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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
Historic Conversation
C ONSIDERING the fact that
they are members of opposite
political parties and once rival
candidates for the presidency,
General MacArthur and President
Truman have coordinated on the
Korean crisis exceptionally well.
In fact, they get along better than
some of MacArthur’s fellow gener
als in the Pentagon building,
whom “Doug” sometimes treats
with highhanded disdain.
Two historic telecommunication
conversations were held between
MpcArthur and the White House in
the first stages of the Korean war.
The first was the. night before Tru
man issued his world-shaking an
nouncement that American forces
would intervene. The second was
lour days later when MacArthur
gave an extremely gloomy picture
of the Korean military rout and
asked for permission to land
ground troops. When MacArthur
made this proposal. Pentagon of
ficials teletyped back the sugges
tion that he make a formal request.
MacArthur replied crisply: “Con
sider it made.” Permission was
immediately granted.
MacArthur talked on the telecom
in somewhat the same stilted lan
guage he uses in his now famous
communiques. He did not speak
disparagingly of the South Koreans
but used such phrases as “the
Koreans in their efforts to resist
communism” must be helped.
Secretary of the Army Frank
Pace stayed in the communica
tions room in the Pentagon build
ing during the second conversation
with MacArthur and phoned the
White House direct for decisions
that were over his head.
In his first conversation with the
White House, MacArthur was full
of optimism, and informed Tru
man that he could “guarantee”
success whether Russia intervened
in Korea or not
MacArthur Pessimistic
In his second conversation held
just after MacArthur had flown to
Korea, he was quite pessimistic;
in fact, much more so than the of
ficial communiques issued in To
kyo. MacArthur had already pro
ceeded to bomb North Korea be
fore asking Washington for per
mission which caused some em
barrassment, since, when the
North Koreans claimed their air
base was bombed, Washington had
emphatically denied it.
It also caused worry in the state
department because of the under
standable desire to operate in close
coordination with the United Na
tions.
^However, in the second telecom
conversation, MacArthur was giv
en complete authority, including
the use of ground forces and the
right to bomb North Korea, in
order to win the war as quickly as
possible.
Note—MacArthur also demand
ed that more divisions be rushed to
Japan from the United States plus
heavy equipment.
Pentagon Crisis
As grim-faced military leaders
waited gravely for the latest news
from embattled Korea, a dismayed
screech echoed down the corridors
of the Pentagon building.
A moment later, a girl rushed
out of an office, shouting mourn
fully:
“Rosen just hit a homer with the
bases full!”
This was the play by which
Cleveland defeated Washington
that day.
Frank Graham’s Friends
The post office department is in
vestigating the anti-Negro organi
zations that mailed inflammatory
racial propaganda from New York
designed to defeat liberal senator
Frank Graham of North Carolina.
Graham himself, however,
doesn’t want any post-election in
vestigation—not even by Senator
Gillette’s senate campaign commit
tee, which is interested in the re
ported $1,000,000 spent by yankee
Republicans and Dixiecrats.
What really hurts Graham deep
way down is the fact that the mill-
workers and other poorer people
whose cause he has always cham
pioned, turned their back on him
on election day.
Apparently they listened to the
most vicious racial propaganda
since tiie Civil War days—tons of
literature circulated by Alabama
klansmen, anti-Graham propagan
da mailed out under the franking
privileges of Congressman Gwinn
of New York, the friend of Gener
al Eisenhower; and the poisoned-
pen diatribes of John T. Flynn.
TRUMAN’S CABINET LUNCH—
President Truman held an impor
tant lunch with his cabinet last
week at which he expressed very
trank fears about the current situ
ation—especially what Korea might
do to the American economy. He
was particularly worried about in
flation and expressed the hope that
mo panic-buying or hoarding of
scarce materials should take place
among industry or consumers. Tru
man has ordered the national se
curity resources board to go all-
out in planning if it looks like Ko
ras would develop into a world war.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
UN Flag Ordered Flown In Korea;
Gen. MacArthur Named Commander
Of International Forces in Area
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these eolamns, they are those al
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
UNITED NATIONS:
Fights Aggression
There are moments in the march
of current events that make his
tory. In the eyes of many political
observers such a moment oc
curred recently when Secretary
General of the United Nations,
Trygve Lie, picked up the three by
five-foot blue and white UN flag
and handed it to Warren R. Austin,
chief U. S. delegate to the UN, and
asked him to send it to General
Douglas MacArthur.
