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Chennault Has Plan
C LAIRF. CHENNAULT, a big
leathery man who speaks with
a gruff Intensity, has a plan for
starting fires against Stalinism in
Asia.
The famous Flying Tiger gen
eral who fought with the Chinese
Nationalists has been pounding on
doors in Washington and saying:
“Let’s arm the hatred against
Russia which is spreading across
China. The greatest fear of the
Communist is of the guerrillas—
m. million of whom hold great pock
ets on the mainland. We should
drop weapons to them, and smuggle
munitions across the borders.
“The spirit of revolt is so strong
In China today,” says Chennault.
“that Communist members don’t
dare go out alone for fear of being
ambushed. The Communists con
trol only the cities, the rail centers
and the ports. The best troops are
engaged in Korea, Tibet and along
the Indo-Chinese border. But the
guerrillas have only the arms they
can steal. If we give them help,
they can take the pressure off Ko
rea.”
According to the intelligence
Slipped out of China to General
Chennault, this is the picture on
the Chinese mainland:
Mao Tse-tung, the titular boss of
Red China, is acting as a modera
tor between quarreling Communist
war lords and pressure from Mos
cow.
The general in command of Chi
nese troops fighting in Korea, Lin
Plao, is Russian-trained and violent
ly pro-Soviet When the Kremlin
strategy switched this spring, away
from the conquest of Hong Kong,
T.frn Pi«o moved his 350,000 troops
north te Manchuria.
Silver Bullets
Protecting the Chinese coastal
area in the south, he left playboy
Gen. Chen Yi, who has 500,000
troops stretched from Shanghai to
Canton. General Chen, noted for
his concubines and his drunken
parties in Shanghai, has been bit
terly accused by General L)n of
being a “bad Communist.”
Once a Kuomintang leader, Gen-
eral Chen has been susceptible to
“silver bullets” in the past, might
be so again.
fit contrast. General Li Po-chen
the one-eyed Communist war lord
directing the invasion of Tibet, is
loyal to Moscow.
a number of anti-Com-
leaders, not tied up with
ang Kai-shek, are available to
foment revolt, according to Chen
nault. Ma Pu-fang, a Moslem, is
now in Cairo asking help from Arab
nations. He was the governor of
a vast area bordering Tibet and
could be a rallying figure for the
4,000,000 to 5,000,000 Chinese Mos
lems. Ma Hung-kwei, the ex-gov-
of Ningshia, is in San Fran
cisco, and Chang Fa-kwei, a leader
•f the Cantonese, is in Hong Kong.
General Chennault proposes
that the United States arm and
supervise the guerrillas through
a military mission headed by
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer,
commander of American troops
In China daring World War n.
He alae recommends giving the
Nationalist forces on Formosa
modern planes for raiding the
mainland.
“If this is done,” says the Flying
Tiger, **China will become a flaming
hell for the Communists. They won’t
be able to conquer Korea for put
ting out fires at home.”
Russian Targets
After all the brickbats congres
sional Republicans have been toss
ing at Secretary of State Dean
Acheson, It was like sweet music
to President Truman when retiring
congressman Andy Biemiller, Wis
consin Democrat, told him:
“Mr. President, you showed a
lot of spunk by sticking up for
Acheson. What many of his critics
don’t seem to realise is that Acheson
is one of the first Americans the
Russians would like to shoot. He’s
the chief engineer of our anti-
Soviet policies.”
Truman appeared slightly start
led, but agreed with Biemiller that
« liberal, middle-of-the-road pro
gram was what the Russians feared
most.
Anglo-Amtriuan Relations
Kenneth Lindsay, a British mem
ber of parliament, said to a group
in America: \
*T have crossed the ocean many
times between England and Ameri
ca, but this is the first time I
felt I entered a strange world. I
can tell you we have no intention
to back the befuddled, policy of
MacArthur.”
