A126 The editor of this well-known veter- ans’ newspaper, Mr. Edward K. Inman, writes understandingly and comprehen- sively of the important problem now facing the Veterans’ Administration in caring for disabled veterans of the Ko- rean conflict with a hospital set-up that is inadequate and understaffed. I want to urge upon ali of you earliest priority of consideration for legislation that will provide sufficient hospitaliza- tion and treatment for disabled veterans of all wars. This is not a gift nor a grant; it is an obligation and duty we owe to those who are injured in defend- ing our country. There should be no time lost in enacting legislation that will authorize the building of a“ditional hos- pital facilities. The editorial follows: UNFINISHED BUSINESS If it were not so tragically misleading we would bave been amused no little at the re- cent statement of the Administrator of Vet- erang’ Affairs, Gen. Carl R. Gray, Jr., that his agency is fully equipped to take care of all veterans of the Korean conflict vho are discharged disabled and cannot be returned to duty. We suppose that Gray was refer- ring to some portion of that 27,000 reported wounded, who are not to be retained indefi- nitely for treatment and rehabilitation by the Department of Defense or who are not separated from service after maximum re- covery from lesser disabilities, but, even s0, the good general is either being misled by some of his own staf or he just does not know what he is talking about, Under the circumstances, and because the new Eighty- second Congress must deal with the whole question of veterans’ hospitalization, we think it is timely to once more discuss here this very critical problem. We suspect that the Veterans’ Administrator was merely par- roting the convictions of his chief medical officer, Dr. Paul Budd Magnuson, and his crowd from the American Medical Associa- tion who have no desire to have former servicemen oocupy hospital beds at Govern- ment expense under any conditions, and we believe we can fustify that inference. For purposes of accuracy suppose we once more review the facts and from them draw the only possible conclusions that can be found in these repeated assertions that the VA is equipped to hospitalize an indefinite number ‘of disabled, and let us go all the ‘way back to the beginning so that there can be no mistake about any of it. We were not here during the Civil War and the wars that preceded it, and we know only what we have read about the abject lack of facilities to care for the wounded. There are oniy a dozen Union veterans now living, and thanks to the vision of their younger comrades, they have available Veterans’ Administra- tion beds which will not be denied if or when needed. However, there are some- thing under 100,000 elderly veterans of the Spanish-American War still living, who are entitled to have humane treatment at the hands of the VA and are not receiving it, As of November 30, 1950, there were an esti- mated 3,600,000 men surviving from World War I, who are supposed to have the right to hospitalization when they need it, and, Omitting the potential list resulting from the war in Korea, there were almost 15,000,- 000 World War II veterans of record who could demand the same protection under given circumstances. Sh as it may seem, there are available and building to take care of this load exactly 118,363 oper- ating beds. And VA officials have the ef- trontery to say they can take care of all comers, They have “plenty” of beds. Let’s see what they do have. Ten thou- sand of the number just stated are not yet built. Operating, or capable of being oper- ated, are 108,266, but Dr. Magnuson says he cannot use all of these because he cannot staff them with doctors, nurses, and other necessary personnel. Some 97,488 are occu- pied by veteran patients, or ware on Novem- ber 30. These hospital beds are made up of $31,170 general medical and surgical; 52,100 psychotic and other nervous cases; 12,978 tubercular; 832 obstetric and miscellaneous, and-—-mark this—408 in readiness or occu- pied by nonveterans. Also, there are 5,054 beds reserved for one reason or another, and 4,824 are vacant. How many of them are staffed we do not know, but these are the “plenty of beds” for Korean casualties. Ac- tually the VA was renting 12,500 beds before last July when the Commies began their march of aggression, but at least some of them had to be turned back to the armed services. These off-the-cuff statements by VA officials make good reading, but the truth 1s that they are spotted for the purpose of propagandizing some veterans out from be- tween the sheete—about which we shall re- mark further, later on. As a matter of positive fact, thie country is many thousands of beds for veterans short of its needs. Many readers will recall the mad bullding program that was started after World War I when the Government had not begun to anticipate