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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-05
VIEWS AND REVIEWS What They Say Whether Right or Wrong

Kenneth C. Royall, former Secretary of the Army:
 T entirely disagree with the theory of bomb proof jobs for highly y-trained professional men Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York:
 "The cold war will go on for the rest of lives, or as long as Communism rules Russia" Willard Caldwell, Civil Defense Administrator:
 "The probability of is just as great today as lit was six months ago." Lucius D. Clay General U S. A., former Military Gov ernor in Germany:
 We know too well from the past that written agreements with Communists mean nothing" Harry F. Byrd, U. S. Senator from Virginia
 "The greatest waste of manpower in all the gov- ernment is in the military forces" Elmer staats, Assistant Federal Budget Director
 "There is no valid basis for assertions that vast sums of money can be saved by eliminating waste and duplication in the Federal bureaucracy" Paul C. Reinert, president, St. Louis University:
 "Television is the most powerful force available. if properly used, for elevating the intelligence and taste of the people" Charles F. Wilson, Defense Mobilizer
 "There is a movement in some quarters to wreck the country's entire defense program" Michael V. Di Saile Price Stabilizer:
 Local governments are not operated for profit they operated for service" Statement by United Labor Policy Committee:
 Lobbyists for the profiteers are exploiting the possibility of truce in Korea to further weaken price control" Fairfax Cornc, American advertising man
 No amount of advertising will sell bad product twice to the same customer" Robert J. McCracken, preacher Religion in our time has little kick in it. It scarcely gives any offense."
 The easiest way to finish a hard job is to get to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-05
Republican Report Lambastes Administrators Far East Policy
 By Jack Anderson

WASHINGTON. = It will throw political bombshell into the Ko- rean truce talks, but Republican Senators have written an explosive report denouncing a possible truce settlement at the 38th parallel as a victory for aggression" and a surrender in disguise"
 The report also lambastes the administrations Far Eastern pol icy as the most desolate failure in the history of our foreign pol icy"
 This scalding, 60-page report is the COP answer to the MacArthur investigation. Seven Republican members of the MacArthur invest igating committee have already pledged to sign it. They are Sena- tors Brewster of Maine, Bridges of New Hampshire, Cain of Wash ington, Hickenlooper of Iowa Knowland of California, Smith of New Jersey, and Wiley of Wiscon sin. An eighth, Senator Flanders of Vermont, has indicated he will sign but hasn't given a final an- swer.
 The two Massachusetts Senators, Lodge and Saltonstall, are willing to sign with reservations, and are now preparing their amendments. In addition, the Republicans are proselyting four southern Demo- crats-B Byrd of Virginia, Long of Louisiana, Russell of Georgia, and Stennis of Mississippi-in an at tempt to get some Democrats to join them.
 Though minor corrections are still being made, the first draft of the report has already been run off the presses. Thus, it's official release may coincide with the most delicate stages of tn Koran truce negotiations.
 On this subject, the COP report denounces a cessation of hostilities hascd on the 38th parallel and warns again "Munich-like respites which are only surrender in dis guise'
 As for General MacArthur, who started the whole controversy, the report agrees that President Tru- man had the constitutional right to fire him, but asserts that the circumstances were a shock to the national pride"
 The report also upholds MacAr- thurs contention that there was mo serious disagreement between him and the joint chiefs of staff on Korean military strategy.
 However, the most blisterlng language is used to describe Pres ident Truman's Far Eastern pol icy which the Republicans call catastrophe failure" and a "des- olate failure" The only exception they are willing to admit was Mac Arthur ruled Japan.
 In fact, they denounce American foreign policy since the middle l94Os as based on expediency rather than the principles of lib- erty and justice"
 The report adds strongly that the United States should never again become involved in war without the consent of Congress. This is a crack at the Korean DO lice action." which was approved
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Dell, Pussey Leave

