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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1951
MEMORIES OF THE OID BUOT-EROO
Speak Now, Mr. Malik .
IACOB MALIK had finished his expected
tirade against the United States. He had
once again urged that Red China had a
“just” claim on Formosa and that Chinese
Communists were being denied their right
ful seat in the U. N. He spoke, of course, in
this country.
Then, without any particular relation to
his previous words, the Russian delegate to
the UN proposed a conference between both
sides in the Korean War to arrange a cease
fire and an armistice providing for both sides
to withdraw from the 38th parallel.
From all angles came reactions to this
Russian “peace-bid.” Those reactions make
an interesting study, especially for those
who have been hearing lately of long faces
in the Kremlin at the turn-of Korean affairs.
Most UN members jumped for Malik’s
words like drowning men to the proverbial
straw. They admitted, of course, that the bid
had been very indefinite. But, they hastily
added, we can’t afford to turn our back on
anything. With bated breath they waited for
further word from Malik or for an acknow
ledgement of the peace-bid by Red China.
U. S. State Department officials were
not so eager. They didn’t leave any doubt
that they were interested in the bid, but
they hastened to assure the rest of the world
that skepticism clouded their interest.
This attitude was a very precise one, cal
culated to walk as near the middle as possible
on the question. They could not scorn the
bid, else the other nations might be angry.
Nor could they afford to risk swallowing the
bait, if that is what it is, whole.
Besides, the war-front provided a few
confident quotes of “business as usual,” “the
situation is well in hand come what may,”
and others of a similar nature.
One strongly disbelieving voice was
heard—that of South Korea. With its citi
zens looking back over one year of war that
Letters to the Editor
had seen 3,000,000 South Koreans slain and
another 10,000,000 left homeless (and this
of a total population of 30,000,000), the little
nation’s spokesmen laid out the terms on
which they would listen to peace-talks. That
voice, though, drew scant heed in all the
excitement.
Red China finally chimed in with endorse
ment of the Russian proposal arid a threat
to the United States of total defeat should
the latter nation reject the bid.
And Malik? He and his friends in the
Kremlin played coy midst pleas for elabora
tion of the plan he had suggested.
Speculation, of course, was running ram
pant. Some suggested that the Korean con
flict was becoming an excessive burden to
the Soviet Union. Stalin was merely saving
face with a withdrawal. Others hinted it was
a stall for time. “Propaganda,” said others,
hastily adding that there might be at least
a little bit to the Russian bid.
Running high in the speculation was that
repeated undertone that neither Russia nor
the Chinese Communists were satisfied with
recent Korean set-backs. The idea was ex
pressed in almost a sneer—they want to
back out graciously, they know when they’ve
bit off more than they can chew.
Road From Seoul Becomes
Heartbreak Highway’ of War
CAN FRANCISCO, June 26—(A 5 )
^—A year ago the road from
Seoul to Suwon was a dusty coun
try lane.
It became the “heartbreak high
way” of the Korean war.
Today it rumbles with military
power. It whispers also of the
blood and agony that made this
power possible.
There is no doubt in
Tr r „ on ,ui ol . 0 nvpqumablv 4. The West has proved it will
Kicmlin gamble s p ■ abandon the small nations of
surveyed the worid to fmd the no a„ and has gaine<|
S p c r
pSw;iy I to* e aecSe' y the“ S ftah e of once one of Asia’s strongest has
their rich holdings in Manchuria, been mangled. Ihe Chnese Com-
^ Communism’s “Pearl Harbor” munists have had startling losses.
attacHaned Red Koreans could The result will be weaker armies
have cautured the peninsula in and perhaps weaker determination
, • ,, , See weeks against unsupported of two of the satellite nations upon
Asia that tmee wee^ , of Korea which Russia would depend in glo
bal conflict.
Debit
1. Allied casualties have been
heavy. The financial cost is also
Korea opened the third world war. an ^ weak Republic o
There is general agreement that forces. t XT
what happens in Korea will largely ,u nl woi c i bA
determine whether the battle will port wrecked the battle plan, ine
erupt into global conflict. Rod 8 were stopped first Y hoc,,,,.
