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Interpreting tlie News
Why Not Wage War? Writer
Gives Pro ami Com Opinions
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
It may have been improper for
the United States secretary of
the Navy to suggest starting a
war with anybody for any purpose,
but Mr. Matthews has certainly
brought into the open an angle
of American affairs which has
occupied many minds, both high
and low, for several years.
All of us have heard the ques
tion, broached by people who have
accepted the Russian cold war as
just as deadly in its purposes as
any shooting war. “Why don’t we
go ahead and get it over with ? ”
The answers are just as obvious
as the spirit which prompts the
question. The world is in ferment,
and war now, even a war which was
successful in eliminating a regime
which ruthlessly uses the ferment
for its own impelialist ends, would
not settle it, just as it has never
settled anything.
War now would represent the
defeat, not the victory, of Ameri
can policy, regardless of who start
ed it. War started now by the Uni
ted States itself would be unthink
able, would fail, to enlist the sup
port of important portions of the
non-Communist world. France has
been quick to join the United States
govei’nment in disavowing any in
tention of following Mr. Matthew's’
suggestion.
Wrong Phraseology
The Secretary of the Navy,
however, may have used the wrong
phraseology to express an idea
which can properly be contem
plated.
Democracy can go to war only in
self defense. But nowadays threats
just as dangerous to freedom can
come in other guises than actual
shooting.
It is conceivable that murder and
sabotage such as are conducted in
Malaya Indo-China and the Phil
ippines can come; that creeping
aggression with its purges as in
the Balkans. It is conceivale that
an impending blow can be so plain
ly discerned, and the guns may be
so threatingly leveled, that only
a quick first shot can save your
life.
That is something for which
America certainly should be pre
pared.
Mr. Matthews said “we should
boldly proclaim our undeniable ob
jective to be a world at peace. To
have peace we should be willing,
and declare our intention, to pay
any price, even the price of in
stituting a war to compel co-op
eration for peace.”
Spirit of Crusades
That was the , spirit of the an
cient crusades, to convince ’em or
kill ’em. It accepts, the inevitabil
ity of war and the complete break
down of the entire objective of
the western world, as described
by the French defense minister
after Matthews spoke. Jules Moch
said “our aim is to render all ag
gression impossible and thereby
prevent war and not to prevent
war by making war.”
Roads, Water
Improvements
Progressing
Road improvements are
progressing rapidly in the re
cently-annexed negro addi
tion in the city’s southwest
ern sector, according to City
Manager Raymond Rogers.
Grading has almost been com
pleted on three blocks near Lincoln
School, he said. The roads will
soon be graveled, giving a com
pletely hard-surfaced road con
necting the negro school with old
Highway 6, west of the college.
Work is being done on Thomp
son Street, from its Fairview in
tersection one block west. From
Thompson, gravel will soon be
placed on the remaining two
blocks on the road leading to the
school.
When work is completed on the
roads, College Station residents
will be able to travel to the school
area and to the already-graveled
County Road on improved streets.
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Water lines are now being placed
to improve pressure in the negro
addition south of the Ed Hrdlicka
tract, Rogers said. Using one and
one-half inch piping, city workmen
will soon complete the laying of
1100 feet of line, according to the
city manager.
“When the line is finished, we
will not only be able to increase
water pressure in that area, but
can also serve several houses which
heretofore have been without ser
vice,” Rogers said.
The Reds will, unfortunately,
use Mr. Matthews’ words to make
propaganda hay about warmonger
ing and to revile American inten
tions. There is understood to be a
new White House “gag” order out
to prevent - anymore unapproved
policy statements. But whether it
were better left unsaid is debat
able.
Whether MacArthur’s views on
the strategic position of Formosa
should be kept hidden is debatable.
People must discuss these ideas
if they are to make up their minds
about policy, and the government
must have behind it a people with
mind made up when the times for
decisions arise.
This is a changing world. Self
defense in a barroom brawl can
not always be made compatible
with old rules of gentlemanly be
havior. If Matthews was talking
about a “preventive” was now it
was one thing. If he was talking
about self defense before you are
mortally wounded/ it is another
thing.
Peace in the world, on those rare
occasions when it has existed,
has come either through balances
of power or through monopoly of
power. Today the battle is to es
tablish a balance.
If that fails, and a monopoly be
comes the only way out, however
bad in principle it may be—then
let it be an American monopoly,
established by as proper means as
possible, but at any rate estab
lished.