One American countered that
British coolness toward Chiang Kai-
ahek was part ef a play to keep the
Communists from taking Hong
Kong, fe;
“We knew we cannot hold
Hong Kong/* replied Lindsay,
“baft we do have great fear for
If we lose Malays, wo
sterling bloe. And them
better way to lose Malaya
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“Our greatest need today,” Lind-
" **is to bring the
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Reds Launch Offensive in Korea;
U.S. Works on Japanese Treaty;
Army Calls for 80,000 Draftees
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North Korean and Chinese Communist troops concentrated
for another blow on U. N. forces below the 38th parallel. Chief
concentration points were at Yonchon (1) and northwest of Seoul
(2). A Red attack (3) northeast of Kumchon, pushed back the
South Koreans more than a mile. Red patrols were near Kaesong
(4) . South Korean troops fonght a preliminary battle near Hyon
(5) . Reds were also massed north of Chunchon (6).
KOREA:
The Story Repeated
The story of the Korean battle
seemed to repeat itself. Forced to
withdraw from North Korea after
pushing the Communists out of South
Korea and almost to the Man
churian border, U. N. forces re
ceived the full force of Chinese and
North Korean troops as they plunged
south of the 38th parallel.
U. N. troops gave ground and
further retreats appear in store for
them. The main feature of the at
tack was the overwhelming num
bers of Chinese and North Koreans
rushing U. N. defense positions. At
least 200,000 men were thrown into
the first attack.
The Communist plan for the con
quest of South Korea was to sepa
rate the eastern and western sec
tions of the defense line, isloate
them and then destroy them at will.
Meanwhile, observers who recent
ly returned from Korea report the
morale of the soldier at the battle-
front much better than that on the
homefront.
Americans at home were pictured
as frightened, frustrated, and
swept with recurrent waves of de
featism and despair. The men in
battle were pictured as neither
frightened ner discouraged.
There was no criticism of Ameri
can leadership in the war or critic
ism of the fighting ability of any
nation’s troops.
ARMY:
New Call Issued
The army called for 80,000 draft
ees in March, raising total draft
quotas to 450,000 since the Korean
outbreak. Eighty thousand had al
ready been scheduled for January
and February.
With the armed forces building
toward. a manpower total of some
8% million as rapidly as possible,
the army anticipated a combat
strength equivalent to 24 divisions
when the current expansion goal is
reached next July 1.
An infantry division numbers 18,-
000 men and is a self contained
fighting unit with supporting
weapons such as tanks and ar
tillery. At the beginning of the Ko
rean conflict the army had 10 divi
sions, only one at full war strength.
It had 11 regular divisions, with
four national guard divisions and
two guard regimental combat
teams (usually 5,000 men) as of
January 1.
Selective Service officials report
ed 217,000 men had been delivered
to the army up to January.
TAXES:
Higher in 1951
With the new congress in ses
sion, President Truman was ex
pected to ask for more taxes at
any moment to meet the mounting
cost of the nation’s defense.
Although the size of the new tax
program was not disclosed, one
adminisration official reported the
President would try to put the gov
ernment as nearly as possible on a
pay-as-you-go basis. Tbe program,
however, win include higher per
sonal and corporation levies.
It seems unlikely that a new tax
program can bring expenditures
and receipts into balance because
spending for the fiscal year 1951
may reach $75,000,000,000. The pres
ent tax program, including the ex
cess-profits tax, will yield revenues
of only about $45,000,000,000.
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chief of staff, and Gen. Dong-
las MacArthur are shown keep
ing a somber vigil at Haneda
airport for the arrival ef the
body of Lt. Gen. Walton H.
Walker, late commanding offi
cer of the 8th U. S. army, who
was killed in an accident in Ko
rea. Walker's body was being
sent to the U. 8. for burial in
Arlington cemetery.
JAPAN:
U.S. Plans Treaty
The United States made it clear,
if in a round-about way, that Japan
will get a peace treaty. The U. S.
handed Russia a note that said in
effect that this country was going
te negotiate a treaty—without Rus
sia if necessary.