Ralph Dell, accompanied by his cousin Larry Pussey, left yesterday on the Princess Louise for Los An geles, Calf. While there, Ralph wil stop with his grandparents and con tinue high school as junior.
 Larry has been visiting Witf Ralph's parents, MT. and Mrs. Eiwir Dell. during school vacation. ,.
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round
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try, because nobody ever has, and besides.Ewe're too strong.
 Some.-s bored with crisis after crisis, wake up now And then, say Tt can't happen here" and doze off again.
 The timid pin their hope on Rus sian backwardness and say, That atomic explosion in Russia wasn't really the bomb"
 While the pseudo-s.rategists grope in a smog of truth, half-truth and fantasy, time is running out. We stand in danger of war.
 Too many seem unable to grasp the fact that we can lose war. Their stock answers are: If 1t takes production, we'll outproduce the enemy If it takes atomlc homLs, we'll build bigger and bet ter atomic bombs. If they hit us, we'll hit 'em harder.
 These prevalent American be- liefs are ingrained, basic but, un- fortunately, stop short of an ade- quate answer to the sharp ques- tion sired by reality. They were incomplete by three things-Red Imperialism, the global bomber and the atomic bomb.
 This trio has forced on Ameri- cans a whole new concept of war. Today or any day, America itself can become a battle-ground. Civil ians are the first targets in this new kind of war. If the enemy first smashes the home front, the military may have little left to fight for and less to fight with.
 The Kremlin knows that our American home front must be knocked out quickly, if it is to be knocked out at all. For this req son, the first attack must be a grand slam using all the modern terror weapons.
 Those who doubt the likelihood of war on the home front should heed what Representative Clarence Cannon, chairman of the House Appropriations committee, had to say on the floor April g. He said: If war comes-which God forbid it will be fought in this country as well as abroad" General Van- denberg (speaking for the Air Force) said that Tn spite of all our radar fences, our walls or shipping, our networks of commit nication and our clouds Of inter- ceptor planes, 70 per cent of the enemy planes carrying atomic bombs would get through. We might as well face that fact. Every cen- ter of production, every center Of wealth and population and civili- zation would be devastated. We have only to look at the cities in Germany to see how the cities Of America would look within one week after war started"
 w. Stuart Symington, while chairman of NSRB, said Who can be a bigger fool than the fool who continues to fool himself, es- pecially when his own existence is at stake" Those who will read the record must see where the 30 year pattern of Russian Imperial ism leads.
 The retaliationists have an emp ty answer. To devastate Russian cities would not restore our own.
 Unrealistic thinking has sapped our strength and robbed us of
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precious time. No American city is prepared to cope with an enemy attack. We must use our time wisely and well. There is no time for fatalism or fantasy.
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DOUGLASS
 NEWS
Haros Return

Mrs. Matt Haro and daughter Caroline returned last week from a summers visit with relatives in Toronto, Canada. Miss Haro has re- enrolled at the Douglas High School.
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NOTICE

Regular meeting, Juneau Shrine Club, Scottish Rite Temple, Friday, September 2. at pm. 904-2t
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LOOK and LEARN %y. 2y c. GORDON

l. How were the stars arranged original flag? 2. Can you eight edible grains? 3. Presidents named James? 4 people invented firecrackers? B. What one sea the breeding place the world
 ANSWERS: 1. n a rye, mlet wheat rice barley and buckwheat B. Madison, Monroe, and Buchanan. Chinese Saragasso Sea, the south Atlantic
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The easiest way to finish hard job is to get to work. After the start is made, the finish IS near at hand.
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Weather: High, 64; low, 61; rain.
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Robert J. McCracken, preacher
 Religion in time has little kick i'll It. scarcely gives any offense"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-05

Curtis Bach celebrated his birthday in Douglas Sept ? party enjoyed by of his little friends
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Mrs G. Freebuger and daughter Doris coming north visiting during
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-05

