APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD She added: “Dr. Jonen gives these miserable people dry beds to aleep that unprecedented attainment alone is enough for me.” The all too prevalent skepticlam and hope- leseness M.S. ia Mustrated by an experience of the clinic's physical therapist, Mra. Anita W. Preston. On assuming duties, Mrs. Preston wrote the head of an interna- tionally recognized organization concerned with physical rehabitllation and asked for guidance. The reply expremed surprise that anyone would consider trying to revital- ize M. 8.-ridden muscles. ago, wien other physical therapists through- out the Northwest gathered to observe with Only extr: achievement has kept the clinic alive In the face of a farmidable wall of disbelief. But even the most stub- ~porn diehards are impressed by recoveries ike that of Mrs. Evra Jennings. Neurosurgeons were not certain whether Mra. Jennings had advanced multiple sclero- sis or a brain tumor. One specialist urged drastic brain surgery as her only hope. Har left side was completely paralyzed, and ahe was taken to the clinic In a wheel chair. After Jess than a month she was walking normally and gave the chair away. All traces of paralysis were gone. Mrs. Jennings called on the doctor who had urged a brain operation, and carefully grasped his hand with her pre- viously paralyzed left hand. Doubting Thomass like to say that the St. Joseph's treatment is largely psycho- therapy. “Nothing but mental suggestion,” they insist. This amuses Dr. Jones. “Cer- tainly we are guilty of mental suggestion,” he says, “if that means we fight to uphoid morale and prevent fits of depression.” Without doubt the director does inspire hope and confidence. There is no defeatiam at Tacoma. One man said, “The very way Jones greets you when you arrive seems to say, ‘How wonderful that you have come to me. Maybe you're in pretty bad ehape, but between the two of us we'll lick thia thing.’ He makes you feel iike a very important per- son and that he’s more interested in you than in any other Individual—and you’re certain you'll get well.” Heppily, prominent physicians are now convinced multiple sclerosis victims have a chance at 8t. Joseph's Hospital, and are send- ing them there. The same holds true for Veterans’ Bureau administrators, county Medical society executives, and a host of welfare organizations. Representative THor C. Torzerson, of Washington, has introduced @ measure in Congress which would provide Federal aid for the clinic. No case is considered too advanced, and no person ts refused, for lack of money. One of the wealthiest men in the Northwest took his treatment alongside of charity cases, without any distinction In care, Dr. Janez himself has not accepted one cent, not even Christmas gifts, from clinic patients. Fur- thermore, he devotes most of his time to the clinic. Pitiful stories are told by many who sought treatment elsewhere before going to the multiple sclerosis clinic. Mr. and Mrs, Edwards saved $750—just tidden shortly, and dreaded being When she heard about the place where no- wea refused, she found it hard to he- Neve, but decided to investigate. “After all,” she said, “it didn’t matter greatly in my condition whether I died at once or waited a while” ‘That she can look back upon her near suicide tn a matter-of- fact manner indicates the progress this ‘woman has made. The Brodeur family heard about the clinic one Gaturday afternoon shortly after Mrs. ening medical sounded too good to be true, but anything was worth a trial. By Wednesday the bus- band had sold his business in Providence, 8. I., and the family took its first plane ride, bound for Tacoma. “Qmartest thing I ever did,” Mr. Brodeur says. ‘My wife hasn't made any startling recovery, but she’s 500 percent better. I'm the nurse, and I ought to know. She'd been in bed 7 years. At least she’s in a wheelchair now. We don't ask for miracles.” Sister Margaret Angeline may never walk again, but her feeling is of deepest gratitude. Anyone trying to evaluate events, she says, must remember that multiple sclerosis bas Deen the despair of medical science ever since it was first recognized a hundred years ago. The mortifying nature of the disease makes people feel sensitive and apart. Soon they be- come social outcasts. “It seems almost too much that I am privileged to be in the one place where progress is being made.” ahe says. And she feels privileged to put in long hours performing the secretarial duties of the clinic. Father Robinson is a source of great in- spiration to all at the hospital. Former pres- ident of Gonsaga University and of the Jesuit Order for the four Western States and Alaska, this religious leader was advised 12 years ago that his condition was without hope. Hts consuttant was a neuro- surgeon of international reputation. And, indeed, the disease progressed without absate- ment until Father Robinson sadly performed what he feared was his last mass. Cri; continued until he could neither sit nor lie in a normal position, and he reached the haspital kneeling in a car, the only way he could make the trip. Yet that same night he alept comfortably. Today, just a few