its requirements and was caught with its pants down. Interested parties, especially organized veterans, were compelled to fight tooth and nail to get new and enlarged hospitals, It was found, ob- viously enough, that it takes years to build such facilities, and—-note this—the presently built and proposed total of 118,363 operating beds above mentioned are fewer than were then expected to fill the anticipated wants of World War I veterans alone. Far from being able to care for any new crop of war casualties, no provision has yet been at- tempted for any of the 15,000,000 World War II servicemen, let alone those coming home from Kores, or to come back from world war THY. In January 1949, President Truman de- fied the Congress and cut back by Executive order an authorization for 16,000 addittonal beds at a then estimated cost of $237,000,000, but, despite the fact that 800,000 or more patients must be cared for in another 25 years, the AMA and its stooges in our own veterans’ agency have been able to block passage of legislation to provide what every- body knows will be required ff veterans’ laws are not circumvented. Should anybody have any doubt about what we have written here, we challenge them publicly to deny what is proven fact. As the VA has expanded and as tts bureau- cratic power has increased, it has defiled the Congress, the representatives of the people, and it is giving orders, not taking them. The interests of the very veterans that the VA is intended to serve are being fouled up. This hospital-bed proposition is only the beginning of further encroachments upon the rights of men and women who have served their country in time of war. The whole truth is that it is planned to keep veterans out of the hospitals excepting for treatment of proved service-connected dis- abilities, and, after that ls accomplished, we hed better be prepared to defend other legal privileges. The boys in the saddle are up to their old tricks again, and our veterans had best watch out, With long, long lists of applicants seeking to be admitted to veterans’ hospitals, Macwo- gon and his kind accuse some of enjoying “hospitalitis.” He states that there never will be enough beds to take care of everybody ‘who wants them. While men of war die like files outside VA installations because of a lack of beds, the brass there says “there's no room in the inn.” Reports show vacant beds which General Gray's bosees say they cannot staff. Macnusow instets thet no more will be bullt and orders the Congress, through the Prestdent and his Budget Director, to turn down legislative requests, and the Ad- ministrator joins him in saying ‘‘we are fully APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD equipped to care for all Korean casualties.” Foliow these tactics through to a final] end, Msten to the publicized attacks on war vet- erans who need hospital care and cannot get it, and there ts but one answer. Hospitali- gation for veterans without disabilities proved to be the actual and direct result of war is on the way out regardless of the menace posed to the public health by those who sutf- fer from communicable diseases and mental disturbances, Those fine warriors who have saved this Nation from its enemies in time of war and who now need help in disablement and old age are turned away to be public charges under social laws designed to care for other unfortunates. Their services for- gotten and deprecated by time and neglect, they are to revert to the economic ecrapheap and die disregarded heroes. This is not a very pretty picture, but it ts what ts in the mill. There is plenty of money to appease Communists, debate the state of the world, and feed and clothe all backward nations, but none for those who have made such things possible. We enjoin this new Congress to do something about it. We warn the spokesmen for war veterans to Place the facts before the citizenry and de- mand that their legislators correct abuses by protecting those who have protected them. It is time to move, and move fast, if we are not for a third time going to have to treat war Casualties in tents, in barns, and in poor- houses. This is a part of our unfinished business, Colonel Lindsay Says EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. A. LEONARD ALLEN OF LOUISIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, January 12, 1951 Mr. ALLEN of Louisiana. Mr. Speak. er, Col. C. H. Lindsay, an outstanding resident of the Eighth Congressional District of Louisiana, which I have the honor to represent, has for many years been one of our most substantial citizens and has achieved distinction in many lines. He is the active manager of two large sawmills in Louisiana, owned by the Joyce interests, one at Ponchatoula and the other at my home town of Winnfield, La. It probably can be said of him that he has mace a success of everything he has ever undertaken, He can do almost anything with wood or