k 5 * \ l i ? Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950 x We Help Others, Why Not Ourselves? . . . A new angle on the “What happened to our defense stockpiles?” question came to light in a recent testimony before a committee of Congress. At the vertex of that angle is the State Department. A receiver of accusations from many and varied sources dealing with as many dif ferent problems, the State Department has served to be the sounding board for blames that could be put on no other group. It all goes back to the old political game of passing the buck. After the out break in Korea, people became aware of the sad shape of our national defenses and reserves. Prior to that time, the same persons who are now complaining our lack of foresight were complaining of high taxes needed to pay for the last war. Since then, the blame for our lack of preparation has been passed back and forth from one department or board of our national government to another. Lack of money has come up as a highly prob able cause for our national dilemma. Even more recent than that is an ac cusation before a congressional committee that the State Department has failed to bring pressure on friendly Marshall Plan countries which “have been laggard in their production of our needed materials.” The charge was made by the chairman of the Defense Department’s Munitions Board which had been in the proverbial “hot box” of public opinion. The State Department’s position, the chairman said, is “that they are going out to do something for these people, and if they say we want something in return for it, that destroys the atmosphere.” He de clined to directly accuse the Department of hindering the stockpiling effort, but said they had not modified their views to comply with our (the munitions board) views to the need for assistance on stock piling. It seems that we, as a nation born with the habit of helping others and re questing and expecting nothing in return, should change our ways, possibly to the extent of destroying the “atmosphere.” America may be bountiful, but can it sup port the whole world ? If the present rate of expenditure continues, we shall soon know. Korean Bombs-With a Two Fold Purpose . .. North Koreans have become acquainted with the hell of pulverizing bombing from United States planes such as their Jap anese neighbors and the Germans went through in the last two years of World War II. They have good reason to begin wondering what their Communist leaders and their Russian mentors have got them into. One hopeful thought about the devas tation being wrought by the American air attacks is that it may make Communist chieftains contemplating similar MoscoW- sparked aggressions think long and hard before bringing such destruction down upon other countries. Communist rulers are notoriously cal lous to the hardships of their peoples. Theoretically the protelariat are the gov erning power; actually the masses are mere robots to produce goods and mate rials for state use, and expendable trigger- fingers and cannon fodder to be sacrificed in whatever numbers may be necessary to consummate their aggressions. However, the aerial demolition of North' Korean cities and installations and the decimation of North Korean manpower, which already is well advanced and doubtless will be completed if the current struggle con- ★ ★ Though not often made by persons who stay employed in the newspaper business, mistakes appearing in the nation’s news papers are embarrasing to editors, but humorous to readers. For instance, imagine the expression of the editor of an Indiana weekly when he read “A little bungle of love came to frighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jones,” on his society page. Usually, retractive statements are run, but often they too do not turn out so well. As in the case of an Iowa paper: “We re ported in yesterday’s paper that Mr. Bran don is a defective on the police force. This tinues for six months, is enough to make the prospective aggressors tremble for their own future as well as that of their country, should they go through with their contemplated attacks. To mention just one instance, Russia’s deputy-premier, Molotov, has been in Pei ping for some time, supposedly trying to rib Mao Tse-tung to invade Formosa or Korea. The civil war has left China ter ribly weak and impoverished; she needs desperately to settle down in peace and try to get back on her feet. And Mao, watching the news of the aerial blasting of North Korea, must realize that if he should commite an aggression that would bring him to grips with the United States, his country would be torn up worse than ever and would be the loser, whether his new aggression succeeded or not. The Red would-be aggressors may not heed the solemn warning of Korea. Ag gressors almost always find, in the end, that they were fatally mistaken in their plans. But if the fearful bombing of North Korea helps the United Nations to win, and also deters other Communist in vasions, the double victory will be well worth the awful cost in human lives and property. —The Houston Post ★ is not so. Mr. Brandon is a detective on the police farce.” * * * The grand-dad of all newspaper “flub- ups” comes from an account in an Illinois weekly on the flight of a zeppelin from a nearby airport. This paper announced im portantly: “Among the last to enter the great airship was a society-woman Mrs. A. E. Wiley. “Slowly she turned toward the wind. 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Bill Hites, John Hollingshead. •Jcmes Lancaster Photo Engravers Frank Davis, Bert Hardaway, Bob Hughson, Louise Jones, Bill Mebane, B. F. Roland, Dale Walston ..Staff Reporters Carter A. Phillips Editorial Assistant THE GUERRILLA ?oliti Cs Teague Reporting . . . Approval of Senate Seen for Controls (Ed. note—Reprinted below is the latest newsletter sent to The Battalion by Olin E. Teague, representative in Congress for the Sixth Disitriclt of Texas, which includes Brazos and seven other counties.) Washingtin, D. C.