months later, Father Robinson again says masses and goes forward with church activities. For same unknown reason, multiple sclero- sis appears to be activated by infections, preg- immediately after his wife ran away with all of his savings. Another suffered early symp- torus when # beloved grandchild was threat- ened by a kidnaper, A student at the University of Washingtan chartered a plane and flew home one week end to surprise the family. She reached the remotely affuated ranch late at night, only to find it deserted. The also had chartered a plane and own to surprise her. Shortly following that experience she became sclerosis is more common and climates. her tegs became paralysed. econ proved that multipte sclerosis hed atrack, The cause was quickty determined, and there ts every reseon to believe Barbara will hold the complete recovery she has ap- parently made. Her experience shoutd be a warning to those who try to truck the natural inclination to Keep warm. Tt ia difficult to report events at Tacoma, ven after you have visited St. ‘3 Hos- pital—observed everything with what you believe is a critical eye, and talked with the half a million dollars in histamine and curere to the clinic. As he was leaving the clinics this scientist said in an awed tone, “I have seen it all, and reason telis me things must be as I have seen them. Still I can't believe it.” Defense of Western Europe EXTENSION OF REMARES HON. BRIEN McMAHON OF CONNECTICUT IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. McMAHON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Appendix of the Recoan a letter from Robert P. Patterson relating to the de- fense of Western Europe which was pub- lished in the New York Times December 31, 1950. There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the Recoza, as follows: Deveroine tHe Weer— Wrrinawat Feom Leapersmie ne Crecniic OComonts Orrosrn (The writer of the following letter was formerly Secretary of War.) To the Enrrog or THz New York Tuam: The news of the Korean retreat of the United Nations forces, composed in the main of United States farces, has brought on an imalstence in some quarters in this country that we should withdraw our troops, uot only from Korea but from everywhere overseas. The reality of the peril from Soviet Russis ts admitted, but the odds are said to be so heavily against us that from now on we should confine our defense efforts to the Western Hemisphere and the oveans on both aides. Otherwise, it is argued, nothing but disaster ia in store for forces committed over~ seas, whereas it is claimed that we can make the Western Hemisphere an impregnable fortress, a Gibraltar. The proposais for retreat vary a Hitle tn details. Mr. Hoover urges that we should | i 4 | § | i i rope until such time as our assistance would not be needed. On the other hend, he would have us belp defend Britain provided the British will ‘ate. But defense of Britain in the face of Soviet gebye er a: a" FESES Fs Hil Hal FIG:
A38 In substance the several proposals come to the same: evacuate and rally on our own shores. It is argued that the best place to wage war, if we must wage it, 1s on our own soll, Consider the case of Western Europe. With the hostile intentions of Soviet Russia an acknowledged fact, is abandonment of Western Europe the best policy for defense of the United States? 1 submit that it is not. PACT REPUDIATION In the first place, the suggested abandon- ment would be a flat repudiation of the North Atiantic Defense Treaty. By that treaty the United States and Canada and 10 countries of Western Europe pledged their faith to give continuous mutual aid and to come to one another’s assistance in the event of attack against any of them. Our Senate ratified the treaty in July 1949 by an overwhelming vote, Democrats and Republicans concurring. Are we to turn our backs on that treaty? Would any people ever again put reliance on the pledged word of the United States? Apart from treaty, apart from breaking faith with little Denmark, Norway, and the other nations which took a bold stand in signing the treaty in the face of threats from the Kremlin, a stand taken because of their trust in us, 1t requires no detailed argument to prove that on military grounds the defense of Western Europe is of vital value to our defense. The nations of Europe that have not been flattened by the Soviet juggernaut—divided though they are by national boundaries and speaking different tongues—have in the ag- gregat> 200,000,000 people. They are vigorous, productive people. They have an industrial plant of huge capacity, second only to that of this country, It is a workshop far su- perior to that of Russia and Russia’s satel- tes, and the men in Moscow have yearned for years to seize it. If those people and that industrial plant should be taken over by the Soviet Union and added to their present strength in men and materials, the United States would be in &@ position hopelessly inferior in virtually everything it takes to wage war. With West- ern Europe overrun, the fall of Africa and the rest of Asia would be a certainty. Afri- ca’s uranium, apparently the most abundant 80 far discovered, would no