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visions in Korea today we would
be stripped in the face of poten-
tial aggressions in other parts OF
the world. The Chinese National
lists, who have some 10000 "Wede-
meyer roops"-American-trained
and American-equipped-offered
at the outset Of the conflict to send
$4,000 troops to Korea. Their Of
Ter was politely turned down by
the State Department.
From the day that President
Truman ordered the 7th Fleet
to patrol the waters of For
mosa and to halt any Red invasion
OF that island the danger of its be-
ing attacked by the Chinese Com
munistS was materially reduced
The State Department argument
that Nationalist Intervention on
our side in Korea would precipi-
ate a rush of Chinese Communist
forces to join the battle is equal
ly feeble.
Mao Tze-tung's Chinese Reds
VIII enter the fight as soon as they
are needed. II. the North Korean.
are unable to Withstand an all
out American offensive-if and
when that happy event occurs-it
is certain that the Chinese armies
VIII intervene. They have NOT
gathered on the Manchurian-Ko-
rean border to hunt rabbits.
Our logistic problem is difficult
Our forces in the Pacific are 7 00o
miles away from their bases in
the United States. The National
ISIS are less than 1000 miles away
from Korea and could have been
IN the line already, if it were not
for our diplomats fears. The de.
tense line might have been sta
ol!lzed and fewer American bows
might have had to pay with thei1
ilveS Tor the tender feelings and
diplomatic niceties of q small
group Of biologists in Washing
ton.
Although it is obvious to all
except those who still want tc
oury their, heads in the sand
that we are at war, at the time OF
TINS writing we have taken only
half-measureS instead of orderine
general industrial and manpowel
mobilization.
Outside Help Unlikely
We cannot expect any kind OF
effective military assistance-and
that is axiomatic-from our
friends and fellow-members of the
united Nations. None of the ma
Jor countries Of Europe or South
America has a real military force
Britain. France, Italy and the
other nations with whom we are
In partnership in the Atlantic
pact have nothing worthwhile In
the way Of aid for us.
All those countries are awaiting
grave developments in their own
areas and even now are sending
SOS calls to Washington to speed
up the shipment of war materials
under the 1949-50 military aid
program. No more than As per
cent OF the sum appropriated by
Congress has actually reached the
Western bloc nations in the form
OF war materials. Our industrial
establishments. the arsenals of
democracy. are producing enough
for the peacetime needs of Amer
and her Allies.
Until total industrial mobiliza-
ton has been ordered, however,
these are nowhere near sufficient
to provide our ground, air and
naval forces in Korea with needed
equipment and at the same time
step up our response to urgent de-
mands for help from all over the
world.
Until the outbreak of hostilities
in Korea. Western Europe, and
particularly France, had top prior
ity in the shipment of war mate
rails. In the last three weeks this
has changed. of necessity. Top
priority now is the Pacific, which
includes Japan, Korea and Indo-
China.
We shall need a lavish expendi-
ture of war materials in order to
win in Korea. Our industry, as it
stands at present, is capable only
with difficulty of filling the needs
Of our fighting forces in the Far
East. Under these conditions
Western Europeans are becoming
alarmed. They do not know from
whence and when the next blow to
their independence may come.
Their manpower under arms is so
limited that they cannot hope to
resist successfully a Soviet on
slaught if it occurs this year. They
certainly will not be able to pro-
vide us with a corporal's guard for
our battle in the Pacific and pos
sibly elsewhere.
But even If they had more war
material available. their manpow-
er is so depleted that their gov
ernments would hesitate seriously
to send Q single battalion outside
their territory. to fight even to