iron, I think he comes nearer to being jack-of-all-trades than any man I have ever known. He not only can operate large industries, but he can plan the con- struction from the ground up. His latest achievement was the construction of a large sawmill at my home town. Recently Colonel Lindsay took on a new field of endeavor. In addition to his many duties and undertakings, he has contributed a number of guest editorials to a local paper. These editorials have been received with considerable interest. T believe the thinking of this outstanding businessman will be of interest to many others, and I am, therefore, including the following editorials prepared by Colonel Lindsay in the Recorp: Tax Lacutr or Live (By ©. H. Lindsay) The light of liberty is the light of life for mankind everywhere. It is a light which
APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD has burned with ever-increasing brilliance and strength in this land of ours since 1776. Today, as seldom before in all of our long and glorious histary, that light and that Uberty are imperiled. A deadly serpent has been loosed upon the American people, Already its deadly virus has seeped into gov- ernment, commerce, industry, labor—into our schools, colleges, and homes, The name of that deadly serpent is communism. Communism, which has a thousand aliases, is the most terrible menace which has faced our people in all of our history. It is even now gnawing at the very vitals of our life as a Nation, and our lves as individuals. It would, first of all, extinguish that light of liberty which has guided us since the birth of our Nation; then it would enslave us and crush us under the domination of a cruel and wicked way of life. There is only one sure and certain defense against the deadly virus of communism. That defense is the faith of the American people in our way of life—and their willing- ness to be ever alert against the insidious virus of communism. That defense is the faith of the American people in our way of life—and their willingness to be ever alert against the insidious virus of the commu- nistic doctrine and to put down the serpent, to crush the monster with truth. It is up to every man and woman and child of us who would preserve the Ameri- can way of life. The sacred light of liberty is the light that shall not and must not fail. PREJUDICE—-A Too. oF COMMUNISM (By C. H. Lindsay) Prejudice is a weapon which most world powers seeking imperialistic goals have found most effective in the battle for power. Such techniques are now being employed by the Communist and are threatening the very existence of our democratic form of governs ment. It is the Red's aim to pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice and thus divide and conquer, ‘We know what hus been done to stir up hatred for the avowed purpose of causing confusion, distrust, and disunity among the American people. Thought and action are the redeeming features of our lives, so we must think and act every way possible to defend, by all means, our fundamental tenets of liberty, justice, and decency. This rests on all alike, You Can’t Try CoMMUNISM (By C. H. Lindsay) You either buy conimunism, or you don’t. If you buy the Red package, you've bought it for keeps, you're stuck with the deal, no return goods, you can’t change your mind. Maybe America isn't exactly heaven all the time. We have our ups and downs, lately principally downs, but at least you can holler—without some party member beating your ears off. You can gripe with- out being liquidated. ‘You can always throw your weight around, and sooner or later con- ditions will adjust for the better if you think right and act right. So keep both eyes open for the oily come rade. When he tries to feed you—try com- munism—you know the come-back, say to him: What do you mean try? Why not try arsenic, or cancer, or leprosy? How can you try something when you can't change your mind? Tus Ricut To CHANGE Our Minps Is THE RiagHT or ALL AMERICANS (By C, H. Lindsay) Maybe you know the Declaration of Inde pendence by memory, maybe you know every word of the Constitution, or maybe you don't, but every one of us should know American ideas like these: In America, power belongs to the self- governing people. Government has always and is now the servant, never the master, In America, you can say or write what you believe. If you think the Government is rotten, you can yell it from the house tops. In America, you can always change your mind and keep on changing it. You can try this, you can try that, you can always say, this ts no good, try something else. But not under communism, you don’t think, you don’t talk, you don't try anything, because you can’t change your mind. The Commu. nist member with the gun will see to that. You do what you are told to do or else. The Late Gen. Walton Harris Walker EXTENSION OF REMARKS or HON. FRANK E. SMITH OF