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Battalion Editorials
Page 2 TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1951
Efficient Security . . .
YOUNG SOLDIERS DON’T FADE AWAY
A DYOCATES of airpower are beginning to
get more legislative support. Generals
MacArthur and Eisenhower have been de
scribed as the leading military proponents of
this form of security, and their opinions are
going to show up in the form of increased
appropriations.
The lessons of Korea have shown that
World War II planes are definitely on the
way out. Demand for new and faster jet
^bombers has caused a change in the produc
tion methods for the Boeing 6 jet B-47. Cer
tain models will be frozen in “blocks” to make
specific numbers of a given type available.
Further modification and improvement will
then take place between these production
blocks or groups of planes.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that
the simple “git there fustest with the most-
est” axiom of warfare is still fundamental.
The virtually unlimited manpower of the
Communist world means that local super
iority can be gained at any chosen point of
aggression. To oppose Kussia with relatively
immobile ground and sea forces spread thinly
around the world is futile from the start.
Airpower, on the other hand, can quick
ly bring opposing force to bear on any area
chosen by the enemy. This can be in the form
of men, material, direct firepower, indirect
or strategic firepower, and the many types
Weeds for Dinner
Ex-POW’s Give
Tips on Survival
of interdiction that isolate the area of enemy
operation.
Essentially, airpower means more “fight
ing power” of all kinds for each taxpayer’s
dollar. This efficiency may prevent the dire
consequences of a war of “economic attri
tion” which might result from a standing
army on a man-to-man basis.
e
Civilian Defense
Status Pitiful
rTVILIAN defense is like military prepar-
^ edness-it is a complete success if it never
has to function. With modern radar warning
nets A i it is possible that our vulnerable cities
would have enough time to take precautions
that would greatly-reduce casualties.
At present, however, a one hour warn
ing in most places would in itself cause
enough panic casualties to make a bomb Gf 0 N f h f^t"an ^
nothing more than an anti-climax. Our civ- tiring prospect of being able to may be possible if the Chinese are
ilian defense is pitifully inadequate. i„ TbetSVab oXYS hXttesS aS
According to General Marshall, we are tion to meet Communist aggression tlement depends upon an actual vic-
i^HICAGO, May 8—CP)—A hand-
^ ful of sugar is a weapon for
sabotage, a clump of weeds is din
ner, a canteen a pressure cooker.
These are tips on survival for
the living dead of 1941-45, former engine—a simple way to sabotage
prisoners of war in Japan and enemy equipment.
Germany. A razor blade is a handy flint
Here are a few samples from when matches aren’t available,
a booklet, “How to Survive in A A man can drink, cook and
sure cooker—especially good for
cooking green things to prevent
precious vitamins from draining
off.
A little sugar ruins a gasoline
Prisoner Camp,” planned by the
American Ex-Prisoners of War,
Inc., now meeting in Chicago:
All meat is edible, regardless of
the kind of animal. And weeds and
tree bark have food value, too.
Sometimes, the trick is in the
preparation. A tin can makes a
good stove. A canteen is a pres
wash with just a quart of water
a day—if he knows how. (The
ex-prisoners say the U.S. daily
average per person is 300 gal
lons.)
Double up, and live. One man
under one blanket may freeze in
cold weather, but two men under
two blankets stand a better chance.
ac Can Clear Up
Korean Situation
Question for Pentagon
How Ready Is US if Russia
Chooses to Begin Big War?
By ELTON C. FAY
AP Military Affairs Reparter
WASHINGTON, May 8—CP)—
” Out of Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur’s exposition on strategy there
emerged today this question for the
“Within hours after he launched,
we could counterattack. Every dis
astrous and gloomy orphecy that
you have made you can multiply
against the enemy.”
Will Pentagon strategy-makers,
Secretary of Defense Marshall and
Joint Senate Committees to ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff agree
the Pentagon high command: with that view? The joint commit-
How ready is the United States, tees were ready today to begin
including the state of her atomic hearing their ideas, leading off
weapon and bomber force prepared- with Marshall,
ness, if Russia chooses war?
The Senate’s Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Committees
asked MacArthur about all the
facts of policy and strategy dif
ferences which finally led Presi
dent Truman to fire him, and the
Russian enigma appeared and re
appeared many times.
Then, late Saturday, near the
close of the general’s testimony,
the riddle came up again.
MacArthur testified that if he
had been permitted to bomb the
Chinese Communist forces as
sembling north of the Yalu River
in Manchuria they would not
have been able to advance into
Korea in any degree or force or
strength. Why wasn’t the per
mission forthcoming?
The formal reason given by Mr.
