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’ Hindsight Policy HE CHIEF issue between the two *‘old soldiers,” MacArthur and Marshall, is one of strategv—of whether offensive or defensive operations should be emploved in the Korean War. . Gen. MacArthur contends the Chinese Communists can be driven out of Korea by bombing their bases and supply lineg'in Manchuria and China proper, blockading their ports and using Chinese Nationalist troops where they can be most effective. Gen. Marshall would limit operations to Korea itself and continue the present war of maneuver along.the general “line of the 38th Parallel. By continuing to inflict “terrific casualties” on the enemy forces, he hopes to break their morale, destroy their best troops and thus reach a ‘“‘satisfactory basis” for negotiation. He is opposed to bombing raids against Red China itself, fearing that they might invite Russia's intervention.

GEN. MARSHALL acknowledges frankly that this policy may not force the Chinese Reds out of North Korea. He also has acknowledged that the decision not to strike at the Manchurian bases was influenced “materially” by our United Nations Allies. But he said the question of the Manchurian €upply bases had not affected the Korean fighting to the point where he thought the United States should “accept the hazards” of what might occur by bombing them — which seemed to leave that decision subject to reconsideration. Inasmuch as the naval blockade Gen. MacArthur has urged is being given serious study, the possibility exists that most of his views may eventually prevail. Much apparently will depend on the future course of the war. This whole unfortunate controversy might have been avoided if the United States,had had a firm, over-all policy from the very beginning of the situation.

WHEN President Truman decided to use our forces to halt Red aggression in Korea, the possibility of Russia's ‘intervention was among the calculated risks. The North

Korean Reds were trained and armed bythe Russians for "the attack on South Korea. The order for the attack itself - _ undoubtedly was given from Moscow.

So, if it was to be our policy to avoid a clash with Russia at all costs we should have stayed out of Korea when the war started. The danger of Soviet intervention is no more real now than it was last June. ! Beyond the immediate problems of the present war, the broad American position in Asia needs to be defined. . In accepting new commitments, as we are in process of doing in the cases of Australia and New Zealand, it should be understood in advance that mutual assistance alliances work both ways, and not always at the convenience of the other contracting party. We also must decide how far we can afford to go in combating Communist advances in other

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THE ISSUE between offensive and defensive strategy in Korea applies to the rest of Asia as well. Can we win by, defensive measures alone, when our present policy gives Russia the advantage of timing, as well as the privilege of picking her spots? Moreover, if we intervene in another “Korea” in Asia, against another Soviet satellite; will we operate under the same restrictions which “are hampering our forces in Korea? We can't stop communism by running away from Russia. If the present policy of maneuver is intended to buy time until we are ready for a showdown, we would be wise to pick our spots in the interim, pass up any “police actions” which are likely to blossom into full-blown wars, and make better use of the purchased time by speeding up our preparedness effort.

The Beef Battle

RICE Stabilizer DiSalle deserves the strongest possible public support in his current battle with the meat industry. Representatives of farm, livestock and meat-processing organizations have descended on Washington in droves. They are. putting tremendous pressure on Congress to curtail Mr. DiSalle's authority and force cancellation of his order for a beef price rollback. And the powerful congressional farm bloc is, of course, on their side. If their drive succeeds in its purpose, the government's whole program for controlling prices and wages and preventing a spiral race to inflationary disaster will be gravely jeopardized. For the price of beef haz crucial importance. It's a symbol to industrial a measure of their living standard. Let it be.made immune to control and the labor unions would have a fortified case against control of wages. And the removal of wage controls would put irresistible upward pressure on the prices of materials and manufac-

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LIVESTOCK producers are. now getting 152 per cent of parity for cattle on the hoof—52 per cent above a fair price as calculated by the Agricultural Department in accordance with the formula set up by Congress. Mr. DiSalle says his rollback order, when fully effective, would still allow them 120 to 130 per cent of parity. Yet those who profess to speak for the producers threaten that, if the order does become effective, they'll stop producing or send their cattle to black markets. Mr. DiSalle refuses to believe that the livestock producers would strike en masse against the government in a time of national danger. He believes he has adequate enforcement power to combat black marketing, . if it appears. He is standing firmly by ‘his order. President Truman supports him in that stand, and

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KOREAN WAR . . . By Charles Lucey

Sen. George Cha

WASHINGTON: May 10. Gr 73 vear-old Sen. Walter F. George JD. Ga). a man of influgnee on Capitol Hill, ‘has raised the first ON} ( ile rom within the Democratic Party to the administration's Korean War strategy The line-up of Republicans generallve on Gen. MacAt thurs side of the debate was expected The Democrats in Congress closed ranks in support. of President* Truman guch.as they haven't on-an) other issue in a long time, But now after nearly a week of testimony by Gen McArthur and Gen. George Marshall before the Serfate