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Rites Held Sunday
A single ring ceremony at St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church Sun
day evening united Miss Marjory
Pick Wipprecht of College Station
and Edward Wilson Hooker of Dal
las in marriage.
Rev. Oren G. Helvey officiated
at the wedding which united in
mgrriage the daughter of Read
Wipprecht of College Station and
the son ,of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Oren Griffin of Dallas.
The bride is a graduate of
Stephen F. Austin High School,
and received a B.A. degree in radio
and speech from Baylor University.
Her husband graduated from A&M
in June. He was a member of the
track and football squads and.the
“T” Association.
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Truman s Action On Formosan
Question Not U. S. Policywise
Veterinarians from Texas glance over the program of the 87th an
nual meeting of the American Medical Association held in Florida
Aug. 20-24. They are Dr. H. A. Schmidt, Dr. W. T. Hardy of
Sonora, and Dr. C. 0. Morgan of Amarillo. Schmidt is one of the
six men from A&M who attended the meeting.
Draft Bill For Doctors,
Dentists Passes House
Washington, Aug. 29—(A 1 )—
Power to draft doctors and den
tists won unanimous approval of
the Senate Armed Forces Com
mittee yesterday and went to the
Senate with a “rush” tag attached.
A companion bill neared com
pletion in the House Armed Ser
vices Committee but it carried this
extra stinger: Medicos who waited
to be drafted would not get the
$100 monthly extra pay given to
most medical volunteers.
The Senate bill would allow
draftees the premium pay. The
House revision of this, proposed
by Rep. Kilday (D-Tex), will get
final action tomorrow when the
House committee votes on the bill.
Other Bills Considered
The Senate committee also:
1. Turned down a military re
quest for registration and possible
drafting of scientists and techni
cians, including chemists and en
gineers, on grounds this sweeping
power is not called for at present.
2. Approved retaining World
War II policy of deferring pre
medical and pre-dental students in
numbers sufficient to keep the pro
fession supplied with manpower.
In most respects the Senate and
House bills will be parallel. They
were drafted to meet a military
demand estimated by one defense
department witness at 7,666 medi
cal men by next June 30.
Few actual inductions are ex
pected. Legislators said, however,
they expect the congressional ac
tion to speed up the rate of medi
cal volunteers, because the . choice
may be: volunteer as an officer,
or run the risk of being drafted as
a private.
Training Program Ineffective
Military witnesses testified that
some 10,000 of the 31,000 youths
trained mostly at government ex
pense under military medical pro
grams saw little, or no active duty
and are not in the reserves.
Both bills would exempt from the^
draft medical men w'ho were in the
reserve on August 16, 1950. The
House is considering giving poten
tial draftees a chance to sign up
with reserve units before the mea
sure becomes law.
The Senate committee chose
Sen. Hunt (D-Wyo), a dentist, to
herd the bill through the Senate as
soon as possible.
The measure would permit doc
tors, dentists and allied specialists
to be inducted as enlisted men in
the bottom ranks of the Army,
Navy and Air Force.
Category System Planned
It calls for registration of physi
cians and allied specialists through
55, and of dentists through age
45. No general registration is
planned, however; instead, special
categories for classes would be
called for registration and induc
tion as needed.
The House bill would provide
for induction of both doctors and
dentists through 45 years.
One of the legislators’ aims is
to bring into service the youths
who saw little service before dip
ping deeply into the pool of about
40,400 reservists—17,700 in the
Army, 21,000 in the Navy, and
1,600 in the Air Force.
Dr. Richard Meiling, director of
Medical Services of the Defense
Department, said 1,195 reservists
have been called so far.
- KOREA -
(Continued from Page 1)
miles near the village of Hwabon.
The Red attack was halted Tues
day. But American intelligence
reported signs of reinforcements
for the Communists in the rear.
Two Communist divisions — the
13th and 15th—are not far away.
The officer said they could be
quickly brought into action in the
event of a breakthrough.
The spokesman said he believed
the focus of the expected offensive
would be definitely determined as
soon as the crack North Korean
Second Division, now refitting in
the rear, is returned to the battle-
line.
Traffic moved from Red back
areas to both these sectors Tues
day. A heavy movement of pedes
trians, likely bearing disassembled
guns and war supplies, headed to
ward the front.
The evidence all seemed to add
up to an imminent offensive, pos
sibly on the largest scale yet ^at
tempted and with the whole North
Korean army thrown into action
at once.
