don't

SOME PATTY OF HHeEg~" Democracy is a lot better than communism if you look at it in the right way. I think every man s#ould serve his vodntry and help win freedom for our nation. He should try if he is well and able. Democracy is the best kind of government there is and communism {is the worst I think. ' - Our boys are fighting for America and freedom. Our men will always fight for a free and independent nation. We want a free nation . + . that is free of communism. That is why I think it is necessary for our bogs to fight. Bobby Skiff, Grade 7, Age 13, Mars Hill School.

About Juke Boxes’ ) :

MR. EDITOR:

Regardless of whether Sen. Capehart was called an SOB or not, the country would be much better off if that were all he were. Although the personal character of public officials has an important bearing on their public service, the degree of devotion to the public interest is the critical factor. Sen. Capehart has shown himself a servantof special interests as opposed to the public interest on the record, to state the matter, mildly. His contact with the juke box business does not commend him for public service. Persons with a knowledge of the subject have testified that the juke box business is closely allied with the slot machine rackets. Public officials. with this kind of tie-up cannot expect to be free of suspicion. Disinfectory, City

‘Comics and Editorials’ MR. EDITOR: In your editorial of Apr. 25, I notice that once again you are attempting to delude the

public with your propaganda methods. Your editorial -calling for thoughtful consideration of

both issues of our, foreign policy as pointed up .

by the MacArthur-Truman {issue would have been much more timely if it had been written after MacArthur's removal, or at least after his speech before Congress. Instead you have constantly derided Mr. Truman and his entire staff. Many of your biased opinions could never be proved. You have lauded and proclaimed MacArthur to be without equal. I have no doubt of MacArthur's integrity nor of

his Americanism. - Those have been proven.

However, his beliefs on foreign policy are subject to much debate. You have upheld him as an authority on a subject of which he knows little and which he had no authority to attempt to follow. But now that events appear to be against his theories, you are jumping back to the middle of the road. Several times I've heard The Times has discarded its independent stand and is now one of the mouthpieces of the Republican Party. The more I read, the more I believe it is true. So’ until your néxt news release from Republican

headquarters, -I'll-read the comics. THey are

funnier than some of the editorial opinions you write. —B. W. M,, City.

LITTLE GIRL

DEAR little girl so tiny and... so very, very sweet . . . you make my heart feel happy . .. with a joy that Is complete . .. your angel smile brings solace to . . . my topsy-turvy mind . .. because you are a tonic of . . . a very special kind . . . your cute and comic chatter is... a golden song of love . ; . that showers every one who hears ... with joy sent from above... and secretly I wish that you... could stay just as you are . ., for you are my whole world it seems - + «» my bright and shining star . .. and every time you take my hand... . I feel that heaven's near . . . for you are God's own gift to me. my little girl so dear. —By Ben Burroughs. Sr

Franco Will Furnish The Allies

integrated into a unified. Atlantic force. But a compromise is possible. Franco probably would give Gen. Eisenhower 20 divisions

Compromise Is Possible if U. S. Will Give Aid in Return for Badly Needed Manpower

In any case, divisions talk.

ternal affairs as such,

in trade for arms and for major economic aid which: he needs desperately. If so, the reluctant .but division-short Allies might modify their ideological objections. ” ” n SUCH a compromise would be facilitated by election of a Tory government in Britain, which is not improbable.

‘By Galbraith

| COPR. 196) BY MEA SERVICE MO. T. W. 0G. U8. MT.OPP. | "No materials, Jane—we can't make a dime! Conditions are perfect to take time off now for our wedging!" .

If it comes to the point of being able to get on fair terms 20 Spanish divisions for Gen. Eisenhower, which the Allies cannot provide, the present low priority for American aid to Spain would be lifted fast.

Some months ago it seemed Franco would modify his isolationist policy and antidemocratic methods to speed joint defense effort. In recent weeks, however, the trend has been in the opposite direction.

Since arrival of the. American and British ambassadors, ending the diplomatic semiboycott, Spanish officials and press have strutted the “superiority” and “independence” of the totalitarian state.

Specifically, there is no sign 528 yet that Franco is willing to submit to the American supervision which the Allies have accepted for Marshall economic aid and for military assistance. This is partly traditional 8panish antiforeignism and inexperience in international cooperation. But it is chiefly, apparently, because of Franco's fear that his insecure dictatorship can't survive close democratic contacts. ” » ”

TODAY his regime is seriously challenged here—not on ideological or personal grounds or by conspiracy methods, but

by hunger. Logically, he might

be expected to compromise as a means of perpetuating his power. ‘But dictators rarely are wise enough to curb their own power. The only cure Franco knows isa larger dose of the dictatorship which destroys. ; His fear that his police state and totalitarian economic system depend on isolation is not caused by any American effort to. “‘democratize” this country. United States .officials have neither the right nor the desire to interfere in Spaigs in-

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But the Washington govern«

ment does have the duty te

protect any American invests ment in foreign defense. It has no intention of pouring the American taxpayer's dollar down a drain or of wasting scarce arms in Spain, any more than elsewhere.

” ” 2 AND THE Madrid regime is So grossly inefficient, its bureaucracy is. so honeycombed with - favoritism and corruption, its state enterprises are £0 low in productivity, it cane not meet even loose tests of rearmament performance. To get a fair return for American aid in Italy—where conditions are far better than here— Washington insists on more self-help and more American supervision. Franco is not yet ready to accept either. In the matter of self-help Spain is spending only 6 pe® cent of its national income on defense, and not getting full value for that. The Atlantic Pact average 1s 8 per cent, which is also the Italian rate? while the” French is 13 per cent; British, 14 per cent, and American, 17 per cent.

Granting an emergency in,’

which requirements of selfhelp were waived, the main’ problem would remain — the. sheer incapacity of the Falangist imitation of the Nazi eco?

. nomic system. American aid:

simply cannot merh with the: totalitarian economy, unless, Franco co-operates with Amer lean supervisors in revampin his system enough to produce’ reasonable results. »: The easy alternative {is for’ Franco to continue his present. unproductive system and - for Washington to dribble out tg" him small economic aid and’ token armaments. That' might

perpetuate Franco in power

and fool some American tax payers, but it would not help

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