Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05

AT the opening of my address!
tonight may I say with deep sin.
certify that I join with every citi-
zen in America, of both politica
parties, in expressing commenda-
ton to the United States Secret
Service for their alert and coura-
geous performance of their duty
in defending the President. oul
sympathy for the family of the
deceased guard, Leslie Coffelt. anc
for the wounded guards, and oul
prayerful thanks that the Presi-
dent is alive and speaking to the
Nation tonight.
But the shocking news Of the
fanatic Puerto Rican attempt or
his life is overshadowed by new.
many times more grim from
Korea.
Tonight, as we meet, thousands
of American young men are locked
in bloody battle with 100000 Chi
nese- Communists in the rugged
mountains of North Korea. Thit
week American casualties have
been higher than any week since
the Korean war began.
I solemnly charge that this is
the direct and terrible result Of
five years of building up Chinese
Communist strength through the
blinded, laundering, bewildering
American-Asiatic policy under oul
present national administration.
CoddIing Charged.
It has been five years of cod
ding Chinese Communists, five
years of undermining Gen. Mac
Arthur. five years of snubbing
friendly, freedom loving Asiatics
and five years of appeasing the
arch-Communist Mao Use Tung.
And then the whole burden OF
redeeming the plumbers in blood
is thrust upon American armed
forces weakened by shortsighted,
Socialistically inclined national
administration.
do not like to use such strong
words. But the time has come
when America must face facts and
make decisions.
This bad news saddens every
heart in America. 1t causes every
young man to wonder what will
be his future duty of military
service. 1t causes every home to
be concerned about the future eff
feet on its young men and on its
security.
And it causes every citizen OF
America to ask "how can it be?"
How can it be that five short years
after winning a sweeping victory
in World War II, so much of what
we fought for has been lost, the
bright hopes for peace have been
destroyed, one-third of the peo-
Piles of the world have been
brought under Communist dicta-
torships, and the churches of all
faiths, Catholic. Protestant and
Jewish, are under vicious attacks
in one-third of the world? How
can it be in five years time?
Policy Errors Seen.
submit that as these five
years are reviewed quietly and
earnestly by the people in their
own homes without regard to
speeches or campaigns, it becomes
apparent to everyone that this
bad news tragically dramatizes
the terrible results of the un-
believable errors in American
Asiatic policy since the end of
World War II.
The hour has come when for
the good of America a sweeping
congressional victory
should be voted from coast to
coast.
I speak not from hearsay or
vague rumor. I speak of hard
facts which no one can deny.
AS assistant chief of staff to
Admiral Halsey, under Gen. Mac
Arthur's strategic command dur
ing the war, I saw, as a part of
my duty, the secret intelligence
reports of all Asia. I was present
at the State Department confer
ence year ago in October, 1919,
when the whole soft appeaSing
approach to the Chinese Com
munists was unfolded. I said then,
directly across the conference
table, that to me, it was a policy
of Fastening the victory of the
Communists in China, and that it
was tragically wrong. I have
watched closely each step in the
policy. have protested repeatedly
as has every leading Republican
including the great statesman OF
our generation, the Honorable
Arthur H. Vandenberg.
There is an understandable
tendency on the part of some to
excuse these immediate postwar
plumbers on the ground that their
consequences could not be fore
seen when they were made.
But the startling facts are that
the same kind of mistakes are
still being made.
Fleet Order Recalled.
1t has just been revealed that
when the President ordered the
United States 7th Fleet to safe
guard Formosa during the Korean
fighting, he also ordered the fleet
to break the Chinese Nationalist
blockade of the Communist
Chinese coastline. AS a result
supplies for the Communist
Chinese war machine have been
flowing in, and are flowing in
today in ships of every descrip-
ton, including Russian freighters
An even more unbelievable ac-
ton has taken place in Japanese
copper. Everyone knows that
copper is one of the most i'm
portant metals for war machine
During this year 1850, 4 million
pounds of copper were pro-
duced in Japan. The Chinese
Communists tried to buy it, but
Gen. Macarthur under his author.
ity and regulations wisely anc