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bf his sharp questioning seems to lead only in that direction. He often is credited, by the torce of his argument, with being one of the fairly few men in Congress who actually can persuade others in reaching their own convietions and in voting. : Here, in paraphrase, are some Hf the questions this veteran of 29 years in the Senate is asking: If the U. 8B. were sure Moscow would not come into a Far East war, would it adopt the MacArthur tactics for a more aggressive war against the Chinese Commynists? (Gen, Marshall said ves to this one)

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ON the question of risk, did not the U. §. take serious rigks in carrying out its Greek-

Turkish -aid program, defying the Berlin block-

ade and organizing the North Atlantic. nations into a Western European military alliance? Agreed that our United Nations allies are important, should they ‘be absolutely controlling on us when the lives of our own troops are at stake? . 1f a field commander knows his troops are being cut down over a period of time and believes air power can prevent enemy buildups

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BOLIVIAN POLITICS . . . By Frederick C. Othman Chew Cocaine, Run for President

WASHINGTON, May 10-—-I still think that if some Bolivian politicians went a little easier on the cocaine, they wouldn't chop off each other's heads with axes. What I mean is that while T wgs in Bolivia a few weeks back®™I wrote a little essay about dope, politics,. and murder in the presidential palace. When that was - published there were unofficial complaints in official circles. The idea seemed to. be that I had insulted the Bo livian nation. Haw! The headlines indicate that I didn’t go far enough. The toll in Bolivia's latest presidential election is 10 dead and 50 wounded. A mob tossed one congressional candidate to the ground, lopped off his head, killed two of his children and beat his brother to death. My guess is that cocaine was more at fault than politics So with no apologies to the diplomats I propose to tell here and now all T discovered about

life in l.a Paz. A favorite refreshment of the natives is the leaf of the coca free, which they sprinkle with lime and chew like gum. This

leaf contains a substantial slug of cocaine, In I.a Paz, the capital and biggest city, are numerous tea shops where those who wear neckties and shoes drop in for frequent cups of mate coca cocida, This is an infusion of the cnca leaf, served steaming hot like tea and usually sweetened with sugar, It is an exceedingly pleasant drink and there is no doubt that it has a narcotic

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wallop. I tried a couple of cups one afternoon and I know. / I was staying at the Sucre Palace Hotel, known up and down- South America as the Sucker’s Palace. It is a hostelry with cracked plaster, little hot water, and live turkeys in a pen outside the kitchen on account of no refrigeration. . On the top floor of the Sucker’s Palace lived the President. Somehow he felt healthier there than in his own ornately carved palace down the street. No wonder. In 1946 a mob got tired of the President consensus is that he deserved what he got — climbed up to+the balcony outside his bedroom, hauled him out and tossed him overboard. He landed on the concrete sidewalk one floor down,

—but he still was alive. So the citizens dragged him to the flower-

studded park across the'street and hanged him from a lamppost.

Tea Shops Buzzing A LEADING Bolivian who told me the story and showed me the scene (the palace still is scarred with bullet holes) does not drink mate coca, himself. He considers it the scourge of his otherwise delightful country. He sak, and he was not proud of it, that Bolivia has had more Presidents than any.other nation in the world. © They come and they go in a hurry. Usually they keep their suitcases packed. One of the candidates in the last election was in exile in Chile. He dared not return. Another, Victor Paz Estenssoro, was exiled in Argentina. He conducted a long-distance and Fascistic campaign and he got the most votes, But apparently not quite enough to win. So the Bolivian Congress probably must decide now who will be President next and everybody expects more shooting.

Y} ’ )' ry. [ WASHINGTON, May 10 The official 10 per cent limit on wage and salary boosts in general will last at least until late this month. The 10 per cent limit is applied to basic pay as of Jan. 15, 1950. It covers about 60 million persons. The enlarged and more powerful Wage Stabilization Board is back in business as an antiinflation ‘agency after being stalemated for nearly three monthg because labor members withdrew from the old board. They revolted against the 10 per cent formula, and it has been forecast that in the new hoard they would move at once to .permit bigger wage increases,

. TWO reasons why they will be deterred: ONE: The original wage freeze order, rafified by Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston, specified that it viewed on the basis of official cost-of-living figures for Apr. 15, which ‘will be made public by the U. 8. Bureau of Labor Statistics about May 25. TWO: The new Wage Board is facing up to so much work