longer be shipped here to the United States. It would go to feed Russian atomic energy plants. With the rest of the world arrayed against ‘us, we could not maintain ourselves for long on sea, air, or land. Our military position would be desperate. INVITING CONQUEST In short, abandonment of Western Europe would be nothing but an invitation to con- quest of our own country by Soviet Russia. It would play directly into the hands of Sta- lin, with his plan of divide and conquer, with his strategy of knocking off his opponents one by one. No wonder that Pravda printed the speeches of Mr. Hoover and Mr. Kennedy in full. Impatience over the slowness of the free people of Europe in strengthening their armed forces in face of imminent pert] is un- derstandable, though even here we must, in candor, make the acknowledgment that our own speed in mustering our military power has been nothing remarkable ao far, But a long step forward in the direction of combined defense of Western Europe was recently taken at the Brussels conference. General Eisenhower has been appointed su- preme commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. Mr. Hoover's speech made no men- tion of these favorable developments. It gets us nowhere to wring our hands and talk of retreating. If the United States, the leader of the free nations, the nation least exposed, talks and acts that way, who could blame the countries in Europe if they should fall away from the alliance? The key to the situation, I submit, is the possession of military strength. We must at- tain it as swiftly as possible, at whatever cost. Our long lead in atom bombs, plus our power to deliver them by long-range air power, has deterred Soviet Russia from attacking direct- ly so far, but no one can say how long the deterrent effect will continue. What we need now is to supplement that strong asset with still more air power, also with more power to hold the lines of de- fense on the ground. With military strength in being and not merely on paper, we will find that most of our other problems so far as they concern Soviet Russia will be solved without undue difficulty. In addition, we should collect as many allies as possible—Spain, a rearmed Western Germany, a rearmed Japan. Far from rune ning away, we should extend our alliance to include al) who have reason to fear conquest by Soviet Russia and have the will to resist. For the peril from Soviet Russia is a mortal peril to free people the world over. Stalin will not stop until he is stopped. Bear in mind what he wrote in Problems of Leninism. It is inconceivable that the Soviet Repub- lic should continue to exist for a long period side by side with imperialistic states. Ulti- mately one or the other must conquer. Meanwhile a number of terrible clashes be- tween the Soviet Republic and the bourgeois states are inevitable. In the dark days of the Revolution there were those who advised retreat. In the Civil War the Democratic platform of 1864 declared the war a failure, and that party went into the wilderness for 20 years as a penalty—a just penalty—for its lack of faith in the Nation. Napoleon was defeated by a coalition. So was the Kaiser; so was Hitler. Stalin can be held in check by a coalition of the nations still free; or if he insists on war he can be defeated. But if the United States, the strongest member of the coalition, should pull out, then his prospects for conquest of the world, this country included, would in- deed be the brightest they have ever been. RoseErt P, ParTERsoNn. The American Brand of Democracy EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. HARRY FLOOD BYRD OF VIRGINIA IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unan- imous consent to have printed in the Appendix of the Recorp a striking state- ment made by Mr. Paul F. Watkins, the editor of the Herald-Progress of Ashland, Va., and which was republished in the Cosmopolitan magazine. There being no objection, the state- ment was ordered to be printed in the Recor», as follows: If you don’t like the fighting and feuding that goes with our American brand of de- mocracy, there are two places you can go to find unanimity and peace. One of them is a land where everybody agrees on everything every time—or else. Where there ig no can- Gidate except the official candidate; no opinion except the official opinion; no policy, philosophy, or religion that ts not prescribed for you. You are told what to think on government and world affairs, on art, music, APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Mterature, and ecience. And nobody ever grumbles or disagrees out loud twice. That's Russia. The other place where there is eter- nal peace and quiet and harmony is Wood Lawn Cemetery. The editor is in no hurry to go to either. (Paul F. Watkins, In My Opinion, Herald-Progress, Ashland, Va.) Production of Nickel EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. WAYNE MORSE OF OREGON IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to insert in the Ap- pendix of the Recorp, an editorial en- titled “Too Much Complacency,” pub- lished in the Washington Evening Star of January 1, 1951. The editorial deals with the report of