The important item in the note
from the American viewpoint was
the paragraph that stated: The
United States believes it is reason
able for Japan, upon conclusion ef
a peace treaty, to make arrange
ments for self-defense which could
“include provision for the station
ing in Japan of troops of the United
States and other nations.”
In other words, the U. S. made
it clear that Japan would be allowed
to rearm and that this country has
every intention of keeping Japan
in the democratic column.
The note let fly with a haymaker
by stating that rearming Japan
was necessary because “irrespon
sible militarism has not been
driven from the world.”
The note told the Russians that
the Formosa question must be
settled in the light ef the U.N.
charter, “the obligations ef which
prevail ever any other internation
al agreement.”
This appeared to be a diplomatic
way of telling the Soviet that the
U. S. does not consider itself bound
to hand Formosa ever to the Chi
nese Communists whose armies
are fighting U.N. forces in Korea.
CASUALTIES:
Total at 38,325
As ef January 1 the army had
announced casualties in the Korean
fighting totaling 38,325. That was
an increase of almost 2,000 ever the
previous casualty list.
The number of dead mounted te
$.432, including 5,742 killed in ac-
tien, $84 who died of wounds and
six dead among those who had
been reported missing.
There were 27,012 wounded, in
cluding the 684 who later died ef
their injuries. The number of miss
ing were listed at 4,753.
Of the total, the army suffered
32,066 casualties, the marines 5,-
524, the navy 429 and the air force
306.
MARCH OF DIMES
March of Dimes Fund Campaign
The 19f* March of Dimes cam
paign began Monday throughout the
United States as a massive attack
against the only epidemic disease
known to man that is still on the in
crease—a disease that in the last
three years has stricken mere than
100,000 peeple and cost the Natienal
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
an unprecedented $58,000,000 for
patient-care alone.
In 1950 March ef Dimes funds had
assisted in some measure mere
than 54,600 polio victims at a cost
of $20,000,000. Hie national fund at
the moment is dt the lowest point
it has been since the organization
was founded in 1938, r*.
ported.
The foundation reported four out
af every five ef the stricken needed
—and received—financial assistance^
BIG FOUR:
Conference Plan
Some weeks ago the United
States, Britain, and France pro
posed that another big four con
ference be held in an effort to set
tle the many pressing world prob
lems. After long weeks of waiting,
the Russians replied.
Officials would net reveal just
what was in the Kremlin reply. It
was evident, however, that the
western powers were disappointed
and that a big-four meeting was
not closer than when it was first
proposed.
It was believed that Russia was
not prepared for any unqualified
discussion of the many galling
points of friction between the wes
tern democracies and the totalitar
ian Soviet system.
It was also rumored that Russia
wanted the western powers to ac
cept the Prague declaration which
•erved notice that the Communist
led nations of eastern Europe would
not tolerate rearmament of western
Germany.
Russia was also reported to have
taken the stand that Communist
China would be represented before
any discussion of the explosive
situation in the far east could be
undertaken.
No (me in his right mind could
believe that the United States would
accept any of the cenditions. Thus
the conclusion that a big four con
ference is not likely in the o*ar
future.
ACHESON:
Production and Faith
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
gave the United States a prescrip
tion for 1951—“production and
faith”.
Acheson, in a radio interview,
■aid we have the power to retaliate
against any aggressor who attacks
us and our friends and that power
cannot be overlooked.
“We expect te make ourselves
respected and to deter aggression,”
he said.
“The prescription which we need
today is the prescription which Mr.
Churchill gave te England in 1940
—blood and toil, sweat and tears—
and may I add, faith—faith in our
country, faith that the great task
before us can be done and that it
will be done.”
Acheson’a statement was remark-
able in that he echoed a growing
belief throughout the country*
Americans who had been described
as frightened and frustrated in 1950
seemed to be settling down quickly
to a new year of sacrifice and deter
mination.
The last few months have been
called America's darkest hour, but
they may be even darker before the
United States is fully rearmed and
ready to face its enemies.