The Security Council had just
authorized the UN flag be flown
alongside national standards in op
erations against the Red Korean
invaders.
And as he handed the flag to Aus
tin, he said:
“Bring it back when the job is
done.”
On these words hinge the hopes
of the free world. Observers saw
in them a belief that the United
Nations effort in Korea will be
successful and at last a world or
ganization has been formed that
will endure and protect the minori
ties for generations to come.
Observers were particularly im
pressed because it climaxed firm
and positive action by the commun
ity of nations to secure world
peace.
Up to this point the United Na
tions had:
(1) Demanded the withdrawal of
Communist invaders from South
Korea.
. (2) Quickly endorsed the United
States action of sending aid to
South Korea and called upon all
members of the United Nations to
render assistance to carry out the
police action against the Commu
nists.
(3) Appointed General MacAr
thur commander of international
forces in Korea.
The historic flag which Lie hand
ed to Ambassador Austin was the
one that flew over the headquarters
of Dr. Ralph Bunche during his
successful mediation of the Arab-
Israeli war. It is the visible symbol
of the first military sanctions ever
levied against an aggressor by a
world organization.
THAT SMELL:
Not The Russians
Four towns in Illinois and three
in Iowa provided the nation with a
chuckle, but it was not funny at
the time at least to residents of
those towns.
A foul smell crept through Mo
line, East Moline, Selvis and Rock
Island, 111., and then spread across
the border into Muscatine, Betten
dorf and Davenport, Iowa.
Some residents went into hyster
ics, one man insisted to Selvis po
lice that “the Russians are flying
over and gassing us,” citizens were
forced from their beds and from
taverns, police switchboards were
jammed with calls and firemen kept
on a near-emergency basis. Scores
of Moline residents jumped into
their cars and drove in their night
clothes to high ground and fresher
air.
When the excitement died down
investigation disclosed the odor re
sulted from a leak in a tank of ental-
arm being hauled through the area
on a truck headed west. Entalarm
is an ordorant used to inject a
smell into natural gas, normally
odorless, to permit detection of
leaks. It is not injurious but can
cause nausea.
REORGANIZATION:
New Plan Killed
President Truman’s plan to cre
ate a new department of health,
education and security has been
killed by the house. It was, inci
dentally, the first time this session
the house has rejected a reorgani
zation plan. The senate has killed
six.
The house adopted, 249 to 71, a
resolution of disapproval of the
measure. It was killed apparently
by opponents who argued it would
be a step toward “socialized medi
cine.”
Democrats who supported the
plan, however, denied it had any
bearing on socialized medicine.
They said only congress could
biing this about by passing neces
sary legislation.
RETAIL PRICES:
Up Another Notch
The Korean situation was not the
only worry of Americans during the
past week or so. Living costs went
up another notch with the prices of
meat and bread being increased in
retail stores.
Cocoa, coffee, sugar, hides and
tin continued upward, cotton soared
to $15 a bale, and cattle went to the
highest price level in a year. It is
all blamed on the Korean war, but
Other factors entered in.
UN Flag
The blue and white flag of
the United Nations has been
sent to Korea to be flown by
troops battling the Communist
invaders from North Korea.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur has
been named commander 'in
chief of the United Nations
forces.
KOREA:
The Tide Flows
Military observers, still watch
ing the Soviet Union for any signs
of open participation in the Korean
war, were of the opinion the tide
has begun to flow—against the ag
gressors.
During the first two weeks of the
conflict South Korean and Ameri
can troops, acting under orders* of
the United Nations, took a beating.