the Subcommittee on Preparedness of the Committee on Armed Services. The subcommittee is headed by the distinguished Senator from Texas [Mr. Jonson]. The editorial comments on the report of the committee on the nickel problem as it confronts us today. I want to say in passing that the Sen- ate is aware of the great work which is being done by the Subcommittee on Na- tional Preparedness of the Committee on Armed Services. However, I think it is quite proper that I should comment on the floor of the Senate today on the courage, fearlessness, absolute fairness, and impartiality of the chairman of the subcommittee, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Jonnson]. The committee under his leadership has been carrying out the promise we made at the outset of our work that we would be entirely impartial and fearless, and that we would let the chips fall where they may. I think the editorial comment on the subcommittee’s report is deserving of the very careful attention of every Member of the Senate. There being no objection, the editorial was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: Too MucH CoMPLACENCY With nickel an indispensable item in our military stockpiling program, and most of our sources of supply outside the country, it is hard to account for the complacency which the Senate Armed Services Prepared- ness Subcommittee encountered during an inquiry. Our experience in World War II showed the urgency of manitaining a large stockpile of this critical metal. At no time during that war were we able to keep more than a 2 months’ supply on hand. Yet, with & new war under way in the Far East and @ world-wide conflict threatened, the Senate group found that the Nation faces a serious shortage of nickel, with little immediate prospect of an increased supply. The nickel stockpiling program, the subcommittee as- serted in a report, “has been conducted with far too much complacency.” Nickel has assumed even more importance in this emergency than during the late war, because of the development of jet fighters and bombers. Nickel ts an essential ingredient of the tough steel needed to withstand the high temperatures of jet power plants. We are the world’s largest consumer of nickel,
APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD yet we produce hardly any worth speaking of. Our chief reliance is on a foreign mo- nopoly, the International Nickel Co. of Can- ada, Ltd., which produces 85 percent of the world's supply of the metal. Efforts to tn- duce this firm to expand production capacity to care for emergency demands have thus far brought no results. The Canadian sup- ply seems to have reached a fixed level at a time when our war plants are seeking more and more nickel for planes and guns. With this bleak situation staring us in the face, it would be natural to assume that every other possible source of nickel supply would be exploited to the Itmit. But Sena- tor Lympon JoHNBON’s subcommittee was “shocked to discover” that the United States owns one of the largest nickel-producing plants in the world in Cuba, but it is idle. Built during the past war, the plant was declared surplus, and efforts were made to sell {t-—-without success. Today, 6 months after the outbreak of the Korean War, plans for reactivating the plant still have “not ad- vanced beyond the point of paper prepared- ness.” Even more alarming is the fact that it will take about a year to repair the plant, staff it, and begin production of nickel in substantial quantities. The danger fs that our enemies may not give us the time we need to do the things that we have neg- lected to do up to now. Nickel 1s but one of a number of war ma- terials which we have failed to stockpile in quantities sufficient to the needs of the pres- ent emergency. The subcommittee puts the blame not only on the Munitions Board but on the Budget Bureau, Congress, and the people as 8 whole. Senator Jounson aptly summed it up when he reported that the country’s most critical shortage “is not one of nickel or wool or rubber or any other such commodity, but rather a shortage of bold planning.” It will take bold planning from now on to rectify past shortcomings and meet the needs which loom so large ahead. The Situation in Korea EXTENSION OF REMARKS HOW. FRANK CARLSON OF Ks NBSAS IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. CARLSON. Mr, President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Recor» an editorial from the Topeka Daily Capital, issue of December 23, 1960. This is a guest editorial written by Henry A. Bubb, Topeka, retiring presi- dent of the United States Savings and Loan League. It expresses the views of many of our citizens. There being no objection, the editorial was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: Speak Ur, Amenica Following 1s 4 guest editorial by Henry A. Bubb, Topeka, president of the National Savings and Loan Assoctation, presented as his opinion of the current crisis and what to do about ft: “Up until a few months ago most of us had high hopes for the succese of the United Nations. “We now know that when the United Na- tions originally agreed to resist aggression and uphold law and justice, it was only ora- tory. Most members did not mean what they said. All the time General MacArthur and his troops were driving northward in Korea, the general was being told through diplomatic channels, not to antagonize the enemy, not to liberate Korea, and not to complete his mission. His orders prevented him from sending planes to reconnoiter above the Chinese border, The general has de- scribed these restrictions as ‘an enormous handicap without precedence in military history.’ “Possibly our brave men have not died in vain on the bloody battlefields of Korea, if in this critical hour the people of America will awaken to the irresoluteness of our allies and change our course to an impregnable United States at home, armed and ready to challenge any aggressor. If we build such a United States of America there will be no attack. If we continue to send all of our men to Europe and Asia, we are pre- paring for the greatest defeat ever suffered by a country dedicated to freedom and Chris- tianity. “Our allies, unfortunately, are weak, di- vided, and either soclalistic or with a large part of their people communistic. As such, they will give up easily and then our boys will be overrun. Thus all men and material eent to foreign shores will be lost and the United States will be left an easy prey for the communistic armies of the world. “Why not arm the Chinese Nationaliste, the Turks, the Spaniards, and others who have been willing to stand up and fight com- munism—buy off Chinese Communist gen- erals, who will in turn create civil war in China? By those methods the Communists of Asia and Europe will be kept busy while we build a strong United States, keep our boys at home, and protect the private-enter- prise system which has made us the greatest Nation on the face of the earth. “To do this we must change our leader- ship. Unfortunately we have a President, at the most crucial time in the history of the world, who not only shows poor judgment, but is also showing signs of instability. “I suggest that his own party surround him with a policy committee of the top men in our country. That committee should im- mediately clean out the State Department, starting with Secretary Dean Acheson, who has charted the suicidal course the United States has followed. Also General Marshall, whose policy led to Communist domination of China, should be retired along with other men who have been good generals in their time. The committee should enlist the services of great Americans, regardless of political aMiiations, to save what we have left before we lose all. “Tomorrow may be too late. It can hap- pen here. Speak up, America—demand of your Congress to take immediate action.” Address by Ex-President Hoover EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. WAYNE MORSE OF OREGON IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, Janucry 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have inserted in the Appendix of the Recorp an article entitled “It Seems to Me” written by Charles A, Sprague, and published in a recent issue of the Salem (Oreg.) States~- man. The article presents a point of view on the subject of our foreign policy which is considerably different from the point of view presented today by the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Tart]. I find A39 myself in complete agreement with the point of view presented in this article. There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: Ir Sesms To Mr (By Charlies A. Sprague) The policy recommended by ex-President Hoover Wednesday night has an appeal. He would have the United States avoid entan- glement in Asia and make no ommitments in Europe 1 ntil Western Europe recruits its own sizable force. He would have the United States build up its defenses behind the moats of the Atlantic and Pacific to secure this as a Gibraltar of freedom. That policy appeals to the same instinct which prompts 4 child to put his head under the pillow. He thinks to escape danger or discovery by hiding. In this age of planes and submarines the oceans are an imperfect security. I fear that adoption of the course recom- mended by Mr. Hoover would give the world another Munich on even a greater scale. The forces of disunity in Franc> and Ger- many and Italy would get such an impetus as to make impossible the recruitment which Hoover demands and the United States Gov- ernment bas been strongly urging. Deser- tion of Europe would invite a Communist overrun either by military action or political infiltration. All that Russia needs to round out world dominion on a scale not even dreamed of by Alexander and Caesar and Napoleon, but only by the mad Hitler ts to obtain the industrial plant of West Ger- many and France and the Low Countries. Britain would be exposed to a greater men- ace than it was in 1941 and would exist largely by Russian suffrance. This would leave the United States tso- lated, not only militarily but politically, eco- nomically, and morally. Its connection with the worl) community would be cut off. The nations of the Southern Hemisphere would be an inadequate and uncertain substitute for those of Western Europe for our associ- ation. In the