—(Special)— Since the invasion of South Korea the Nation’s Capital has become the news center of the world where plans are being made and implemented to stop Communist aggression. Immediately after the President announced to the world the action he had authorized to be taken by the armed services in Korea, the Congress has attempted to move speedily in granting the legisla tion requested. The Senate had previously been discussing for several weeks the Appropriation Bill for 1951 and during that time the House of Representatives voted to remove the 2,005,000 ceiling on our armed forces and has already approved a program of priorities and alloca tions with standby rationing and price controls. build up our armed strength in both men and equipment. The mutual defense assistance program whereby we furnish equipment and supplies to friend ly nations willing to be our allies in our common defense against communism is another legislative measure before the Congress. Besides the tightening of con trols on consumer credit and on federal credit for housing pro jects, it will be necessary to in crease taxes to prevent inflation and to help defray the increased cost of our expanded military pro gram. Too Much Expense Experience has taught us that any additional government expen ditures result in inflationary ac tion unless by means of increased taxes or forced savings we cah re move the threat of a serious dis ruption of our economy. We have entered into a period which may result in a general world war or one which will result in several years of increasing mili tary preparedness to meet the threats of communist aggressors. Interpreting the News . . . Nehru Should Accept Visit To Peiping, See Red Action By J. M. ROBERTS, JR. AP Foreign Affairs Analyst It might be a very good thing for the world at large if Prime Minister Nehru of India accepts the Chinese Communist invitation to visit Peiping. Nehru has been straddling the fence between East and West, He is attempting to maintain a show of complete detachment. He denies neutrality, but says he wishes In dia to retain her freedom of de cision on individual issues rath- 'er than to cast her lot unequivo cally with one side or the other. He says, in effect, “a plague on both your houses.” In the meantime, he is working toward Indian leadership of Asia, which he conceives as still in re volt against foreign hegemony and bound up in a new nationalism. He maintains his willingness to use whatever system will work for the benefit of the people. Chinese Different He agrees that Communism is being misused by some countries Five Housemasters Named for Dorms Housemasters for the coming year in five non-corps dorm itories have been announced by Taylor Wilkins, veterans advisor. They are as follow: Leighton B. Lee, senior accounting major from Kirbyville (Law); David M. El ston, senior vet medicine major from McKinney (Mitchell); Jesse N. Hill, junior architecture stu dent from Port Arthur (Leggett); James O. Martin, fifth-year vet medicine student from Cotulla (Bizzell); and John P. Davis, fifth- year vet medicine major from Port Arthur (Puryear). Our military leaders tell us that Russia is not ready for an all-out war in the next few months, but would like to strengthen her al ready strong position by com- munizing all of Asia and making further inroads in Europe. Had we not made the stand we. are making in Korea, and if we fail to continue to increase our own armed forces, Russia will be in a most advantageous position to car ry out a general war within a few years. but—and here is the big point where he diverges from the general concept—he doesn’t think that Chinese Communism is Moscow Communism. There are others Avho still cling to this outlook, despite the identity of the Moscow and Peiping party lines. Nehru thinks the Chinese are too individualistic, have too many of their own problems. In other words, he doesn’t be lieve Mao Tse Tung and the Chin ese Communist leaders who reiter ate their unity with Moscow. The New York Times only this past Sunday said Nehru intimated in an interview, although not with a specific statement, that he felt the western powers should try to make common cause with the Na tionalist forces in Asia whether they are communistically inclined or not. Overlooking Facts This idea that Communism in Asia and especially China is dif ferent or can be made different from Russian Communism is to overlook the source of the power which spreads it in the area, and to hope for Titoism without re membering that Titoism is still totalitarianism and that Asia is not Yugoslavia. Nehru, of course, is caught up by some practical as well as theo retical aspects of the situation. It would be strange if, having spent so many years in British pails, he were not influenced by anti- westernism despite his admittedly great intelligence and education. It would also be strange if he were not affected by the fundamen tals of politics and geography with which he is faced. China is his near neighbor, larger and quite probab ly stronger, militarily, than India. To get along with China is bound to be an increasingly important factor in Indian foreign policy. Broad Outlook But to get back to the Peiping invitation. Nehru, even if he now seems to be off base regarding the Com munists, is a man of generally broad outlook. He does not refuse to learn. He might learn much from seeing the Peiping Commun ists with their ears to the ground for Moscow’s word, or actually ask ing for instructions. Many western ers have been and might still b» misled by the ’’potempkin” shows put on by the Communists. But Nehru would be more capable than most westerners of real perception in Peiping. And there is no doubt of his importance. If he perceived, it would mean much to the world struggle. 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