North Korean tanks did more raw courage oi bewildere heavy,
than invade South Korea when can infantrymen and mi tia a
they charged across the 38th Par- strength; then by mstoiy
international police force.
allel on that dismal Sunday dawn
one year ago.
2. Most of the West’s military
strength has been hobbled to a
ponce roice. peninsula of secondary worldwide
This is a rough balance sheet U" tancei
The attack meant a significant * e p „y llieS at the end 0 e 3. The Russians have lost only
cm fro in Tfvomlin of t*qfoonr Fn vnlo ^ J L * 0116 kllOWll COlYlbclt 1T19.11 111 cl Dctttl.6
Lre<llt that has given them invaluable
1. The first United Nations information on allied fighting
raised and in- methods and techniques,
initial bloody 4. Conflict has hastened the fi-
change in Kremlin strategy to rule
the world. Gone was the blueprint
for slow subversion as the princi
pal imperialistic method. Korea battle force, was
was open aggression. It was a tegrated in the
clear warning of the future.
What Has the Fighting Gained Us?
Has Korean Battle Been
Worth Price Paid by US?
weeks. nancial drawing and made inflation
2. The United States and her more dangerous in the West,
allies were dynamited into world- 5. Communism still letains the
wide alertness and re-armament, initiative, in Korea and thioughout
This could produce enough United the world. This is true militarily,
power to postpone a Russian at- politically and in the propaganda
tack.
3. American military forces
have learned valuable military les
sons.
By HAL BOYLE
the
Scanning back over the picture, though,
it hardly presents a view of a defensive Rus- respect —and
sia. It looks more to us like a
disdainfully enjoying the turmoil she had
caused with a few simple words. What need
would there be for Russia to be particularly
worried when the clatter at her door assures
her that her proposals, as empty as they have
been in the past, are going to fall on eager
ears.
lives of 3,000,000 of his people and
made 10,000,000 homeless. All of
Korea, North and South, has about
30,000,000 people.
'From a strictly humanitarian
standpoint it therefore appears
that we have given more death,
misery and confusion to the South
. , , , • 0 1 u ?" Koreans than we have liberty. And - —„ --
prima-donna field^annv t0( ^ ay we ^ ave a we have. That is only fair to say. bowl and serve it.
But we have kept the pattern m ' s i ;a l ce: He
of freedom pretty clear in the
United States and elsewhere.
And under the United Nations
flag a solid right block has been
thrown into Soviet Russia’s at
tempt to take Asia by force.
]\fEW YORK—UP)—What is
’ price of Korea?
Has the battle there been worth
while to the United States a year
later?
What have we gained? \YoUd
time to arm
When a fellow has nothing bet
ter to deliver than a glamorous
promise, he should remain a rain
bow man. He should never commit
himself. Stalin does well as long
as he holds out the symbol of a
full rice bowl to hungry lands;
he does less well when he has to
find a way to actually fill the
field army.
What have we lost? Well,
more than 70,000 Americans have
been hurt or killed or are miss
ing. Along the way some of
those 70,000 casualties insisted
on getting'right back up into the
fighting, and only in the last
few weeks have been notated
home. The statistics of this
engagement that began as a
United Nations “police station”
are on the staggering side.
We claim we killed or wounded
,, _ more than a million of the enemy,
from you. bpeak, won t you. Oh, please, kind They don’t say. But the ambas-
sir, say something. sador 1 of 0U1 ' Sou „ th Korean ally
says the war so far has cost the
Ah yes. Now, Mr. Malik, that we’ve up
set your careful plans let’s hear something
Aggie-Ex Reservist Scorns Policy
l or Recall-Rep. Teague Answers
I and others from Texas A&M
believe we are being seriously dis
criminated against. Please give me
your views on this matter as I de
sire to present them to The Bat
talion at Texas A&M. I have been
assigned to a second tour in the
Pacific starting next month, so
(Editor’s Note: This letter and
the answer following were for
warded to us from Olin Teague,
representative from the sixth Tex
as District which includes Col
lege Station. The person who wrote
the letter has asked that we with
hold his name because he has not
personally informed his family of please reply as soon as possible.
a new overseas military assign- " - - - -
ment).
