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military on the Presidents state
ment, in order not to reveal what
our military plans might be-"
He said that the actions out
lined in the statement were al
ready in effect.
Army Secretary Pace, refusing
to amplify on Mr.. Truman's state
ment that certain supporting
ground units" would be commit
ted in South Korea, said the Ian
guage was used after careful con-
Sideration.
Mr.. Pace said he could not say
whether it meant any of the four
infantry combat divisions or only
service units such as the en-
gineers or Signal Corps would be
used.
Some Signal Corps personnel
already have been flown in.
Mr.. Pace made the statement
after returning to the Pentagor
from the White House. He was
accompanied by Navy Secretary
Matthews and Air Secretary Fin
letter.
Selection Up to Macarthur.
An Army spokesman said at the
same time that it would be up to
Gen. Macarthur to give out any
information on what units would
be sent to Korea.
The decision announced today
embodied two departures from the
program outlined Tuesday when
the President first met the Com
muniSt invasion of Southern Ko-
rea with force.
First was the employment of
ground units which will work
along with the naval and air
forces first ordered into action.
Second was to cross the 38th
parallel which divides Communist
Korea from the Southern Repub-
lie and meet the enemy on his own
ground.
The White House statement was
ISSUED without any accompany
ing explanation. 1t followed top
level conferences that lasted more
than two hours.
Meets Defense Chiefs.
The President held an unan-
nounced session with the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and defense chiefs
ct 9 o'clock this morning.
Then at IL, also unannounced,
he called in Cabinet, Congress
sional leaders who included mem
bers of the House and Senate
foreign and armed services COM
mitteeS, and the military leaders
for what Defense Secretary John
son said would be 'brief1ng."
This plan of bringing all top
level government officials together
on momentous decisions was the
same as that followed Tuesday.
Break Through Disclosed.
An announcement that North
Korean forces had broken
through the Han River line was
made first at the Pentagon this
morning and later confirmed in q
dispatch from Tokyo.
The Northern invaders, accord
ing to the spokesman, also occu-
pied small naval facility at
Mukojin-Ni, 9 miles north of their
landing point at Sam Chok.
The Air Force stepped up it's ac-
tivity in ferrying supplies from
Japan to the beleaguered South
Koreans and spokesman re-
ported 18 such missions had beer
flown by CAT and C-54 trans
ports. He reported that a total OF
II enemy aircraft had been de-
stroyed, 5 probably destroyed anC
g. damaged to date.
An Air Force spokesman, COM
menting that the bombers ano
fighters being thrown into the
conflict haven't had a good day
yet as far as weather is con-
cerned," said that the forecast fol-
the next "a hours is "fair to good.
Wherry is Critical
Emerging from the White HOUSE
conference, Representative Eator
of New Jersey, ranking Repub.
lican of the House Foreign Affair.
Committee, declared:
We've got a rattlesnake by tn,
tail and the sooner we pound it.
damn head in, the better"
Senator Wherry of Nebraska
Republican floor leader, was in s
critical mood. Explaining that HI
thought all members of Congress.
ought to be consulted, he told re.
porters:
Il think Congress should be re-
quired to share the responsibility
of whatever action the President
takes"
He also said that II don't think