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ton, this will shorten the war? (Gen, Marshall said this was a perfectly proper recommendation from any military commander.) Haven't nations fallen in many wars “in an unrealistic effort to walk around them?” Isn't it hard to win a defensive war .in a narrow area such as Korea when. the enemy

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¥ ¥ ) HASN'T Russia alreadv made her decision on intervention or nonintervention in the Far Fast War? (Gen? Marshall said this had been some of our officials, but that it is a question “almost of guesswork.") > Sen. George argued, on the question of risk of a greater war, that “it doesn't seem to me we are required to be certain that to bomb the m#itary setups ‘as they * are ‘organized Across the boundary fof aur own troops that we have to know absolutely that Soviet Russia will not come in.” Marshall replied that ‘you will never absolutely.” But part of hix answer justifving the present course had to be deleted,

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ax it had previously, because it involved military security. Sen. Gedrge wondered whether, if the Red Chinese came into the war now with a big air force, the United Nations forces would be any more justified in going over the boundary line to destroy enemy positions than they would have been to take the same action after they came gver in great force in November. Again, part of Gen. Marshall's testimony was undisclosed, but he said our forces had not been hurt seriously by failure to bomb Red Chinese air bases in Manchuria. At one point, taking Sen. George's question as to what would be done if {t were certain the Soviets would not come into the war, Gen, *Marshall said: ' - bh “ ...1F you can say we.are certain , . , the Soviet government is not going to intervene, I think we would use our naval ‘power,

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Maybe the administration's ranks will hold firm despite this first challenge. But because

it comes from: Sen. George, it is a serious one.

Whether it grows or falls away will be cleared after Gen. Omar Bradley and the other Joint Chiefs of Staff have testified.

CIVIL DEFENSE . . . By Chester Potter Senate Slashes Appropriations

WASHINGTON, May 10—The appropriation requested by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, already cut to the bone by the House, has now been cut to the marrow by the Senate Appropriations Committee

The committee's report submitted to the Senate Tuesday, but not vet acted on, gives the FCDA only $84 miilion as against the agency's original budget request of £403 million. The House. had cut the budget from $403 million to $188. 750.000.

Knocked out completely by the Senate committee was any appropriation to provide for shelters and other protective facilities. and for matching state appropriations for civil defense. FCDA had asked $250 million for these two items and the House had approved an £80 million. The Senate committee put back into the appropriation a $74 million item for stockpiling medical supplies, fire-fighting equipment, educational and research operations, engineering services and a warning and communications system. In addition, the committee set up $10 million for a working fund for FCDA with which to purchase organizational equipment for delivery to the states, which must then re-. imburse FCDA.

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‘Follow the Facts’ MR. EDITOR:

I wish to thank The Times for publishing’

as much of the official record of the current foreign policy investigation as it has. In my opinion, that is the way for the public to get the facts . . . facts without the impact of personalities. People the world over have got into .a lot of trouble following a personality rather than facts. & It all seems to boil down to this: The administration plan is to let Red China break its own neck against a stone wall in Korea. Keep the war confined to that country if possible. Let the Chinese Reds give up of their own accord. If that plan succeeds, then we shall have gone a long way toward preventing world conflicts by isolating a. struggle and through cooperative action, defeat the aggressor. True, we have not had a very close co-operation of nations, but we did not have a very close cooperation of states at the beginning of this republic. Every success this co-Operation of nations has, will strengthen it that much more. If the plan fails, and Russia comes to the aid of China, which is about all that would make the administration plan fail, then World War I1I will be on.

THE OTHER policy is the showing of muscles and the “my uncle can whip any four of vours with his hands tied behind him” attitude. That appeals very strongly to our national pride. If it succeeds, and it would in China, we would have won a victory over a nation of ‘“‘umpth” power, for with all its mien, China still. lacks -a whole lot of being a ‘great power.” We would have won another battle in a continuing succession of World Wars. We would win and force our will on another nation and it has never prevented wars yet. If the ‘get tough” and ‘‘get it over quick” policy failed to end the Korean War by the intervention of Russia, we have World War III. There is an amusing angle to the ‘show the muscle” policy. To adopt that plan wherever communism rears its head, would require considerable manpower. The 18-year-olds do not wish the draft, they are too young. College men think they should be allowed to finish their courses. Married men say they have dependents, Veterans feel they have already doge their bit for one lifetime. That leaves bachelors, widowers, women and children. Fine army

—F. M., City.

LABOR ... . By Fred W. Perkins

Wage Hike Requests Swamp New Board

it can't immediately get around to a fundamental change.