Truman in his April 11 speech to
buying time for military preparedness by wherever occurs again
sacrificing men in Korea. If we fail to use 0n ^hT^happmis^^his Y plan
this precious time for civil defense as well, should fail. He is so sure of his
we are inviting complete disaster. A word ™Xf S quesSns al rtout'‘ S whit
to the wise —. would happen if it didn’t work.
Seemingly secondary with the
general, but always in the back
ground, is his belief that intensi
fied action against China would
not bring Russia into the war.
He also seems to think Russia
would not be much force in a far
eastern war if she did come in.
Yet MacArthur described how
the Russians trained the North
Koreans in Manchuria, passed this
real army through the North Ko
rean border patrol and attacked
South Korea. American intelligence
had known their actions but not
their intentions. Then the Chinese,
•after MacArthur’s Inchon landing,
began massing their troops in Man
churia, but as MacArthur said, it
is very difficult to determine an
other power’s intentions, both with
regard to the North Koreans and
Chinese, the facts did not produce
an American decision to be pre
pared for the worst.
The North Koreans and the Chin
ese are now Russia’s front echelons
in Asia. Russia has between 250,000
and 500,000 troops in Manchuria
and Siberia. It’s a good bet that
she has no intention of committing
Even if Russia did not openly
enter the conflict, some military
men here say, there is a ques
tion whether the United States is
entirely ready to engage in full-
scale war against Manchurian
bases while countering attacks
by a Red air force “loaned” to
Communist China.
But what, the committees may
ask the Pentagon, was the reason
for the reluctance to allow Mac
Arthur’s air force even to cut the
bridges across the Yalu River
from Manchuria, as MacArthur
says.
Senators may want from admin- ,, , . , , „
istration officials a statement on them to war, since she as well as
whether the U. S. has told the Uni- the allies must be prepared in Eu-
ted Nations it will bomb enemy 1'ope. But concrete reliance upon
bases in Manchuria if the Commun- the belief that Russia will not “pass
ists launch heavy air attacks on through the present front echelofis,
Senator McMahon (D-Conn) con- the nation was that to bomb Man-
UN forces in Korea. Reports about
this have persisted for months.
.And what, exactly, did some of
tended the MacArthur plan-block- churia and China itself would mean the terms mean used in the Jan. 12
ading China, putting aircraft over
Manchuria and using Chinese Na
tionalist troops—might bring Rus
sia into the war.
The general replied:
“As far as the initial state of
an attack is concerned, you must
understand that our own pre
paredness, atomic preparedness,
is far in excess of that of the
potential enemy at the present
time.
a. “very grave risk of starting “study” which the Joint Chiefs
a general war.” of Staff prepared for Secretary
MacArthur contends the risk of Marshall and which MacArthur
intervention by China or Russia said coincided with his own views?
has always been present, from the One of the recommendations in
first day when the United States that study was to remove re
stepped in to help the Republic of
South Korea.
Are there reasons other than
those specified by Mr. Truman?
It is quite possible the senators
may hear some.
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strictions on “air reconnaissance”
of China coastal areas and Man
churia. Air reconnaissance is “a
directed effort in the field to
gather information of the enemy,
terrain, or resources,” acconfing
to the military definition. It
does not mean attacking targets.
Applied to the JCS study, this
would mean that U. S. aircraft
would fly over China and Manchur
ia to see what the Communists
were doing to further the Korean
War, what preparations they might
be making for new moves against
Southeast Asia or Chiang Kai-
Shek’s Formosa.
MacArthur appears also to be
proposing bombing attacks in Red
assembly areas and supply centers
in Manchuria.
The JCS paper, which MacAr
thur said he assumes was vetoed
by Marshall or Mr. Truman, also
proposed removing restrictions
on operations of Chiang’s Nation
alist forces now on Formosa and
providing supplies and equipment
to help them operate against the
Communists.
That, says MacArthur, is all he
wants to do.
Mr. Truman said that “if we
were to do those things, we would
CLAYTON L. SELPH, DAVE COSLETT Co-Editors become entangled in a vast con-
John Whitmore, Dean Reed Managing Editors on the continent of Asia.” He
Andy Anderson, Bob Hughson Campus Editors 1'eferred to the proposals on bomb-
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Joel Austin .'. City Editor troops.
Vivian Castleberry Women’s Editor Is this refusal to give Chiang
support for offensive, instead of
purely defensive power, dictated
only by over-caution and fear of
bringing Russia into the fray?
The Joint Chiefs may tell sena
tors there are other controlling
factors.
MacArthur estimates the Na
tionalist force on Formosa includes
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ment is “spotty,” that they lack
artillery, trucks, a “great many of
the modern refinements.”
Some Pentagon quarters argue
that the matter of supplying 500,-
000 men with heavy equipment
would be difficult for the U. S.
while it still has to provide mater
ial for fighting an active wax in
Korea and building ud its arma
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