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/ / \ Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 14, 1950 t U.S. FIGHTS ON IN KOREA:. WHY WAS IT UNPREPARED? Washington, Sept. 12—The United f Communists elect to 1 keep the war Slates now has fought jnore than 10 confined to Korea there is little pros- weeks of the kind of war for which it was unprepared. They have been weeks of defeats, retreats, and finally flaming conflict along a changing line—150 miles back of where the shooting started Some of the most ferocious and biggest attacks by the North Korean Communist enemy have come with in recent days. What happened? pect of major use of these weapons. Where Does Fault Lie? It is not that American ground forces have not fought hard and well, with what they have. The cas ualty list alone prove that. The names of more than 6,000 United States fighting men are on it so far. The field commanders—the generals and the shavetail lieutenants—have shaped their tactics to the needs of North Korea may have been an ob- eac h hour and have staved off de scure little country, geographically f ea j an enem y superior in num and politically, but take it from Gen. tj ers an( j we apons. Joseph T. McNarney of the Defense Department: ‘The North Korean forces are not undisciplined bandits, but well- trained, well-led troops with up-to-the-minute weapons from the Soviet arsenal.” Soviet Picks Time, Place Has the fault then been in the Pentagon where something called “strategic concepts” are made by the civilian and uniformed heads of the equipped rnili t a ry? Or does it go beyond that? To faulty intelligence about what Rus sia and its satellites were doing? To The troops and the weapons they foreign policy? To haste in putting bad when they jumped off on the the new little Republic of South Ko- boldest Communistic aggression to rea on its own and withdrawing the date were the kind the United States American military force? To a Con ti, d not have. The United States had gress and administration responsive plans and weapons for war—but not to popular demand for unrestrained the kind of war the Communists peacetime life and overeconomy in chose. The strategy makers of the national defense expenditure? To Soviet world picked the kind of war the American people fhemselves? and the place. Gadget-Inclined Public W c were strong in the air and j n caustic debate the so-far cn the sea and weakest on the | unsuccessful war has stirred up in ground. And so they i chose the | Congress and in political camps, ground. They have not even Doth-: p ract j ca jjy everyone has been blam- cred to throw in air or naval sup- ^—except the people. It is not pop- P 0 !*- TT A . ular to blame the people. The United States at no time has Economy alone does not account been able to bring fully to bear its f or traditional attitude of the people two great weapons, air and sea pow-, towar( j national defense. They are er. Nor has it chosen to apply atom-! willing to spend money witness any ic war.are. More than that, if the 0 f ^ annua i national budgets. But ' ~ ~ ~ being Americans, they do not like wars. And being a race of gadget- eers, they long have hoped that ma chines instead of men could be made to fight -them. This, to a degree, accounts for the ready investment of defense‘money in air and sea power, the much more reluctant outlay of funds for the grim, dirty and decisive element of ground power—the army. But no one, not even the most ar dent exponent of the army, believes that a war with Russia and its sat ellite nations could be won with ground forces alone. The United States does not now have, never can have, enough to match the abundant military man power reservoirs of Russia and Com munist Asia. Nor could all the Unit ed Nations muster such a force. It is in technological warfare that the deficiency must be corrected. The 'difficulty is not that too much em phasis has been placed on machines • for war—on the air force and navy, Know Your Watkins Dealer HAVE YOU TRIED Mary King Home Permanent — and — Creme Shampoo J. K. Haselden 207 N. Adair Street Phone 454-W This coupon is worth 50c on an order of $5.00 or more for any of our prod ucts or payment on ac count. on atom bombs, on superbazookas, recoilless guns, high-velocity anti tank weapons, on research in radio logical and bacteriological warfare. It is that not enough has been placed on the army without which many of those weapons cannot be brought to bear. . Special Dad-Kid Vacation Gives Mom Needed Rest From the owner of the Bar-M Ranch in Gibbon, Ore., comes a let ter that ought to interest a lot of mothers and maybe even a few fath ers. “My wife and I fllow your col umn with great interest, and thought you might like to learn of a couple of lucky women who just came to our attention,” the letter states. “These two women have thought ful husbands and brave ones, too. Their husbands brought an assort ment of small fry, ages five to 11 years to our ranch for a vacation, while the mothers had a quiet time at home without the children under foot. “This holiday did not take the place of a vacation for the mothers, but was in the nature of a special outing for the children, with the papas seeing that hands and faces were washed at appropriate inter vals, that none of their charges stayed in the swimming pool long enough to get sunburned, that they ate all the vegetables on their plates before they got their dessert and that they obeyed all the rules that make horseback riding safe for lit tle folks. “In other words they assumed complete responsibility for all the demanding and sometimes irk-some details involved in child care. And they did it with great distinction. ‘The kids were scrubbed and shinning when they came to the table. They made their own beds. They all learned to swim and even the five-year old rode a horse by herself. “In addition to the fun they had the fathers felt the holiday had two other positive results. They gained a new appreciation of their wives. And they felt it was good for the children to have a carefree holiday away from what they characterized as “an over-solicitous concern on the part of the mothers.” “That’s the story, Miss Millett. I hope it will be useful to you.” And I hope it will be useful to other families. What a fine exper- "Didn't GET AROUND Much Any More, Until " | ience that would be for any ^hild— 1 to have a vacation with Dad. What a chance for a father to become a ' real hero to his children. And what a wonderful chance for Mona to ,have a few completely responsibility free days. 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