past I have warned against too wide a spread of our guaranties, not only for conserving our military strength but also fo. employing it in a vital area. For the United States that is first in Western Europe. We must not cast off Europe with an abrupt ulttmetum such as Mr. Hoover off. rs. Shipment of Rubber to Russia by Great Britain EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. WILLIAM LANGER OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. LANGER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Appendix of the Recorp an Interna- tional News dispatch dated London, De- cember 21, 1950, entitled “Britain Will Bhip Russia $10,000,000 Worth of Rub- There betng no objection, the dispatch was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: Barrauy Writ Seip Rusata $10,000,000 Wort or Rvsase Lonpon, December 21.—Ten million dollars worth of Malayan rubber now piled on the London docks is scheduled to be shipped to
A40 Russia next month aboard the British steam- er Stanreaim, . The transaction was confirmed today by a spokesman for the shipping company, J. A. Billmeir, which has chartered the ship to the Soviets. The spokesman told Interns- tional News Service; “It's just an ordinary business deal.” The rubber, # vital war material, will be loaded soon aboard the Stanrealm, which will sail for Odessa in January. The spokesman added: “There is nothing to prevent Russia from buying British rubber, We are not at war with them.” Hoover Commission Recommendations on Organization of Government EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. WILLIAM BENTON OF CONNECTICUT IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January § (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. BENTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to insert in the Ap- pendix of the Recorp, an editorial from the New York Times entitled “Halfway To Go,” dealing with the recommenda- tions of the Hoover report. I am, of course, pleased that the Citizens Com- mittee finds that about half the pro- gram has already heen embodied in 20 public Jaws and 26 reorganization plans. I suggest to the Congress, however, that although we may be one-half of the way along the route, judged numerically, I do not think we are halfway along judged from the standpoint of political diffi- culty. I believe many of the easiest plans came first. The pressures on the Congress will be even greater to defeat some of the plans still to come, as the implications of this editorial indicate. In this year of crisis, with our very survival perhaps depending on our ef- ficiency, I hope the Congress will more resolutely face up to some of the dis- tasteful political decisions which must be made if we are to achieve the economy and efficiency in our Government rec- ommended by the Hoover Commission. There being no objection, the editorial was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: Hatrway To Go The work already accomplished by Con- gress and by the Executive in putting into effect recommendations of the Hoover report is at once a cause for satisfaction and 6 challenge. Some very notable improvements have been made in the organization of gov- ernment; in fact, the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report says that about half the program has already been embodied in 20 public laws and 26 reorganization plans for atrengthening the Federal structure. Most notable among them is the Military Unifica- tion Act, benefits of which have perhaps been felt sooner than anticipated. The Reorgani- gation Act of 1949 enabled modernization of some 17 major agencies. Creation of the General Services Administration has vastly simplified governmental housekeeping prob- lems, Many other major and minor reforms have been adopted. And, as the Citizens Committee points out, not the least beneficial effect of the report has been a reawakening of publio interest in Government unprece- dented in our times. In 41 States little Hoover cornmissions have been established, and the is going on even in some major cities, including New York (the Gulick survey), and Los Angeles. The challenge lies in the work still cut out for Congress and the administration if the full benefits implicit in the Hoover re- pot are to be realized. Some important rec- ommendations have not yet been acted upon: the proposal to reorganize the Department of Agriculture, for instance. Efforts that were made in this direction last spring were defeated. Some major inyprovements have been made in the Post Office Department; but the No. 1 problem here, mixture of poli- tics with the appointment of postmasters, has not yet been solved. The Veterans’ Ad~- ministration requires a going-over, Unifica- tion of all Federal medical facilities should not be longer delayed. A crying need is es- tablishment of greater control, from the standpoint of the general welfare, over water- development projects, with particular refer ence to the work of the Bureau of Reclama- tion and to the civil functions of the Army Corps of Engineers. There are many other equally important battles to be fought and won. Constant vigilance and constant pres- sure will be necesary to