Representative Olin Teague
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Teague:
_ I have just learned of the pro
visions of the enlistment extension
bill and am very surprised that
months, only a recommendation
that such be done if a reservist can
be released. Further, it is not man
datory that any reservist, regard
less of the conditions of his prior
service, serve the full 24 months if
the need is not present.
Let me say now that I do not
believe the Reserve situation, or
length for World War II sendee to
be considered as well as the period months combat in Korea,
for which it would be considered. « What men 0 f the 27th
As a result one year service be- Fighter w f ng . have done over K o-
i DeC ‘ and r f ’ re a speaks far more eloquently as
fMS was arrived & t as a fam rule tri ^ ute to valor than any-
of thumb’ m the matter. Unfor- thi we mi * ht here today,”
tunately, any length of service or T fn m tup
should have
kept on saying what he would do,
and kept on not trying to do what
he said he would do. A promise
to do something is better propa
ganda in our present world than
a real effort to improve a situa
tion. Sad it is; so it is.
Few are left of the two Ameri
can infantry companies who first
engaged and slowed down the
North Korean army south of
Seoul. It was a spearpoint of
500 men against a mob of 250,-
000 or more.
They had to take the casualties
because there was no one else who
could break up the Red tide. They
got more blame than credit at the
time, but the passage of 12 months
has shown they did well—consider
ing.
Those first few who held the
Korean dyke until it could be built
stronger included a number of teen
age kids who had joined the army
Austin, June 26—(iP)—The for security. The breaking up of
homecoming 27th Fighter Es- their dreams may be a small part
cort Wing heard Sen. Lyndon
Johnson yesterday call Rus- dreams,
sia’s peace talk “two-faced.”
The wing is back from seven
History may yet say that his
attempt to grab all of Korea by
pure muscle was one of Joe Stalin’s
greatest mistakes. It is there he
abandoned promises for attempted
performance.
Johnson Calls
Russia’s Talk
‘Two-Faced’
Name Withheld by Request the handling of the individual re- worked to someone’s disadvantage
Teague’s Answer servists during the current Korean who would have been close to being
tuiiaieiy, any icngui ui service ur ^ ij fivers
any terminal date set would have J ^ it couldbe said today
that the job is over for all our
Dear Sir:
I received
your letter of June
conflict, has been perfect by any
means. As a matter of fact, some
employers’ attitudes and other as-
included in the recommended cate
gory.
As to your statement that Texas
fighting men. The job is not fin
ished,” he continued.
“Soviet Russia, the master of
In a dozen months a magnifi
cent U. S.-U. N. army has been
built up able to stay in Korea
as long as it wants to, no matter
how many more troops the Chi
nese may want to waste against
it. The story of the Korean
campaign has been this: the
more they throw against us the
less we have to retreat. As the
enemy has massed, we have
muscled.
Let none say that Korea was
easy. The weather, the filth, the
fortitude of the enemy, the fact
15; 19Uf concerning^the''provisions Pects have caused many reservists A&M reserve officers are being the forces you fought in Korea, n0 end to the campaign was visible
of the recent Universal Military to be P e Jl allz . ed insofar as their seriously discriminated against, I talks now of peace. _ thege thi made Eorea diffi _
Training and Service Act which P® 1 ’ 80 ^ 1 bfe ' s concerned. On the do not know it is true of Texas “That talk is two-faced. cu i t and memorable.
, related to recall of reservists to ac- iand ’ meet the demands -A&M reserve officers any more “The Kremlin wants peace in Today we hold a new “Chinese
the House_ of Representatives tive duty. of the Korean conflict there was, than any other reserve officer re- Eorea on ]y because the Kremlin wall” of our own, a steel shell cur-
would permit such inequities to be I believe the specific provision a U: 1S ’ a du ' e nee d for experienced gaidless of the origin of his com-. needs time to make war elsewhere, tain aaginst the iron curtain. Rus-
- - ' ' ' • ’ ' nH ' rprs Asarps,llt 11Qft0ft " ffl - ™ 1RR,nn We must not be deceived. The sia’s bid by force has been blocked
self placed in the same situation;
while men who have never served
a day in the armed forces are be
ing pi’omoted above me in my civil
ian job.