In order to prevent Lt. Gen.
Walton H. Walker, U. S. 8th Army
Commander, from pulling units out
of one part of the line to backstop
the others, intelligence officers said
the Reds would try to keep the
whole 120-mile long perimeter un
der pressure at the same time.
The newly arrived British brig
ade may give the American com
mander an extra force that can
plug any hole that may develop.
In line with this pattern the
North Koreans tested the U. S. po
sitions on the Sobuk ridge on the
south coast Tuesday morning.
Three attacks hit the U. S. 25th
Infantry Division.
American troops, including Neg
ro infantrymen, threw back the at
tacks.
Allied ground and air reports
for the battlefront listed four tanks
destroyed, two ammunition dumps
blown up, 28 vehicles of all types
knocked out and between 12 and
15 artillery pieces destroyed or
damaged.
MacArthur’s intelligence officer
said there were many Red casual
ties.
North of the south coast position
the Reds made two attempts to
cross the Naktong River. The.
moves cost them 100 men.
The spokesman said artillery
smashed one bridge-building party
and dispersed it and drove off an
other Red force trying a crossing
in boats.
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New York, Aug. 29 ^—Presi
dent Truman’s action in directing
General Douglas MacArthur to
withdraw a message on Formosa
stirred a controversy across the
country yesterday.
Some newspapers sharply rapped
Mr. Truman for what they termed
the “muzzling” of the Far East
commander. Others charged Mac
Arthur with interfering in foreign
olicy.
Many newspapers printed the
MacArthur message that was to
have been read today at the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Convention
in Chicago. Some omitted its con
tents entirely.
“President Truman has dealt
Gen. Douglas MacArthur a crude,
rude snub; or you might call it a
kick in the teeth,” said The New
York Daily News.
People Should Know
“We don’t know whether Mac
Arthur is right or wrong on this
subject,” the News said. “But we
are convinced the people have a
right to know how he feels, and
that Truman tried a petty-tyrant
trick in attempting to shut him
up.”
The Houston Chronicle, publish
ed by Jesse Jones, former secre
tary of commerce, said editorially:
“Comparing his (MacArthur’s)
record with the disastrous record
of state department policies and
defeats in the Orient, no one can
have any doubt whatever as to
whom the president should have
been consulting on Far East mat
ters. Unfortunately, Mr. Truman
listened to (Secretary of State)
Acheson.”
Many newsprinters which print-
jensen-Walcs Vows
Given Saturday
Miss Tyleen Dolores Jensen of
College Station and Robert David
Wales of Refugio were united in
marriage Saturday evening at the
St. Thomas Chapel at College Sta
tion, the Rev. Orin G. Helvey offi
ciating.
Miss Jensen is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Jensen of
College Station, while the groom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett
Wales of Refugio.
Following the double ring cere
mony a reception was held at the
parish house attended by local and
out-of-town guests of the couple.
The bride is a graduate of the
A&M Consolidated High School and
received both a B.S. and an M.S.
in chemistry from the University
of Texas. The groom received his
B.S. degree in chemical engineering
at A&M.
MacArthur ‘Speech ’ Causes
Bitter Senate Controversy
(Continued from Page 1)
of Secretary of State Acheson than
anyone in the Truman administra
tion.”
Wherry urged that MacArthur,
now busy directing the Korean
war effort, make a radio address
from Tokyo, and the senator com
mented:
“The American people have
complete confidence in General
MacArthur’s judgment. Let’s hear
from General MacArthur and woe
to him who dares say he shall not
speak.’
Senator Knowland (R-Calif) ac
cused the administration of “gag
ging” MacArthur. He said the
President’s order was “another in
the long series of efforts to keep
the truth from the American peo
ple.”
Knowland also charged that
Secretary Acheson and Secretary-
General Trygve Lie of the United
Nations are “now preparing for
another Munich with the Republic
of China and the island of For
mosa as the pawns.”
’ MacArthur expressed his views
on Formosa in a long message sent
last week to the Veterans of For
eign Wars for release today at
the VFW’s 51st annual encamp
ment in Chicago.
The VFW put out advance cop
ies of MacArthur’s text and at
least one magazine, the U. S.
News and World Report, printed
the text in its current issue put in
the mails on Saturday.
