Evening star., 1950-12-01
Truman
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"As far as was able to learn, it
was very harmonious.
In addition to the SIT billion
plus being asked today. the De-
fense Department already has an
appropriation of about $25 billion.
For the mutual defense assistance
part, more than $5 billion has
been appropriated, most of which
is earmarked for Atlantic pact ma
tionS.
The Atomic Energy Commission
funds for the year total more than
$500 million.
The President had all the top
men of the Appropriations, For
eign and Armed Services Com
mittees of both houses at this
mornings session, which followed
by "a hours Mr.. Truman's news
conference statement that use of
the atomic bomb was being con-
sidered for the Korean campaign
| if that step is necessary to bring
victory and avert the spread of
the war.
Further pointing up the urgency
of the worlde situation and the
menacing threat of another full
scale war was an early possible
meeting between Mr.. Truman and
Prime Minister Clement Attlee of
Great Britain. The talks, which
probably will start this week end,
were suggested by Mr.. Attlee.
Silent on Full Mobilizing.
While the President continued
silent on the imminence of
full mobilization on the economic
as well as the military front, top
officials said that the expanding
defense effort is going to hurt all
SegmentS of civilian economy, and
there were these two significant |
1. Mayor Michael v. Di Sale of
Toledo was named price admin
istrator.
2. The administration offered its
long awaited civil defense bill |
providing for an administrator
who would have vast power in
event of an attack on this country.
Senator Taft, who heads the
Senate Republican Policy Com
mittee, said he thinks the Re-
publicans will go all out for any
calculated To bring relief
to the hard-pressed U. N. forces
In Korea. He was not invited to |
the White House meeting, not be-
ing member of any of the three
committees represented.
"The Republicans are willing to
do anything necessary to meet
this dangerous situation" Senator
Taft said. "Of course, the execu-
tive has the responsibility and
there isn't much we can do untIl
the President acts"
Senator Capehart, Republican,
Of Indiana complained to the Sen
ate yesterday that the President
hasn't "given the facts to the peo-
pie" nor told Congress what he
wants it to do"
His speech was prompted by
yesterdays cartoon in The Star,
picturing donkey and an ele-
phant hearing over a radio the
news from Korea and saying,
Hey! There's war on!"
Inference of Cartoon.
II presume" said Senator Cape
hart, "the inference intended to
be drawn from the cartoon-and
I am not finding fault with it's
that the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis in Congress are fighting
while there is a war going on and
that they are unaware of that
fact"
Senator Capehart said President
Truman has described the Korean
incident as a police action and
that Secretary of State Acheson
told the Nation that mo one can
guarantee that war will not come"
Senator Smith, Republican. of
New Jersey said he is "disgusted
with the dilly- -dallying in the
United Nations" He urged that
action be taken to force a show
down there on such decisions as
that involved in the possible
bombing of Chinese Communist
concentrations in Manchuria. Gen.
Macarthur has said the U. N.
must act on that question. Presi-
dent Truman said the same thing
yesterday.
Widespread Effect Seen.
A prediction by Chairman w.
Stuart Symington of the National
Security Resources Board that an
impending mobilization speedup
will pinch all sections of the
economy was received with evi-
dent approval in Congress.
Senator PI1cco11 Doyooorot of