MISSISSIPPI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, January 12,1951 Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, under leave to extend my re- marks, I would like to include the fol- lowing editorial from the New York Times in tribute to the late Gen. Walton Harris Walker. I had the honor to serve under General Walker in his XX Corps of the Third United States Army through the entire period of the European cam- paign. The Eighty-first Congress is to be commended for its action in giving General Walker the posthumous rank of full general, which he so well earned on the field of battle. A GENERAL Goxks To His Rest Nearly half a year has gone by since Lt, Gen. Walton Harris Walker took over com- mand of the United Nations ground troops in Korea. These have been terrible months, General Walker saw his men pushed back almost to Pusan. He commanded, under General MacArthur, the bold and arduous northward advance. At the seeming mo- ment of victory he had the heartbreaking task of surrendering dearly won ground be- fore the overwhelming Chinese attack. Throughout the victories and the reverses he conducted himself like the great soldier he was. Men who had fought under him when he led the late General Patton’s Twen- tieth Corps in the drive across France and Germany and into Austria recognized in Korea his skilled and dashing tactics, his sturdiness under difficult conditions, and his indifference to personal danger. General Walker had 19 awards and decorations. He earned them all. Whon he died yesterday in an accident north of Seoul, General MacArthur had al- ready recommended his promotion to the rank of full general. As General MacAre thur said, “His gallantry in action has been an inspiration to all who have served with him and his loss will be keenly felt not only by our own country but by those allied with us in the cause of freedom on the Korean Peninsula.” No doubt he would have pre- ferred to die under enemy fire. But his death at that time and place was a true sacrifice to the country and the cause he served. An officer whose motto was to make training hard so that combat would seem easy, he had the affection and respect of his men. He will not be soon forgotten. - A127 Champions Solidarity Ce esamaaeenaenal EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. DONALD L. JACKSON OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, January 12, 1951 Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr, Speaker, under leave to extend my re- marks in the Recorp, I include the fol- lowing article by Edward Tomlinson from the Washington Star of January 7, 1951: CHAMPIONS SOLIDARITY—AssisTaANT SECcRE- TaRY or Stats Minter Tries To Maks Americas INTO ONE FAMILY (By Edward Tomlinson) The one bright spot on the horizon of our international relations is Latin America. In spite of our indifference toward, not to say our neglect of them, in the years following World War II, the 20 other American Re- publics and the vast majority of their 150,- 000,000 pecple are wholeheartedly on our side in the bitter struggle against Russian impertalism. More promising still, we are once again assuming a definite and positive leadership in inter-American affairs. Under the ini- tiative of Assistant Secretary Edward G. Miller the State Department is finally going all-out to revive and restore our lost prestige in the nations to the South. On the heels of our reverses in Korea and the threat of aggression in Western Europe, Mr. Miller has not only been pressing the administration for a New Deal in hemisphere policy, but boldly assuming responsibility for its suc- cess or failure, At the critical moment when the United Nations was reeling from the Russo-Chinese forces in Korea, he put forward the plan for an emergency consultation of the 21 Amer- ican Foreign Ministers, the fourth such con- ference ever convoked, Both Secretary Acheson and President Truman approved this full-dresg inter-American gathering. Previously Mr. Miller had busied him- self principally with strengthening the eco- nomic ties with the various Latin American countries. He had endorsed the return of Nelson Rockefeller, a former Assistant Sec- retary of State for Latin-American Affairs, to Washington as chairman of the advisory board of the point 4 program, Realizing Mr, Rockefeller’s interest in the industrial development of the Latin-American nations, and his prestige in the financial and busi- ness world, Mr. Miller welcomed his prede- cessor to the new job, which brings him in close collaboration with the State Depart- ‘ment, PITCHED RIGHT IN Soon after the Assistant Secretary took office he tackled the ticklish Argentine ques- tion in an effort to ease the tension which had existed between our own and the Govern- ment of President Juan Domingo Peron for more than 6 years. Disregarding the critics, particularly anti-Peron labor groups in this country, along with a considerable number of leftist elements and even some of the lib- eral newspapers, he shouldered full respon- sibility for making an economic deal with the Buenos Aires regime. After months of the most tedious negotiation Peron agreed to lift many restrictions on United States- Argentine trade, in return for 2 125,000,000 loan, or “credit.” This agreement made tt possible for the majority of United States firms doing business in Argentina to be paid in dollars for goods already sold in the coun- try, and for other companies to remit their earnings.
