Evening star., 1950-07-19
How Sound Is Our HIome-Front Morale?

doubts, fears. confusions and misgivings
Of great many Americans.
Here. in letters to The Star, is
startling sample of the kinds of thinking
with which the President must contend:
To the Editor Of The Stor:
For the third time in the memory of
man must that bright star Of the West
ern World, that accepted leader of glor-
ious democracy (apd decadent empiresD, !,
that most Christian protagonist of the
sweet brotherhood of man, Uncle Sap, 60
forth in his righteous and fatuous might
to make the world safe for democracies.
Again must the finest millions of his
helpless young nephews, worthy of a
better fate, leave their interests and
their employments, their lares and pen
ates, shoulder a gun and stride out in
the manner of Neanderthal on the loose.
to shoot, kill, rob, ravish. MAIN and
liberate other peoples, that the said
equally deluded other people may learn
at first hand the magnificent benefits Of
advanced western civilization and glor-
ious democracy.
And what is the purpose? Why. to
prevent certain oriental barbarians from
cutting the throatS of other untutored.
slant-eyed, fantassins as they squabble
over a God -forsaken country in a for
gotten corner of the world, just as their
ancestors have been doing since the days
of GhengiS Khan. That Is a worthy pur-
pose, is it not? And we must impress on
the Big Bad Bear. too, with atomic blis-
terS, that he cannot walk on our toes.
No Stree!
God have mercy on our aSsumedly i'm
mortal souls we know not what we do.
Stultus in aeternune est pro nobis!
1850 Rabelais.
While our high command warns the
North Korean leaders that they will pay
for killing American prisoners. they do
not apologize or explain the SNUG COM
placency, lack of information and gen.
eral ignorance on their part which indi-
rectly allowed our men to be put in the
position of being killed. 1t Is almost
incredible that our military could have
been so completely taken by surprise as
they were in the Korean attack; that
they could have been so wrong about the
ability of the fighting men We were OPP
posed to-; or. finally and most amazing
of all, that they could have been so ut
terly mistaken about the capability Of
Russian tanks to operate in the Korean
hills.
The terrible mistakes Of our military
are costing lives and agony. And what
is happening in Korea could be hun
dred or thousand times worse in Eu-
rope. How could we stop the Russians
with their thousands of tanks, planes and
trained soldiers. unless we act fast and
intelligently. Wasting money and equip
ment on nations which won't fight looks
like another error which we will ulti-
mately pay for.
The military must be awakened and,
II necessary ruthlessly and quickly
pruned and made efficient. Failure to
act may mean ultimate sudden death to
untold thousands Of us.
John F. Collins.
Il 4
The big question that must be in every
ones mind is, why isn't there more
equipment available in Japan to back
our forces in Korea?" Not only that, but
in the five years we have been training
and arming the South Koreans, what
exactly has been done with funds used in
that country?
Mrs. Harvey Julier.
Doesn't it seem ironical that after
taxing the American public in order to
spend upwards Of $40 billion Annually
for the military. our forces in Korea do
not even have bullets to shoot? Never
since Bunker Hill has an American
force been defeated because it didn't
have ammunition to fight with.
The Army of the United States is
caught against an army of virtual guer-
rillas and. seemingly has no adequate
depot Of munitions nearer than Cali
fornia-some Is to 20 days away by
supply ship.
Franklin Snow.
Doesn't it seem strange that a nation
which boasts of its industrial know
how" as much as we have should send
such poorly equipped troops into action
as we did in Korea?
Has all our tax money been poured
into the communiStic ratholes of price
supports, relief and unemployment in
Surance?
Away with congressional fuddy-dud-
dies. politicians and starry-e eyed dream
erS! Stop this romanesque throwing Of
sop to the masses, or we may find bar
barians flooding the streets of Washing
ton.
E. M. Smith.
I would like to ask question which
must be in the hearts of many Ameri-
cans today.
Why doesn't the U. N. Security Coun-
Gil support the United States in her
tight against communism by organizing
an army, made up of men from the
combined member nations? This is the
only fair way to deal with the Korean
situation. 1t is not right for America to
draft all her eligible men, while the other
nations sit idly and wait for peace. These