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Exclusive Interview—
- ; 62d YEAR—NUMBER 270
3 ; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1951
Writer Jim Lucas Spends Two
Days With Syngman Rhee
By JIM LUCAS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer PUSAN, Kofea, Nov. 27 — “How, many men can you put under arms?” I asked President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea in the course of an exclusive interview. His answer was this: “Our: Defense Minister estimates we have more than a million men of fighting age. Our shortage is not manpower; only equipment —=and training in the use of I> “Are you satisfied with t he fighting quality of the South Korean forces?” I asked him. “1 am deeply and humbly proud of them,” he said. “No other soldiers could possibly have the motives ours have for defending their homes. Every man and woman in Korea would rather die than see our country surrendered to a foreign foe. We learned the consequences of that during Japan's occupation of Korea. “No people will fight for liberty as hard as those who know what it means to lose it.” » = o I ASKED Dr. Rhee: “If the present battle line were accepted as a truce line and if it settled into more or less a permanent boundary, do you feel it would be defensible by your forces after they've been suitably trained and equipped for the task?” He replied: “I shall leave the purely military aspects of that question to military men. Politically and psychologically, the situation would be imposgible. No one can predict what our people might do. : “They have borne the horrors of war so far without complaint. But that is because they're fighting for reunification
' Jim Lucas
There's no shortage of manpower in South Korea. More than a million men of fight. ing age are available, President Syngman Rhee told Jim Lucas who Is writing on the potentialities of the ROK army. In an exclusive interview, Dr. Rhee also expressed himself om political aspects of any attempt to end the war along the present battle line. The following dispatch, the second of a series, is devoted to the Rhee interview,
of their beloved country. If they find this nation is to be left divided, what happened in China (prolonged ¢ivil war) might be repeated here. ” = » OVER CUPS OF steaming tea, Dr. Rhee discussed his fears of a rearmed Japan— something he obviously fears almost as much as communism. He is also particularly upset about the U. 8.-Japanese mutual security pact. Ambassador Yang, Dr. Rhee said, had asked our—S8tate—DPepartment—for—a similar pact with South Korea, but the request was brushed aside, At one tirne, Dr. Rhee said, he had heard reports that the United Nations considered using Japanese troops in Korea. He said he told the late Lt. Gen. Walker, United Nations field commander: “If you bring Japanese .to Korea, my army will stop fighting the Communists has destroyed the invading Japanese.” Unusually spry and active for his 76 years, Dr. Rhee greeted me at the door of his small brick cottage and ushered me into his office, offering me Korean tea and cigarets.
Double-Take
By BOB BARNES
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DR. RHEE—"A million men able to fight.”
JUST BEHIND the presidential residence is one of the many orphanages established by chaplains - and soldiers of the Allied forces. Several thousand homeless waifs romped and played outside, their shrill voices penetrating the President's offices as we talked.
I asked the President: “Do you think the Korean army eventually can take over the job of defending the Republic of Korea and let the United Nations forces go home?” * ‘Eventually’ is a long time. Korea defended herself for many centuries, and in normal circumstances expects to bear the primary responsibility for her own defense in the future. “But the time is definitely past when any nation, no matter how strong or powerful, can stand alone. European nations are insisting they cannot defend themselves against communism without considerable American aid. = = =
“THE UNITED STATES itself is deeply conscious of the need for strong allies, Korea too can find safety in the future only where salvation lies for all free people—in a working system of collective security. This can best be accomplished by bringing Korea into the pattern of mutual security pacts already signed by the United States Australia, New Zealand, Philippines and Japan.” Dr. Rhee said General Walker informed him last winter that it might be necessary to pull out of Korea. At that time the Chinese Red drive was at its peak.’ He said his answer was: “Go home if you feel you must, We did not ask you to come, and we will not ask you to stay. But we will stay and fight. All they can do is kill us.” My next question: “Do you anticipate the strengthening of your army to the point where you can garrison—your—northern— borders? Dr. Rhee answered carefully:
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“IF WE HAVE our ancient and natural northern boundaries along the Yalu and Tumen rivers with the Ever White Mountains between them, Nature itself has provided the fortifications which make the boundaries relatively easy to defend. That is why they re-
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mained inviolate for 40 centuries. » “No Korean, on the other hand, can feel easy abouj trying to defend a purely afificial line across the middle of our nation. Dissatisfaction will be rife on both sides of the line. There will always be danger of renewal of the attack. Worst of all, the Chinese are now occupying our northern provinces — something that never happened before in all our history. The situation is far worse now than it was in 1950, and the world knows what happened then.” How large an army would be
need to defend boundaries |
drawn somewhere in the vicinity of the present battle line? “The size and kind of force we should need,” he said, “must depend squarely upon the kind of enemy that confronts us. Shall we be opposed by the entire force of Red China, including Russian-supplied tanks and planes? Will there be ‘volunteers’ from other Iron Curtain countries? Or will we have to contend only with remnants of North Korean forces restricted to such arms as they can produce for themselves?”