But as the battle went into the
third week, American arms—guns,
tanks and planes—and U.S. soldiers
stemmed the rush of the Commu
nist armies.
At a point some 50 to 60 miles
south of Seoul, capital of South
Korea which fell into the hands of
the invaders a few days after the
sneak attack, American and Com
munist troops met.
At first American troops were
forced to withdraw before Red
tanks. And at the moment when it
seemed the invaders might break
through again, U. S. big guns and
tanks, plus fresh foot soldiers
poured into the area. The attack
was stopped and many observers
believe the counter attack will
come as the stream of supplies in
crease.
A big factor in the blunted Com
munist attack was the U. S., Brit
ish and Australian air forces.
Fighters and bombers carried out
continuous attacks upon tanks,
roads, and bridges. They ripped
open Communist positions with
low flying rocket and machine gun
attack. The big bombers blasted
away at supply lines and commun
ication centers. Their blows were
felt by the invaders and will spear
head the inevitable counter attack.
Meanwhile, American divisions
within the United States were be
ing readied to move to the Far
East. General MacArthur had, at
the beginning of the conflict, four
divisions in Japan. He has already
drawn upon them and troops with
in the country will replace those
from Japan plus reinforcements
for the battle area.
TRUTH CAMPAIGN:
Counteract Propaganda
For years Communist propagan
da has been spread around the
world, but no one seems to know
just how much of the story of de
mocracy has reached the enslaved
peoples of the world. Now the state
department has announced plans
for “a great campaign of truth” to
counter Moscow’s broadsides of
propaganda against the United
States and other democratic na
tions.
Secretary of State Acheson told
about the plan in testimony before
a senate foreign-relations subcom
mittee. General Eisenhower also
testified before the committee, de
claring, “Truth could almost be
classified as our T-bomb (truth-
bomb) in this warfare.”
General Marshall, who also testi
fied, said he is firmly convinced
that “we must confine ourselves to
the truth” and that we must meet
the Soviet procedure in what is
called their conquest of the minds
of people.
Acheson told the senators the
Commpnist campaign of vilification
“jeopa&iizes the security of the
United States and is a threat to the
security of the free world.”
“The cynical aggression of com
munism in Korea, and the false
hoods that have preceded and ac
companied it, make inescapably
clear the importance of the cam
paign of truth,” he said.
Eeonomy
Economically the nation seemed
in much better condition as the
labor department reported signs
pointing to record-breaking employ
ment this year, exceeding the 1948
peak of 61,600,000.
Secretary Tobin said much of
the nonagricultural employment
gain stemmed from seasonal activi
ties, intensified especially in the
construction industry which is en
joying record-breaking activity*
MANPOWER:
Draft in Effect
The recently enacted draft law
has been put into effect. President
Truman ordered an expansion of
the fighting forces in view of the
Korea situation through enlistment
or the draft.
Immediately after the President’s
order, spokesmen for the army,
navy and air force said they would
be happy to get all their required
manpower through enlistments
alone if possible. Whether or not
enlistments will fill the armed
forces needs will be determined
within the next two weeks.
Just how much the armed forces
will be expanded has been kept se
cret. Presumably it could run as
high as 547,482 men, bringing the
services to 2,005,882.
There is also the possibility that
reserves will be called up, although
spokesmen for the services said
none will be ordered to duty at
present without their consent.
A spokesman for the Pentagon
said the enactment of the draft
law was necessary to meet “the
situation in Korea,” and “consti
tutes a first step to build up to full
operating strength the units of the
army, navy and air force to be
used in the Korean operation, to
provide further maintenance and
support therefor, and to replace
units to be moved to Korea.”
Just how far the United States
will go in building up its forces de
pends entirely upon developments
in the Far East and other danger
points, military observers report*
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RAILROADS:
Strike and Crash
Two items of railroad news were
in the public mind, one bad and
one good.
The A F L switchmen’s union
agreed to end its strike against
four midwest and western railroads.