A128 Unfortunately, the Argentine agreement intensified the already critical attitude of Brazilians toward Washington. Officials in Rio had previously bitter disap- pointment over what they felt was the failure of this country to lend more economic ald in the development of their industrial resources, in return for their collaboration during World War TI, Whatever we may have thought about it, such a deal with their next-door neighbor, a country that had neither sacri- ficed anything nor cooperated in the great world conflict, seemed to even the most intel- ligent Brazilian like rewarding an encmy and turning our backs on a friend. Adding in- sult to injury came the charges of Senator Guuirrre’s Agricultural Bubcommittee that Brazilian coffee growers were largely respon- sible for the skyrocketing of coffee prices in this country. With State Department approval, the Ex- port-Import Bank and also the World Bank have grented a sizable Hat of loans and cred- its to Brazilian business firms, and also to the Brazilian Government for a number of hydroelectric and other industrial projects, amounting in the past 12 months to over @100,000,000. Recently came the announce- ment that more than three-quarters of a mil- Hon dollars of point-4 funds have been ear- marked for use in providing more scientific know-how and industrial techniques for the people of that country. This is one of the very firet allotments made since the fund was voted by Congress, SIZE YOR HIMSELF A large measure of the credit for easing economic difficulties between Mexico and this country, and the advance of $150,000,000 in new loans to the government of President Miguel Aleman tn the past 6 months, can be ascribed to the efforts of the Assistant Secre- tary. This in spite of the fact that Mexico posed a very serious personal problem for him when he took over the direction of Inter- American Affairs a year and a half ago. He had hardly been confirmed by the Senate when he became the target of a campaign instigated by persons connected with the Mexican Government of! monopoly. Several Congressmen even took up the against him and repeated some of the charges in our own legislative halls, These charges grew out of the fact that Mr. Miller championed a State Department policy against making government-to-gov- ernment loans for the exploitation of oll Tesources in any country. The Department and Mr, Miller took the stand that there was no justification for using public money for risk enterprise so long as there 1s plenty of private capital available for such purposes. Mr. Miller bas made a point of personal, on-the-spot investigations of the problems existing or arising between this country and its nefghbora. No other high official of the Btate De mt, since the days when for- mer Secretary Cordell Hull visited so many of the southern capitals, has been in more intimate contact with Latin American leaders in their own countries. Within the first 12 months after he assumed office he had visited and spent time in every ome of the 20 republics. Nor have any other policy-making officials of the Department tn recent times been so well qualified to meet and deal with Latin officials of all the countries on equal terms. In fuent Spanish, Portuguese, and French, the three langauges spoken in the various 20 nations, he has been able to converse with presidents, politicians, businessmen, and day laborers. Close observation of the personnel of the Latin American division reveals that the chief deputies and assistants also are nearly all old hands in the Latin American field. Most of them are proficient in the different of the countries with which they deal. Thomas Mann, present Deputy Asstst- ant Secretary; John Drier, one of those as- signed to keep liaison with the Latins in the United Nations; Pletcher Warren, director of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, and others have served many years on the firing line, and are among the most expertenced men in hemisphere relations. No Time To Quit in Tidelands Fight EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. WINGATE H. LUCAS OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, January 12, 1951 Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, under Jeave to extend my remarks in the Rrc- orp, I include the following editorial from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: No Trae To Qutr in TIDELANDS