«2 = = I COUNTERED: "Suppose the cease-fire agreement requires withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea, North and South. In such case, what kind of army would you need?” Dr. Rhee replied: “That question too defies a simple answer, It depends to a
great extent on what kind of !
war we'd be allowed to wage. Would we be required —as a price for securing American arms—to keep our forces well back of the dividing line, as we were before the Communist attack? Would we be forced to sit quietly and watch our enemy
build up his strength and even | probe across our lines while we |
were prohibited from any strikes against his build - up areas? I think you'll agree, and that history of our immediate past proves, this kind of defense would be impossible. = = =
RETURNING
hadn't been considerably strengthened in recent weeks
by training and additional equipment. % “Yes,” said Dr. Rhee,
tanks only last week. But we still need more artillery, airpower and seapower before our armed forces can operate independently as a modern fighting force.” Dr. Rhee spoke with intense emotion on several occasions as we discussed the division of Korea. His voice broke and there were tears in his eyes, “If Korea is left divided, one thing is certain, It will be seething turmoil or revolt against this continued division on both sides of the line. And one thing, in my judgement, is even more important. Can you believe the Communist empire will quietly accept any such conclusion as that? “We all long for peace—but no people more than Koreans who have had tg pay the<heavjest cost of the war. But we should —delude ourseIves tragically if we ever think we can win the peace by leaving the Communists where they've
TO the sub | ject of his army, I asked if it | °
“We i got our first modern medium
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Police and gas company officials said the McKinneys apparently used the kettle to radiate heat from the oven. Their 16x16- 2: t foot house had no other source lvadio announced today the of heat. arrest of Moscow - trained
The kettle had been placed up- Vice Premier Rudolf Slansky| side down over a gas flame on in what appeared to be the pre-|
the stove. Police said the kettle fitted so snugly over the burner lude to another drastic shakeup
that it shut off air and smothered of the Czechoslovak Red regime.! the flame. Mr. Slansiky, 50-year-old former! The McKinneys apparently head of the Czech Communist] didn’t realize gas was filling their Party, was charged with “antistate activities” and “leading a conspiracy against the republic,”| the official Prague Radio said. | He was relieved of all official functions and dismissed from all! (party posts. The radio said he resigned from the Communist |Party His arrest came after two pre{vious government shakeups which ‘brought the arrest of former For-| eign . Minister Viadimir Clementis| and a score of other top officials! in the Czech Party and government.
| It led, observers here to believe
By United Press |
VIENNA, Nov. 27—Prague.
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A WORD WITH FAYE—Faye Emerson
| apolis’ Frank E. McKinney, new Democratic national chairman, at the Democratic National Committee's $100-a-plate dinner last
school
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state,
shou others.
chats with Indian-
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ep Ten Jugs: be Sad! night in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York.
{Communists as the chief targets.
igate to the Cominform. He was {the country’s political boss until
land named vice premier, a job \with little authority. President Klement = Gottwald |
Mr. McKinney was found took over Mr sky’ $ r Blansky's former a t:ntative truce line in Korea
was ratified today. Under the ment agreement, the line will become
BULLETIN
Mrs. Ollie May McKinney
home. clothed, indicating he was ready’ guties. to go to worxk.
Mrs. McKinney wore a house-
Today's announcement did not
give the time of Mr. Slansky’s ar- for:
fogs Both were found on the rest nor details of his alleged permagent ih 3 Joris] aris. | . crimes but it followed the regular, ee th ys anf 7 aly | They were discovered about | Thus the deadlim: for the ar- |
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9:30 a. m. when Mrs. McKi y's s. McKinney's | p. m. Indianapolis time, Dec. 26.
mother, Mrs. Pearl Hyatt, 70, wondered why she hadn't seen her daughter. She lives in another house on the same lot.