Since the government froze wages 1100 cases have piled up, and about 50 new cases are being received daily. These are all cases in which employers and lahor unions have agreed to wage - raises, even

though they knew they probably would have to get special treatment to get around the 10 per cent limitation. A board anaivsis shows that 450 ofthe 1100 ca=es involve claims of intraplant, intracompany, or intraindustry inequities. The others are even more technical. Nearly half of the 1100 cases come from the industrial state of Illinois, New York; Pennsylvania, Ohio and California. ” o n ALL but three ahsent members of the new board took their. oaths of office Tuesday. Meanwhile, Economic Stabi-

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present, ‘that means a 10 per cent limit on salary boosts, ac-

The agency had asked for $25 million for this working fund which the House cut to $5 million. The House also had voted $100 million for use if President Truman declared a civil defense emergency. The Senate committee deleted the item. Sen. Brien McMahon (D. Conn.), who spoke when the committee's report reached the Senate, warned that “a lack of civil defense appropriations and preparations will’ be an open invitation to aggression.” “A smoothly operating and effectively functioning civil defense program, if ready in time, will put the Kremlin and the rest of the world on’ notice that we are prepared to absorb any punishment which Stalin can deal out,” Sen. McMahon said. “And that we will maintain the capacity to deal devastating retaliatory blows,

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“IF THE Soviet dictators understand this, they will understand that a sneak attack cannot hope to paralyze us beyond recovery. *‘Contrariwise, a lack of civil defensé appropriations and preparations will be an open invitation to aggression. Civil defense is the cheapest kind of peace insurance. However, civil defense is war insurance as well.” After recounting Russia's admitted ability to deliver an atomic bomb attack on U. 8. cities, Sen. McMahon said: ¥ “Against this background, it is now proposed that we really cut drastically our civil defense appropriations. I find it difficult to imagine any course better designed to court a great tragedy.”

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‘Lower Beef Prices’ MR. EDITOR:

What's all this noise about ceilings on the price of beef. We, who have been paying high taxes for years, plus fabulous prices for food so that the farmer and the screeching cattle men can live in luxury, resent any screaming that they do. So cut it out. i I am not attempting to start a war with any farmer personally, but after all, they do permit their political leaders to get the whole country mad at them. They, as a group, have more advantages than any other group of citizens, vet they are always screaming. ; The reason, pure and simple, that beef is not selling - +. and it isn't because there is plenty of it at the groceries . . . is the high price. But the housewives are passing it up just like I am. Then, when they can't sell it for thes#® prices, the farmers quit bringing it in to butcher. The meat packers start yelling “black market” and the farmers don't produce it, unless they are promised the world with a fence around it. ~ And everyone knows that those fancy financial statements the farmers are always publishing for the benefit of the public are only half true. It is merely gouging by the meat packers and the farmers. I amj not exempting the food processing outfits. The minute these outfits move into town, the prices £0 up.

—Mrs. J. D. Draper, 523 DeQuincy St.

‘Who'll Answer 11?’ MR. EDITOR:

This is a good question: Who is right, “Tru. man or MacArthur? The important thing about this question is, who is going to answer it the American people or Russia?

—City Reader.

THE LAST FAREWELL

THE last farewell was spoken . . . the final sweet adieu . . . he sald that till we meet again «+. I'll always think of you ... her eyes were wet with tear-drops . . . for somehow deep inside . . . she knew they'd never meet again... her grief was hard te hide ... and so he kissed each tear-drop . . . until her eyes were dary ... and once again he spoke the words . . . that were to mean goodby . . . and though he was a soldier . . . from out his eyes there fell . . . a flood of tears because he knew . . , it was their

—By Ben Burroughs

3 decision basis. “If we tried to handle these 1100 cases one-by-one we would never get finished,” he said. The Wage Board's job, according to Dr. Taylor, “is to solve problems—not just settle arguments. Some ideologies don't believe that can be done under the democratic system, We can give the lie to autoecracy by reaching agreements

between management, labor and the public representatives.”

The six public representatives include five college professors. The six management men are spokesmen for the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce and National Assoctation of’ Mantitacturers, and the six abor men were named AFL and CIO. bY te

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lizer Erie Johnston has devised new salary stabilization - machinery, to be administered by an all-public board of three members vet ‘to he named. It

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aried people not represented by labor uniohs, but is expected to conform to policies of the

- Wage Stabilization Board. At

cording to Dr. George W. Taylor, who heads the Wage Board and will be a nonvoting member of the salary board. ” “ - DR. TAYLOR announced that. his Wage 'Board had named special panels to study

- the important wage cases and

try to work out policies that

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Anybody can meet expenses, if they, try, says a writer. The trick is to avoid them.

If we have rationing again, it may lead to a lot of youths stepping into their dad's shoes.

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