see them through to victory. The War in Korea EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. OLIN D. JOHNSTON OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Friday, January 5 (legislative day of Wednesday, January 3), 1951 Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina. My. President, I have before me a letter which appeared in the editorial column of the Anderson (S. C.) Independent on January 1, 1951, which was written by a South Carolina boy now serving with the American forces in Korea. The author of this letter makes one statement that should awake all of us as well as all citizens of the United States. That statement is: I guess a great general like Mr. Mac- Arthur knows what he’s doing, leavin’ us here like this. But I sure wish I knew what it is all about. All I can say, whatever it is, it must be pretty doggone important to be \ Sabin re many lives, and so much suffering an . Such a letter as this should be a warn- ing to all that petty politics and individ- ual wars among the American people be brought toa stop. It should also be suf- ficient notice for this country to lay the cards on the table and prepare for the worst. Iam glad to see that we are now starting our defense mobilization, and I personally advocate all-out prepared- ness, Let us quit playing around and work together for the sake of survival. If we are going to have to fight Russia, let us be prepared. IT see no need in continuing a half war. The lives of our young Americans are be- ing exchanged for the lives of Chinese Communists inspired by Russia. Our soldiers could kill 10,000 Chinese a day for 10 years, and the Chinese popula- APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD tion would still continue to increase. As I see it these side war's are not worth the price we will pay. Let us come home and build a defense that no country will dare attack. I ask unanimous consent that the edi- torial from the Anderson Independent of January 1, 1951 be printed in the Ap- pendix of the Recorp. There being no objection, the editorial was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: . FOXHOLE PHILOSOPHER William C. Arbery, who is general rine ager of Carolina Detergents, Inc., prought to us yesterday a letter from a soldier in Korea; a boy by the name of Ben. We think this letter reflects the general tempo of thinking in these critical days; tells story which everyone should know. This is the letter: “Dearest Mom: Well old 1950 is about over and things are fairly quiet right now, but it sure is cold. Forty degrees below Zero would freeze good old South Carolina right off the map, wouldn’t it, Mom? But don’t worry about me gettin’ cold. We've been on the move for several weeks and up to about a week ago I didn’t have my clothes off or have a bath or sleep much for over 8 weeks. “They say we'll get warmer clothes some- time soon. Gee, I sure hope so, because this kind of weather just freezes your legs and arms if you stop movin’. I hear one fellow had to have both arms and both legs cut off. Boy, am I lucky. Of course, that wouldn't happen if we had the right kind of clothes, but you see Mom, they thought we'd all be out of here before Christmas. But something sure went wrong. Nobody around here seems to know just what. I'll tell you the Gospel truth, Mom, if I can’t talk to you, I can't talk to anybody, and I've just got to get this off my chest. Why, I don't know who we're fightin’ even. Is it the Russians, the North Koreans, or the Chinese? And who are we fightin’ for? Some say we're in the American Army and others say we're in the UN Army. What is this UN, anyhow, Mom? I never gave it much thought as long as I thought we'd all be eatin’ Christmas turkey together at home. We thought it was Just about over, and then all of a sudden it seemed like millions of these crazy, screaming yellow men came at us from every direction. Seems like some~- body would have known about it and warned us, but we kept heading right up to the border like there wasn't anything on the other side of it but pine trees. Seems to me that it would have been a good idea for somebody to have sort of scouted up ahead, though, don’t you think so, Mom? “Looks like we're outnumbered a pretty smart amount, and though we don't aim to move an inch, we just can’t expect our lines to hold up against these thousands and thousands of doped-up maniacs. It’s al- ways the same, they come at us laughing, crying, yelling, screaming-—they are not brave, Mom, they're just crazy drunk. I wish I was home, I guess a great general like Mr. MacArthur knows what he's doing, leavin’ us here like this. But I sure wish I knew what {t is all about. All I can say, whatever it is, it must be pretty doggone important to be worth so many lives, and so much suffering and all. “You can hear anything over here. Some of the fellows got it out that Mr. Truman has been writing ‘silly letters to people at home about things that would be silly even in peacetime, But Mom, I don’t believe that kind of stuff. I know one thing, if I thought the President of the United States didn't have any more to do than that, in times like these, I’d sure be scared for my skin.