Called Police
When Mrs. Hyatt opened the door, she smelled gas and saw the couple sprawled on the bed. An off-duty patrolman. James Hengpy., 833 8. Addison, called police and opened the windows. Mr. McKinney is for Universal Gear Co. Mrs. McKinney was taken to Beanblossom-mortuary:-Surviving! besides her mother and husband,
are two daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Mann and Mrs. Pearl Addison,!
| By United Press PANMUNJOM, Korea, Nov. 27 | {manded the right to go behind armistice. {Communist lines as far north as
{do not build a new invasion army. Chief United Nations Delegate
a machinist {the Communists at resumption of Zone. | full-scale armistice negotiations. |
lot their own.
ots. Sami wan» Hie zUN Wins Most Points moe re dvi ln Proposed Truce Line
ular and irregular forces shall cease on the ground, in the air. and at sea on the day the armi-! stice is signed. | TWO—Armed forces of bo
THREE—Al
| the Manchurian border during an shall withdraw from islands off |armistice to make sure the Reds each other's coasts within five
FIVE—Each side should desig-|st The Communists at once reject- Dat¢ a0 equal number of members. any, I'll lower the boom on them.” ed the "proposal and pressed for '© {OTM an armistice commission | |adoption of a five-point program '© Pe jointly responsible for the o
armed forces
State Official Opens Fight On Subversives
| State Supt. of Public Ine struction Wilbur Young today disclosed that 19 Catholic priests will assist him in |screening future Indiana public
textbooks for traces of {communism or subversive influ-
He appointed a screening comi mittee headed by F ul Seehausen, | director of adult education at Val‘paraiso College and the Rev. Fr, { Francis Reeves, Dover, who asked :18 other pastors in Southeastern i Indiana to assist him.
{ The committee of two will coni centrate primarly on 38 new social i study books—history, civics and {economics—which have been sub- | mitted for use in schools over the
Shortly, Father Reeves and Mr, Seehausen are expected to make a formal report to Mr, Young. They will also recommend which books be used in reference to
Mr. Young, a Methodist and Masaid he appointed Father Reeves and Mr. Seehausen because he felt they were “considerably versed in being able to spot Com{munist or subversive influences.”
Will Report to Commission
The state's education chief, jafter hearing the recommenda. tions of the committee, will in I manders shall administer thelr turn make his report to the IndiPANMUNJOM, Korea, Nov. Portions’ of the demilitarized ana Textbook 27 (UP)—The agreement fixing {zones in accordance with terms which he is chairman. Six other {of the military armistice agree- members of the commission, ap‘pointed by Gov. Schricker, will The Communist program called have the authority to approve or disapprove Mr. Young's recomsONE—Hostilities by both reg- mendations. Mr. Young said that Fath Reeves has agreed to “clear” his recommendations with 18 other tp Priests in neighboring towns. In sides shall withdraw from the Sect, Mr. Young said, they will , |demilitarized buffer zone within 25SiSt him, —The United Nations today de- three days of the signing of the
Young “Concerned” Mr. Young, who has promised to ferret out any Communists or subversives teaching in the state's vs. public school system, said he was FOUR—Armed forces shall not| ver concerned with the lo : enter the demilitarized zone and VaDCes” some Communist-minded Vice am. : ay Soke shall not carry out acts of armed ducators have made in other point keep-the-peace program to [OT¢® against the demilitarized COMmMunities in the nation. i “We don't want any of that uff here,” he said.
Although Mr. Young has only ne vote on the seven-member concrete arrangements and the textbook commission, his refusal
Adm. Joy said it was “not broad Supervision of the implementation to indorse a book because it con-
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. Indianapolis; six grandchildren; selves 11 de- : planted themselves in fu three brothers and a sister.
fiance of United Nations arms. 2
“Peace must be built on facts, ! LOCAL TEMPERATURES
|study the question further and {meet again at § p. m. (Indianap-
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not fantasies, When we face | ’ {olis Time). these realities, the problem of | eB hess | ' Korea becomes far more clear.” : a ne a 10 3 Ress o O-U.T, OUT—Prague Reds Copyright, 1981. Scripps-Howard Newspapers. 8 a. mi... 27 12 (Noon) $1 give Rudolf Slansky the bum's armistice by Christmas. TOMORROW: With ROK | 9 a. m... 27 rush that led only to the clink. | Follows the Front troops In the field. hem He was Moscow-trained. — ~—— Latest humidity..... “ee 70% |
{tlefront. It gives the allies, practi-
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tion, equally and jointly manned by both sides, for carrying out the terms of the armistice agree-
|afternoon watching television and ment.