TRAFFIC:
A War at Home
While American troops were be
ing killed in Korea, Americans at
home slaughtered themselves on
the highways during the Christmas
and New Years* holidays.
Complete tabulations were not
complete for the New Years’ holi
day, but during Christmas there
were 724 violent deaths in the Unit
ed States, 545 ef them in traffic
mishaps.
The accident rate was more than
100 above the number ef persons
killed in traffic accidents during
the 1949 Christmas holiday. The 1950
toll almost equaled the record of
555 set in 1936.
In the city ef Les Angeles alone
there were 11 traffic deaths, 900
injured, and a total of 1,084 acci
dents. It was significant to note
that police in that city charged 352
persons with driving while intoxi
cated and another 1,222 were
charged with drunkenness.
Only one state—South Dakota-
escaped without a single reported
fatality that could be attributed te
the Christmas observance.
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testified in federal court that
seven years age Remington
turned over “top secret** ex
plosives formulas te confessed
spy Elisabeth Bentley for trans
mission to Russia. Remington is
being tried for perjury. 4
MARSHALL:
Let's Go Easy
Secretary of Defense George Mar
shall warned the nation in the clos
ing days of 1950 te go easy, that “a
too rapid attempt at mobilization
was apt to delay the ultimate
speed” of rearmament
Marshall said that there is “a
tendency to feel that the more
rapidly we appropriate billions and
the more rapidly men are called
into service, the safer we will be."
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MET SAME FATE . . . This picture shows Gen. George Patton (left)
F ith Gen. Walton Walker as they led the U.S. Third army across
ranee during World War H. General Walker was recently killed in a
jeep accident near Seoul. General Walker served under General Patton
at the time the photo was taken. Now, both men^are dead, victims of
similar jeep accidents. General Patton was fatally hurt in a traffic
accident in 1945.
ONE-IN-A-MILLION SHOT ... An alert army photographer at Camp
Cooke, Calif., took this very unusual shot showing a 195 MM howitzer
shell In flight (arrow). The action took place on the range as Califor
nia's 40th infantry division went through the paces. The men are
members of Battery Six, 980th field artillery battalion. They are
typical of the hundreds of other outfits In camps across the nation
training for eventual war and defense of their nation and a free world.
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KING AND QUEEN OF HEALTH . . . Just bubbling over with vim
and vigor and vitality too are the pint-sized king and queen of the 1951
junior swim for health contest held at the Flamingo Hotel, Miami.
The moppet monarchs proudly display their trophies. Joyce Rambler,
5tt» and Jon David Stern, 5, both of Miami, were chosen from a long
line of contestants.
PAYING THEIR RESPECTS . . . Taking time off from the fighting in
defense ef the Hungnam perimeter before the evacuation ef that area,
marines stand in attendance' at the first marine cemetery, paying
their respects te their eemrades who died in the fight against the
troope ef Cemmunist China. With the mighty battleship
ing its guns te the defense, the American doughboys were
by a curtain ef American “
HOARDERS BEWARE! . . . Pro
duction Administrator William Har
rison (center) confers with Com
merce Secretary Charles Sawyer
(left) and Banking Committee
Chairman Burnet Maybank over
punishment to be dealt hoarders of
strategic materials.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
HEAD . . . President Tram an has
appointed Thomas Cabot, Boston
Industrialist, as chairman of a new
over-all committee to coordinate
the government’s military rela
tionships with the rest of the free
world.
GETS RUNAROUND . . . Alan G.
Kirk, ambassador te Russia, just
returned from Moscow, says he
wasn't allowed to talk to Stalin for
17 months and was kept under con
stant surveillance all that time by
the Soviet secret police, who ac
companied him wherever he went.
POLICY KING TESTIFIES . . .
Edward P. Jones, “retired” al
leged head of the policy racket in
Chicago and surrounding territory
testifies before the Kefauver sen
ate committee that is investigat
ing crime and gambling syndicates.
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