The fifth continued its walkout, but
returned to wark after President
Truman ordered the army to take
over.
The switchmen made no bones
about why they were calling off
the strike. As they put it, we are
calling it off “because of the threat
of direct government action.”
Truman had scored again. The
day before he had told his weekly
press conference at Washington
that the union had better halt the
strike or else. Evidently the union
didn’t like that “or else.”
On the bad side, two high speed
Santa Fe railway streamliners,
streaking eastward side by side,
one traveling at 90 miles an hour
and the other seventy, bumped
midsections in a freakish accident.'
Nine dead and 75 injured were
carried from the twisted metal
cars in the Illinois collision.
JUMPING JACK:
Sets Chute Record
Sgt. John (Jumping Jack)
Sweitch set out to break the world’s
record parachute leaps in a single
day, which he did with 107 drops.
If he proved anything else it was
the fact the human body will take
a lot of punishment and that some
people seem to get pleasure out of
risking their necks.
The sergeant, with the aid of his
buddies of the 82nd Airborne Divi
sion, made 107 drops in 10 hours,
an average of one every six minutes.
He twisted his ankle and
sprained his knee on the 51st jump
and slowed down long enough to
have his leg taped. After each
jump, a jeep and a pickup truck
met him. The jeep rushed him
back to the Piper Cub plane which
took him aloft again, while the
truck took his chutes to the hangar
where his six buddies were kepi
busy repacking them.
The sergeant’s only complaint
during the endurance test was he
would be all right “if he could sur
vive the jeep rides.”
Korea
U. 8. infantry and artillery
rushed into Korea in an effort
to stem the Communist ad
vance. Later reports indicated
good results from increasing
supplies of Mg guns and troops.
COLOMBIA:
Quake Toll 270
Five successive earthquakes in
Colombia, some 200 miles north
east of Bogota, is reported to have
killed 270 persons, injured some
500, and left 40,000 homeless.
Ten towns in north central Colom
bia were reported destroyed with
property damage estimated at ap
proximately $20,700,000.
Additional damage and lost of Ufa
may be revealed when a final sur
vey of the area is made.
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Lebanon, Mass., military adviser in
rifle captnred from a North Korean
soldier who holds it. This gun was
Nationalists during the Japanese war.
Communists and eventually found its
Korean Communist.
. . . Captain H. W. Gingrich.
Korea, looks at an American
guerrilla by the South Korean
part of a shipment to Chinese
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of the first U.S. air force pilots to
score against the North Koreans.
Operating from Fukuoka. Japan,
he shot down two Rosslan-built
Yak fighters over Kimpo. South
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shire, home to his friends and patients who called to congratulate
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cently. Dr. Sander’s medical license was revoked last April after he
was acquitted of a “mercy slaying” charge.
KEY DEFENSE FIGURE ... Vice-
Admiral Arthur D. Struble com
mands the U.S. seventh fleet
which was ordered by President
Truman to prevent the invasion of
Chinese Nationalist-held Formosa
by Chinese Communists.
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tributes his strong shoulders and arms to help place the cornerstone
of the United States conrthonse for the District of Colombia daring
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(oh mad Bill, look ont the window of their Vienna, Aostria, flat, eager-
r waiting for their husband and father. It has been reported that
lommnnist Hungary is demanding the Hungarian crown jewels and
be reopening of the Hungarian consulates in New York and Cleve-
md in exchange for the release ef Robert Vogeler who was sentenced
a Hungary to 15 years in prison on espionage charges by the Rede.
CONFESSES CIRCUS FIRE . . .
Psychiatrists and arson Investiga
tors at Circleville, Ohio, say they
believe the confession of Robert
Segee, half-Indian who says he set
the fire to Ringling Bros, circus
tent in Hartford, Conn., in 1944 in
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Major General Willard W. Irvine
will head the defense department’s
new army air defense command
to fit into the over-all U.S. air de
fense system in the event of war.
The new command will include
anti-aircraft units.
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