the refrigerator. The,
By R. K. SHULL
Lon Harrison Smith's favor to, a girl friend cost him $20 and, She didn’t get suspicious when raiding
costs in Municipal Court 3 today. she saw the open window. to’ stay away from their home, On Thanksgiving Day, Smith, Nor did she think too much they -said. 28, of 43 N. Jefferson St. loaned about the empty beer bottles in ~ ywpen they arrived home, he the cab he operates to the young ner living room. was So engrossed in the TV show woman and a companion. When! gyt that hand with the burning he didn't have time to flee from they drove it against a tree, the cigaret sticking out of the closet the house. two women fled. was a touch too much. Smith told police the cab had = Mrs. Winfield Scott, been stolen, tioning, however, he admitted the who in turn called the sheriff. The closet had become stuffy with! armistice commission. truth and was charged with mak-'Sheriff’'s deputies found the hand cigaret smoke, and that's why he ing a false report to police,
|plies, equipment and facilities by leither side after the signing of the armtistice. | FOUR—The military armistice
That's when he dived g,hervisory functions, shall have into the bedroom closet. {free access to all parts of Korea,
1515 E.| He felt he was a victim of for jteelf and for the joint obser
White, 19, of 1848 E. Raymond Bt. the crack in the door. lair, ground and sea, regular and’
White told them he merely had from the territories
INDIANAPOLIS TRAFFIC | Judge Phillip L. Bayt, Municipal jrregular,
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| TOLL |dropped in to wait for the Scotts’ Court 3, listened intently tol controled by the other side Speedy Action: Urged (330 Days) |son to come home. He added that White's story, then fined him $1 SIX There shall be no armed How soon Clothe-A-Child starts, 1950 1951 [since the door was locked, he en- and costs for malicious trespass- forces in the demilitarized zone taking children to the stores and| Accidents ..... 8302 7658 [tered by removing a screen and ing and added a 10-day sentence except as specifically and mushop for them depends on how Hurt ......... 8 8851 [raising a window. . lin the county jail, where the doors Fully. agrend Dy both sides, quickly, sufficient cash contribu-| Dead ,eessnees 59 He said he had an enjoygble are air-conditioned. : The military
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TERS, Korea, Nov. 27 The impasse, temporary though S. jet fighter pilots shot down
lenough.” Both sides agreed to Of the armistice agreement.
EIGHTH ARMY HEA (UP)—U.
{today. But ground fighting subThe truce line across the waist Sided along the 145-mile ceaseoy \of Korea follows the present bat- fire battle line.
An 8th Army communique said
cally everything they have sought ‘Allied troops today retook two except Communist-held Kaesong, advance positions on the central on the northwest approaches to front which had been lost to bugle-blowing Chinese attackers | The Allies keep such hard-won last night.
However, the communique re-
Heartbreak Ported nothing but patrol activity {Ridge 4n the east-fentral front, from the rest of the frozen front.
Chinese Communists set off a
the central front, and “Little Gi- series of brilliant green, red and the western Yellow signal
flares during the
night. No attacks followed, how-
|jom. : | The Allies presented this pro- Mayor-Elect
The line passes through Kum- ever, and it was believed the Reds |song itself and through the cease- Might be celebrating the agree|tire conference city of Panmun- ment on a tentative truce line.
Clark
Reappoints Two |
Mayor-elect Alex Clark today |
made his first two appointments; for the new administration taking,
y der the con- | » {forces of any type un lover City Hall ; only 23 shopping days until = i Wh ( } WwW 1 trol of either side. l y on Jan. i tea. PPing & ow 0 ame 0 ail |” TWO—There shall be estab- Ie reappointed Noble Hollister
lished a supervisory organiza- a8 executive secretary of the City]
Plan Commission and renamed! J. G. (Cy) Mingle as head of the Bureau of Air Pollution. |
EE—There shall be no in- ROunce Scotts previously had told White] hn of military forces, sup- Ments later this week. |
On the Inside
commission, in carrying -out its/”
Mr. Clark said he would an-, several other appoint-|
Under further ques- Sumner Ave, called her husband circumstances, he told the court.ygtion team responsible to the Columbia grid coach Lou Little points the finger at college
{tained any subversive influence
probably would doom it.
DQUAR-| Other members of the commis-
.Sion would not be expected to place themselves in a position of -
it may be, dimmed hopes for an four Communist jet fighters and favoring a book which carried {lost one of their planes in a sharp subversive label. renewal of the air war over Korea |
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