Formosa Pictured
In his message, MacArthur pic
tured Formosa as one of the key
stones of a vast island defense
chain from which American air
power, he said, could “dominate
every Asiatic port from Vladivos
tok to Singapore and prevent any
hostile movement into the Pacific.”
“If we hold this line,” Mac
Arthur said, “we may have peace
—lose it and war is inevitable.”
The general went on to say that
Formosa, lying 100 miles off the
coast of Red China, is geographi
cally so situated that “in the hand
of a power unfriendly to the Uni
ted States is constitutes an enemy
salient in the very center of this
(American) defense perimeter.” In
an allusion seemingly directed at
state department policy, MacAr
thur continued:
“Nothing could be more fallac
ious than the threadbare argument
by those who advocate appeasement
and defeatism in the Pacific that
if we defend Formosa we alienate
continental Asia.”
Today, the White House made
public a letter Mr. Truman wrote
yesterday to Warren Austin, Amer
ican ambassador to the United
Nations, repeating his policy on
Formosa “to the end that there be
no misunderstanding concerning
the position of the government of
the United States.”
“Incident is Closed”
At the White House, newsmen
asked Press Secretary Ross wheth
er MacArthur might be relieved of
his post as commander of Ameri
can Forces in the Far East as a
result of the episode.
“The incident is closed,” Ross
replied.
Ross made the same comment on
an earlier administration crack
down—by the state department
and the White House—on a speech
made by Navy Secretary Matthews
at Boston last Friday night.
Matthews said he United States
must be prepared to go to war
if necessary to compel other na
tions to cooperate for peace.
White House officials empha
sized they wree deeply concerned
over the possibility that Commun
ist propagandists might exploit
both MacArthur’s and Matthews’
statements as evidence of a bel
ligerent or “imperialistic” atti
tude by the United States.
In New York, the Communist
newspaper Daily Worker quickly
seized on the incident to declare
editorially that Matthews voiced
administration policy when he
spoke of a “preventive” war.
The paper said Matthews “de
scribed this policy in naked words
that will send a shudder throughout
the world.”
Both the White House and the
State Department had disavowed
Matthews’ statement.
ed either the text or a summary
of the message said they did so
because, despite its withdrawal
from the convention, they felt it
had become public property when
it was entered in the Congressional
Record.
Others held simply that it was:
news —and big news—that did not
violate security.
“If God lets it happen, let’s print
it,” said William J. Pape, publisher
of the Waterbury (Conn) American
and Republican.
Editorial fire was directed at
MacArthur also.
“MacArthur’s interference i n
foreign policy appears to be delib
erate,” said the Youngstown (O.)
Vindicator.
Publisher James Cox, former
governor of Ohio and Democratic
presidential nominee in 1920, said
in a statement issued in Dayton:
“I have instructed all my news
papers not to use the MacArthur
message. The constitution of the
United States definitely places con
trol of the military under civil au
thority. Generals are not supposed
to play the part of statesmen. This
is not Rome nor the days of Cae
sar.”
The Atlanta Constitution, which
did not print the MacArthur state
ment, said editorially:
“While we have a sincere admi
ration for General MacArthur,
President Truman is exactly right.
“It is astounding that General
MacArthur should so affront his
fellow officers and superior offi
cers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in
so important a matter. That he
should ignore the White House and
State Department as well is almost
incredible. It is a puzzling and
unnecessary affront.”
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Rebuys Campus
The Campus Theater,
jointly owned since its con
struction in 1940, is now sole
ly owned by A. P. Boyett who
purchased the other half in
terest in the theater from his
former partner, Ben Ferguson.
Transfer of the property owner
ship became effective August 1,
but was just recently completed.
Jointly managed by Ferguson
and Bill Underwood after its con
struction by Boyett, the Campus
first changed hands when Boyett
bought Underwood’s half interest
in 1947.
The building and new owner
plans to operate the Campus in
partnership with his three sons,
Alton Jr., George, and W. C.
The theater will be closed until
Sept. 9, when an extensive repair
and redecoration program is ex
pected to be completed. The Cam
pus will receive a general overhaul
in addition to repainting, and will
be ready for students entering
school here in the fall, Boyett
said.
Tel Aviv, Israel —CP)— Israel
plans to spend $7,000,000 this year
for the maintenance of 1,280 miles
of existing roads and the building
of 70 miles of new highways.
E. Aronov, director of the public
works department of the ministry
of labor, said road work had sup
plied jobs for 3,500 workers in Maj
alone.
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