Evening star., 1950-07-13
Call for Atomic Attack
On Reds Emphasizes
Concern in Congress
by the Assoeioted Press

SlCuaClOn.
Members of the House ap-
plauded yesterday when Repre-
sentative Bentsen, Democrat, of
Texas said President Truman
should give the Communists one
week to get out of Southern Ko-
rea. II they refuse, he said, the
President should then supply their
commander with a named list OF
principal North Korean cities
which would be subjected to
atomic attacks by our Air Forces. ,
Another Texas Democrat. Sena-
tor Lyndon Johnson, raised the
proposal for Immediately calling
into active service more than
300, 900 National Guardsmen and
Reservists to stiffen the battle in
Korea.
johnson Calls for Speed.
Senator johnson made his pro-
posal in a Senate speech yester-
day, and followed it up by telling
q reporter:
I'VE are going to be forced to
do this anyway in time and the
sooner the better"
UNLESS we move quickly, there
is a chance that our boys will be
pushed clear out of Korea"
Senator Brewster, Republican.
of Maine proposed that it be left
up to Gen. Macarthur whether to
use atomic bombs on the Commu-
nists. He offered this idea of his
own:
THE Communists should under
stand that we are not spending
billions forsbombs out of scientific
curiosity. Presumably they are
designed to save the lives of Amer
ican boys"
Meanwhile, Secretary OF State
Acheson indirectly warned Russia
that Communist propaganda will
not keep the United States from
using the atomic bomb against
aggression if it decides such &C
ton necessary. Mr.. Acheson didn't
put it exactly that way, but his
meaning was obvious.
In a statement denouncing a
world peace" petition being cir
culated over the world by Com
munists as a propaganda trick, "
he picked out for special COM
ment the effort in the petition to
brand as a war criminal the first
nation to use atomic weapons.
"It is obvious" he said, that
this is a cynical begging of the
question. The real crime against
humanity is aggression, and in
particular, the deliberate resort
to armed aggression in defiance
of the United Nations. The war
criminals are the people who sane
ton such action. The weapons
used are, quite incidental to the
crime" s... -
Humphrey Questions Spending.
Tracy s. Voorhees,, former IN
dersecretary of the Army, told
Q House committee yesterday that
an atomic attack on the United
States itself is now more than a
possibility" He said that If an
attack does come, 1t will doubt
less be a big one aimed at in
dustrial centers.
Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
OF Minnesota, a down. -the-line
backer of the Truman Fair Deal"
domestic program, raised some
questions about the billions Con-
gress has voted for preparedness.
He said:
II want to know what hap
pened to all that money. I want
to know why the delays now?
Why the delay in getting our
fleet out of mothba1ls?"
The Senate Armed Services
Committee, meanwhile, continued
its detailed examination of de-
tense matters by calling in the
Navy's top officer, Admiral For
rest P. Sherman, for an execu-
tive session.
Senators on that group said they
already have received detailed
data on the powerful fleet of new
submarines Soviet Russia has been
developing since the last war.
Gloomy Outlook Expressed.
They added a belief that Rus
sian submarines would not take
part in the Korean light, at least
Tor the present. But Senators ex-
pected to review with Admiral
Sherman the newest information
on this and other naval aspects
of the Korean struggle.
Senator Johnson, in his speech.
said that the Navy, Army and Air
Force all had been subjected to a
whitening away" not intended by
Congress.
This is not bookkeeping war ="
ne shouted, adding: For too
long, we have been more inter-
ested in making our books balance
than in making our strength bal
hnce against the military power of
communism.
Far more dollars are being lost
n South Korea than all the dol
lars we have saved-if we have
saved any at ALL" he added.
Senator johnson offered a
gloomy view of the Korean battle
10 date, saying that United States
Iorces are outnumbered seriously
with little chance to overcome
shese odds ''at least in many
months"
The enmey is well trained and
we'll equipped" he said. "The en-
my we face is ruthless and cold
Hooded"
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