The 17 months provision for in
active and voluntary reserve was possesses a rating
fine, but 1 and others like which is critical,
myself who fall a month and a
half short of one year 1 , service be
tween Dec. 17, 1941 and Sept. 2,
1945, are discriminated against.
Why not consider the total length
of service up to 1946 or 1947 for
involuntary reserves ?
The Battalion
There can be no lasting peace on
Communist terms,” he said.
The senator added that the
fight must be settled on “our
but persons in that category could terms.”
“The nation that controls the
skies will write the peace,” he
said.
LI’L ABNER
The Bothored Bride
perpetrated upon the Organized which you are referring to is that °® cers - ^- s a re S u it, 119,000 offi- mission. llluou „„„ „„ wv »i»vv..
Reserve Corps. It is inconceivable which states unless sooner released J;? rs were recalled from the mac- Certainly, I agree that it is not Communists are not peace-makers, by force,
that the period of 21 months should by the Secretary of the branch e volunteei, and oi ganized re- piopei that some men who have pan Vip nn lastine 1 nears on ■»,.* <•
be lengthened rather than shorten- concerned, any member of the in- serve in the Y ear J ust ended, at never served in the armed forces
ed. In 1945 I had my career inter- active or volunteer Reserve who least half of whlch were non-vol- should be exempted and progress
rupted and once again I find my- served for one year between Dec 7 urdeerS- in civilian life while others need
' 1941, and Sept. 2, 1945, shall’be The vast majority of these of- bear the b F’ d ? n and serve twlc ?i
released after 17 months of active fieers recalled had World War II but persons m that category couk
duty provided: service;' many in the combat arms n °t de considered as a source of re
© He applies for the release. bad already seen a great deal of placement for reserve officers even
® The military department con- combat. It was not, however, a W tbeg were called into the ser-
cerned does not consider that he question of like or dislike at the vice ;
specialty time; it was a matter of the, over- rinal Analysis
riding need for their services. I„ the final analysis, the armed
Otherwise, at the discretion of Therefore, no matter how you look forces in this current emergency
the_ President, reservists now on at it, when the need is there for needed officers for a quick expan
active duty or to be- recalled to officers and when most officers sion as well as replacements over-
active duty may be required to available are products of World seas; they could only look to the
serve 24 months. You will notice War II, the majority of those of- reserve for experienced officers
that there is no guarantee that fieers taken will be the position of 0 f the type needed. That situation
anyone will be released after 17 having to serve twice. still exists although there is some
Now r , the question comes as to hope that the middle of 1952 the
who shall be required to serve pressure will lessen due to an in-
twice. Naturally, the first qualifi- creased number of ROTC and OCS
cation would be that he be a reser- graduates,
vist for tw T o reasons
But the real price of Korea,
the fourth costliest war America
has fought, is the same old ex
pensive bill paid before — the
cost of unpreparedness.
And how can you ever pay back
the loyalty of ready men w 7 ho died
to save an unready nation?
n amo
PALACE
Bryan 2‘$$79
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the officers w 7 ho could most quickly,
as a group, take up the threads
of the service again would be those
of other reserve officers w 7 ho dis
like the idea of being recalled,
but realize that it is a necessity
and obligation which cannot be
avoided.
As to the conditions of length of
service, there might be some room
for debate although I still believe
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theoretically subject to partici
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Second Qualification
Considerable Hardship
I realize that it works a consider
able hardship on those who have
to be continually interrupted in
their normal civilian pursuits to
In the recent bill, Congress in- enter the armed forces, but I hon-
j • es tly cannot say what alternative
could be followed under the parti
cular circumstances.
I am alw r ays glad to hear from
an Aggie-ex. If you ever get by
Washington, drop into the office
and see us.
Sinrerely,
Olin E. Teague
__ ' Congressman
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