FIGHT The United States Supreme Court has en- tered a final decree transferring Texas oil- bearing tidelands to the Federal Government by a process which Senator ConnaLiy brands with the bald term of theft. That means that insofar as court action is concerned Texas has gone down to bitter defeat in a fight in which it passionately believes that right was on its side. It means aleo that the one last hope of overturning the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision lies in action by Congress quitclaiming the tidelands to the States on which they border. The National Association of Attorneys General hes voted to fight for such legisia- tion. This help will be welcomed, for pas- sage of title-validating legislation undoubt- edly has been made more difficult by the high Court’s decision. Unquestionably the attorneys general are motivated, at least in part, by the clear perception that the doc- trine laid down by the Supreme Court in the tidelands case constitutes a threat to State-owned and private holdings in other States, As a dissenting opinion in the Texas case pointed out, the Court by the same reasoning could transfer to the Federal Government the ownership of inland waters or uplands deposits of tron ore or other min- erals now in the hands of private owners or the States. It was an astonishing dissent which At- torney General Wallace Warner, of North Dakota, took to the resolution pledging a continued fight for State ownership of the tidelande. Mr. Warner said that since the Supreme Court had decided the case, law- yers had no right to protest. Since when have lawyers, the supposed servants of fustice, given up the right to protest against injustice, however perpe- trated? Since when has it become incum- bent upon them to accede atlentiy to s de- cision demonstrably based upon a glaring error of fact? Bince when has the obliga- tion been placed tipon them to acquiesce in a summary judgment rendered without any hearing of evidence which unmistakably would have pointed out this error? And what, in ethics or in conscience, bars them from seeking redress of injustice by means clearly provided for in our system of government and fully within its spirit? Texans are not lixely to be convinced that injustice is a thing to be accepted until every effort for its redress has been ex- hausted. APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Restoration of Confidence in Our Foreign Policies Cee EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, January 12, 1951 Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to the House for its permis- sion to extend my remarks in the Recorp and include therein a letter written to the New York Herald Tribune by a warm personal friend and constituent, Mr. Stu- art A. Young. In his letter Mr. Young expresses the hopes and fears of many people tn the country and it is not written in any spirit of partisanship. It is the fervent prayer of all Americans that we have unity in our thinking and in our actions during these days, but it is im- possible to acquire that unity unless there is confidence in our public servants. Whether we like it or not and whether it is justifiable or not, the awful fact re- mains that there is a lack of confidence in our foreign policies as determined by the Department of State, and it is im- perative for the good of the country that that confidence be restored, and I am afraid that it can only be restored by a thorough overhauling of its personnel, Mr, Young's letter follows: January 9, 1951. To the New Yoru Herat TRisunez: Iam one of the many citizens of this Re- public whose voice carries Uttle weight in the solution of its problems or in the shaping of its high destiny. However, my forebears and my four children have fought (and some died) in defense of thelr country from the time of the Colonial Wars down to the pres- ent. No charge of isolation or iack of patriot- iam can be lodged against them, or any of them, They fotaght to preserve their free- dom and independence of thought and action and the sacred guaranties under the Bill of Rights and tre Constitution of the United Btates. The voice of the American people who have these traditfons to uphold should be heard and heeded in this crises. And their voice should be heeded in the halls of Congress where finn) authority reste to engage the American people in war. Was it the inten- tion of the founding fathers to vest in the Presiderit power over the lives of our coun- trymen without prudent consideration of their Will and opinion? Should such power be pisced in the hands of a well-meaning but incothpetent leader whose ability extends only to the field of partisan politics? Should sectet treaties and commitments be made with foreign governments, concerning which tme Congress and the American people have had ttle or no knowledge? Well, the answer is “No.” Woodrow Wilson tried something of that nature at the conclusion of World War I, and because Congress did not approve, failed in his undertaking—-and Woodrow Wi- sOn Was @ great man. The handwriting is on the wall. Let us get our boys out of Korea before they are utterly destroyed; they can be used to better advantage elsewhere. Resistance in South Koreas will prove disastrous in the end, with ever increasing hordes from the north pour- ing down to the scene of conflict. Let us reexamine our foreign poilcy to the end that before sending the flower of our
APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD youth to fight again tn Europe, we shall be certain and not merely hopeful of coopera. tion from our alliea, Otherwise, these boys of ours may be buried in foreign soll. If we can rely on unity and cooperation among our allies, then our solemn prayer should be: “Godspeed General Elsenhower in his mission.” Let us recognize the fact that the political views of the Far East and of the West are totally different, and at this time impossible of reconciliation. Let us make every effort toward a@ peaceful solution, but not by way of appeasement or further loss of prestige. Russia does not want a peaceful solution. If she cannot attain her ends through the methods now being pursued, she will not hesitate to launch a third world war, when and where she wills. She should not be heard with her voice of slander and political propaganda either in the Security Council or the General Assembly. She has no place in the deliberations of free nations. Let us arm to the teeth, but let us arm with only two thoughts: First, for our own preservation and defense, and next for the preservation and defense of those of our allies who feel unfiinchingly as we do. Let us look well before we leap, and let the people of this country, through their rep- resentatives in Congress, look well before we are all committed to a policy that may prove disastrous. The question of the President's right under the Constitution to send troops abroad with- out congressional approval is academic and subject to debate; but his assertion tlat he has this vital and decisive right and presum- ably will exercise it, 1s presumptuous and in- sulting to the intelligence of the American people. If the American people understand their commitments, if they believe in the right- eousness of their cause, if they have confi- dence in the ability and judgment of their leaders, they will fight now and hereafter, as they have in the past. The verities that prudence is often the better part of valor and that fools rush in where angels fear to tread, are still eternal. Let the voice of the American people be heard. The War in Korea EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. WILLIAM S. HILL OF COLORADO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, January 12, 1951 Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, as the war clouds in Korea worsen, many of our friends in Colorado are worried and feel that immediate steps should be taken by our Government to supply our Armed Forces with all weapons necessary to strike at the enemy with force sufficient to drive them back into China. As part of my remarks, I wish to place in the Rrcorp a petition signed by those who wish action to be taken now on this matter. I also include two newspaper articles, Prirrion 1. We, the undersigned, believe that an immediate decision must be made by our Government in the Korean situation. 2. We believe that our Government must elther grant to our military leaders the au- thority to use every weapon and to strike the Chinese Communists at any target neces- sary to succeasfully carry out the Korean XCVII—App.——9 operation, or that all American troops in Korea should be withdrawn immediately. 8. We believe that the needless loss of life in this conflict which is due to our refusal to give complete support to our troops is morally wrong. 4. We believe that if there ts a reason for the present policy of fighting in Korea with one hand tied behind our back, that the American people deserve to know that reason. Barbara Martinson, Reuben A. Martin- son, Jr., Robert D. Inman, Virginia C. Inman, G. A. Shomaker, Jr., J. J. Dolan, W. A. Cockle, Anna I. Cockle, Norene Velte, D, F. Velte, Dean A. Sanborn, Ernest Eggebrotin, Adda Catewell, A. A. Wukstron, Laverne D. Hayman, Albert W. Copeland, Mrs. Albert Cope- land, Durland G. Skinner, Gerold C, Wickmann, H. J. Marin, Benjamin B. Weybrew, H. C. Klewere, Nellie Klewere, Merle June Green, Meril C. Green, Dr. Ernest Moore, A. O. Elerl, C. 8S. Higby, Charline K. Scoggin, Mrs. Henry Knudson, A. Engdahl, Milton E. Lewis, Mrs. Luther L. Higby, Mrs. Nancy White, John C. Horton, Byron Wells, George V. C. Shuger, Mra. James B. Graham, James E. Watson, Mrs. J. E. Watson, Mrs. Wayne Riggs, Mra. James Hackett, James Hackett, Byron L. Tankersley, Mrs. Vera L. Mathes, H. H. Pribbeno, Mrs. B. L, Tankersley, Mr. John Machesney, Mrs. John