Evening star., 1950-12-03


That speech. according to some
accounts, was revised several
times and was not completed un-
til 6:15 pm. Wednesday, less than
three hours before Mr.. Acheson
went on the air. The strategy
of freedom" section had been in
the original but the rest of it
sprang directly from the new war
in Korea.
Reports that some parts Of the
speech were "softened" indicated
that State Department officials
were greatly divided on methods
for meeting the Chinese Commu-
mist menace. Some urged a get
tougher policy not only toward
Red China but also Soviet Rus
sia. Others suggested that I'VE
wait and see what happens.
Coming out of the cabinet
meeting Attorney General Nc
Grath said there would be no
high-level policy decisions until
there was clearer knowledge of
the U. N. reaction to the aggres-
sion In Korea, and to the atti-
tude of Wu-Hsiu-chuan and
his fellow travellers from Peiping
That was not long in coming
The most conservative story from
Lake Success early Tuesday was
that most delegates were
gloomy" Later. after the Chi
nese Red harangues and the re-
plies by Mr.. Austin and others,
there was no doubt how the ma
jority felt.
Macarthur Criticized
Criticism of Gen. Macarthur
grew in intensity Tuesday and
Wednesday here and abroad. 1t
was counteracted to a consider
able extent by the intemperate
words of the Chinese Red delega-
ton. At least. some defenders of
the general contended, the lies
and tactics of that delegation
would have been the same
whether or not end-the-war Of
fensive had been staged while the
Chinese were on the way to Lake
Success.
The general himself not only
had the normal problems OF
directing q suddenly adverse war
he took on the job Of answering
cables Of inquiry from stateside
news and radio correspondents
It became indeed Q strange but
surprisingly effective way Of "cov-
ering" the Macarthur headquar-
ters from halfway around the
world. To some, it even seemed
like a strange occupation for q
commanding general.
While President Truman was
meeting Tuesday with the Ma
tional Security Council, Penta-
gon spokesmen conceded that
faulty intelligence" might have
been partly to blame for the
break through in Korea.
They disclosed also that Gen.
Macarthur had asked and been
refused permission for the right
Of "hot pursuit" Of jet planes that
bombed U. N. forces and then fled
back into Manchuria.
The vast expanse Of the Penta-
gon apparently had only q few
more visitors than usual on Tues
day and later last week. Report
ers testified there was nothing re-
sembling panic or acute nervous
ness.
H-Bomb Site Picked
The daily briefing session for
the press attracted a bigger at
tendance along with many more
questions. High officers made no
attempt to deny that the situation
was serious and that anxiety en-
tered into any consideration of it.
But nobody is going off half
cooked here" they declared. They
warned against "overpessimism.
and likened the immediate mill
tary problem to that Of the Bat
tie of the Bulge in December,
1914. They spoke of a calculated
risk" that presumably backfired
when the Reds moved in from
China. They remarked that in
the military action as we'll as on
the football gridiron "you don't t
leave the field just because the
other fellow grabs the ball and
starts to run with it."
Never without a slogan, the
Yanks bearing the brunt of the
Red attack quickly revised the
home by Christmas estimates and
came up with We'll trim the
tree in 49,"
Late Tuesday, while people in
and out of Congress and the Gov
ernment here were wondering
whether the Korean setback
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