Machesney, Mrs. Ella M. Paull, T. 8S. Paull, Mildred Post, W. B. Post, Mr. J. R. Kennedy, Mrs. J. R. Kennedy, Mr. Joe Scheib, Mrs. Joseph Scheib, and Mrs. Carrie Williams, all of Boulder, Colo.; Harold Mullikin and Mrs. Harold Mullikin, Denver, Colo.; C. W. Parsons, Peryl Wade Parsons, Bethel L. Curtze, Gor- don H. Curtze, G. C. Hayman, Dean Faulkner, Patricia P. Faulkner, Nilrose Helnemann, Donald G. Brotzman, Henry P. Smith, J. A. Lunsford, 8. L. Koch, Earl Pettigrew, Mrs. Earl Petti- grew, and Elizabeth Raweon, all of Boulder, Colo.; Mrs. Stuart Kastner and 8. P. Kastner, Littleton, Colo.; C. C. Ireland, Mitchell, Nebr.; Mollie W. Hubbell, Thelma Driver, Mrs. W. B. Golliher, Mrs. I. S. Kendall, Edna Mae Kendall, and Katheryn Noelker, all of Boulder, Colo.; Mr. James T. Hacker, Sr., and Mrs. James T. Hacker, Sr., Lafayette, Colo.; Ferne King, Don Heinemann, Ruth E. Warden, Robert Roemer, Catharine Roemer, Margue- rite Sherman, Grace M. Sherman, Argie Watsen, Mattié Pribbeno, Lots MoCray, Al McCray, and Mrs. Jessie McCray, all of Boulder, Colo.; Mrs. Essie Marshall and Mr. E. J. Marshall, Longmont, Colo.; George A. Walters, Lea Massman, Margaret Hightower, Alex Schneider, Asa C. Wing, Priscilla M. Hardifer, Isabel Moore, Lueila Gif- ford, Margaret Flanigan, Grace and Joe Stapp, J. K. Stengel, Mrs. J. K. Stengel, Mrs. A. Engdahl, Lee Roy Shields, J. A. Hochstatter, Mrs. Frank Dolan, Frank F. Dolan, Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. David Morgan, Mrs. John A. Lunsford, Glen E. Powers, and Marianne Koch, all of Boulder. Colo.; John F. Simpson, Eldorado Springs, Colo.; Harry Driver and Chas. Acker- man, Boulder, Colo.; R. W. Jones and Mrs. R. W. Jones, Berthoud, Colo.; Lulu Rosengrant, Sarah EB. Brenner, David Morgan, K. E. Brandt, Harold H. Close, Mary Anne Scheib, all of Boulder, Colo. Boutprr Petirion Asks Korra War Decision Bovtpre, Coro., January 8.—Petitions call- ing for an immediate decision by the Gov- ernment on the Korean situation were being ‘A129 circulated in Boulder Monday by the com- mittee for e decision in Korea. The newly organized committee is headed by two young Boulder businessmen, Reuben Martinson, and Robert Inman, Martinson is the husband of Barbara Guild Martinson, sister of Marine Lt. John Guild, who was re+ cently killed in the Korean fighting. Mrs. Martinson and her husband have of- fered a 85,000 legacy, left her by Lieutenant Guild—to open a fund that would be used to promote a drive which through public opin- jon would demand a decision by the admin- istration on the Korean problem. FOUR PARTS OF PETITION Here are the four parts of the petition: “1. We, the undersigned, believe that an immediate decision must be made by our Government in the Korean situation. “2. We believe that our Government must either grant to our military leaders the au- thority to use every weapon and to strike the Chinese Communists at any target nec- essary to successfully carry out the Korean operation, or that all American troops in Korea should be withdrawn tmmediately. “3. We believe that the neediesa loss of life in this conflict which is due to our re- fusal to give complete support to our troops is morally wrong. “4, We believe that if there is a reason for the present policy of fighting in Korea with one hand tied behind our back, that the American people deserve to know that rea- son.” URGE PRESIDENT NOTIFICATION Besides circulating the petitions, the com- mittee is urging all American citizens to notify the President or their Congressmen that an immediate decisior on the Korean situation must be made by the Government. And the committee {s advocating that the people demand all-out use of American armed might in the conflict with the Chinese and North Korean Reds so the wasting of American lives may be stopped. Wo Is FIGHTING THE UN War? The United States News and World Re- port, in its issue of January 12, 1051, raises the question, “Who is fighting the UN war—United States gets no more aid against fresh enemy.” The article says that the United States cannot count on much more outside help for the “next phase in Korea” and that “Communists, in fighting men, hold almost a two-to-one advantage. And there are millions more where those came from. On the other side, United States casualties alone are more than twice the entire number of troops sent in by other UN allies.” The news magazine said the Communists have a land force of 440,000 in Kerea and that UN troops totaled 273,000, made up as follows: Belgians. New Zealanders. -........-~- ~~ wae The United States News article then con- cluded: “The United States, thus, is fur- nishing tho major part of the ground troops fighting the .Commuutsts in Korea. Al- though General MacArthur pleaded for help from other members of the UN, the 24,300 soldiers he actually has received from them amount to less than one-half the casualties suffered so far by American Ground Forces.”