Mir and Mrs J. Blake bound for their home Juneau he Alaska which sailed Seattle this morning.
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who has vacationng the a reur ssenger aboard the Alaska.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-20
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID

SEALED BIDS, in duplicate will be received at the office of the Seward Public Utilities, Seward, Alaska not later than five o'clock pm. on the 25th day of April 1851, and to be opened at pm. on said date, for furnishing all labor and material necessary for the construc- tion of an addition to the Seward Power Plant Building, Seward, Alaska in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the office of Seward Public Utili- ties, Seward, Alaska and the office of Manley & Mayer ALA. Archi- tects, Anchorage, Alaska where they may be examined and copies obtained. /
 A deposit of 5000 will be re- quired to insure the safe return of the plans and specifications. This amount will be refunded when they are returned.
 All bids shall be accompanied by cash, certified check or bid bond furnished by a Surety Company authorized to do business in the territory of Alaska for five (5ec) percent of the amount of the bid. Should successful bidder fail to enter into a contract and furnish satisfactory performance bon d within the time stated in the pro- posal, the deposit shall be forfeited as liquidated damages.
 The successful bidder shall be re- quired to file a performance bond in the full amount of the Contract Price, which bond shall be fur nished by a Surety Company ac- ceptable to the owner.
 No bid may be withdrawn after the schedule closing time for the receipt of bids, for thirty t30l days. The owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received.
 SEWARD PUBLIC UTILITIES,
 SEWARD, ALASKA
 By H. J. AMEND, ;.
 Chairman MT. 30-Apr 3,6,1o131720&24r5l
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TINY INSTRUMENT WILL DETECT RADIATION

Departent of Defense, April 14-A pocket-size precision in- strument for detecting atomic radiation has been developed for military purposes by the Navy's Bureau of ships and the Naval Research Laboratory. It w e g h about one-tWelfth as much as equipment now in use.
 The Navy said the Radiac (Ra- dioactivity detection, indication, and computation weighs only two pounds. It will probably replace a Geiger Survey instru- ment known as the PDR-27,
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FOR SALE. MISC.
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 WINCHESTER 2535 Custom, beautiful burl stock, diamond checkering, semi-beaver tail fore end, Lyman receiver, sling. Stock one inch shorter than standard for woman. Never used New. Cost $156.OO; sell $10O.0O.
 REMINGTON automatic, 300 Saw age, Lyman, sling. Shot about 25 times. Cost $15700. Sell S125.OO. WINCHESTER .348, special grade, sling. Shot 25 times. Excellent. S125.00.
 WEAVER K-4, U. mount. Lee dot, like new, S45.00.
 C. M. CARSON
 Box l31, Seward, Alaska
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tOR BETTER USED CARS and trucks, call Hamiltons Garage, N.d's0n 66 32tfc
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DELIVERY MAN and store help
 at Kenai Coop. 84tfc
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BALMAT REALTY

At SIP End Ave. Four large rooms. Needs some finishing. All mate rials furnished to finish. $4000 Terms.
 LODGE FOR LEASE. Moose Pass. Large dining room, kitchen, pantry, bedroom down; dormitory upstairs. Three double cabins. Homestead at Homer. Buildings, berries, horses and farm imple- ments. Priced right. May make terms.
 BALMAT REALTY
 Mary Ann Balmat
 339 4th Ave.
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which together with a compan- ion instrument for picking up radioactivity in the higher ranges, weighs a total of 24 pounds.
 The new device is housed in a waterproof, shockproof plastic case and is powered by pair of ordinary flashlight batteries. It is push-button operated, easily maintained, and will instantly indicate, visually, the values of atomic radiation intensities in an area. The Radiac's 27O-de- gree-wide visual scale tells the operator at once whether he is in safe" or a ''hot" zone.
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FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE

TWO BEDROOMS, furnished. New kitchen with gas range, dish washer, refrigerator and auto
 matic washer. Grand piano, fire place and basement. On lot and one-half with garden, one block from postoffice. Garfield 60, 324 Fifth Avenue. 82tfc
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If every individual driver strives to drive safely it will make our highways safer for everyone.
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Real Estate For SALE One four-room house. One lovely log house Filling Station and Garage A very good investment. House at Summit Lake. Several good income business
 properties.
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 Real Estate 8; Insurance 4th & Adams Monroe 183
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Evening star., 1951-05-04
Commander Tells He Believes Korea War Ended Successfully

deluded so many people distant from
the actual scene"
| Gen. MacArthur-The quotation
that you read, Senator, is quite true.
1t did restore at one stroke the
enormous prestige of the United
States. -. The only thing I am
trying to do, Senator, is to settle
the thing in Korea to bring it to a
decisive end. I believe it can be
brought to a decisive end without
the calamity of a third world war
=. Now in all the discussions today
there has been no proposal that has
been made here as to how to end
the Korean problem satisfactorily
and honorahly. -. still am of
that opinion: and I shrink,-I
shrink, with a horror that I can
not express in words, at this con-
tlnuous slaughter of men in Korea.
| The battle casualties in Korea
today probably have passed the
million-man mark. Our own cas-
ualties, American casualties, have
passed $1,000. The Koreans have
lost about 100000 Our losses, on
our side, are quarter of a million
men. I am not talking of the
civilian populations, who must have
lost many, many, many times that.
The enemy probably has lost 750,-
900 casualties. There are 145, 5000
Of them that are now in our prison
bull pens, prisoners, so they might
be expected from that figure because
they live; but a million men in less
than II months of fighting, in less
than ii months of this conflict,
have already gone, and it grows
more savage every day. You
are gambling on chances; but I
say there is no chance in Korea,
because it is fact-you have lost
million men now. You will lose
more than a million if you go on
another year; if you go on until
1858. you will lose another million.
What are you trying to protect?
The war in Korea has already
almost destroyed that nation of 20
million people. have never seen
such devastation.
I have seen, guess, as much
blood and disaster as any living
man, and I just curdled my stom-
ach the last time I was there.
After I looked at that wreckage
and those thousands of women and
children and everything. I vomited
Now, are you going to let that go
on, by any sophistry of reasoning,
or possibilities? They may be there,
but this is a certainty.
What are you going to do? Once
more, repeat the question, what
lis the policy in Korea.
If you go on indefinitely, you are
.perpetuating slaughter such as l
have never heard of in the history
of mankind. =. =.
Your entire drift has been not to
do anything, just keep on fighting.
losing and bleeding there. and T
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THE EVENING STAR A-9
Washington, D. C. ."
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1851
think we should make some extra
ordinary effort to bring it to an end.
China Glnnna4 R..;ll A4a..

think we should make some extra
ordinary effort to bring it to an end.
China Cannot Build Atom.
Senator McMahon-NoW, I would
like to know this, general: Is there
any atomic or plane building ca
pacity in the Chinese mainland,
that you know Of?
Gen. MacArthur-None that I
know of. The backwardness of in
Idustrial development in China pre-
Icludes even the concept of such an
intricate potential. :. They may
have some of the natural resources
that go into the manufacture of
them, OF the bombs, I couldn't tell
you about that; but, it will never be
done in our day. Never, in our day.
will atomic weapons be turned out
Iof China.
They cannot turn out the ordi-
nary weapons They do not have
the instrumentalitieS to turn out
airplanes, big ships, big guns, many
Iof the other attributes of modern
warfare.
Senator McMahon-You would
not deny that the capacity, both
atomic and the production of planes,
of Western Europe, combined with
Soviet Russian, would out-produce
the United States of America
would not deny that, would you?
Gen. MacArthur-Not at all, any
inference from your question that I
don't advocate the fullest protection
and assistance to Western Europe
is quite fallacious, Senator. What I
advocate is that we defend every
place, and say that we have the
capacity to do it.
If you say that we haven't, you
admit defeat. II the enemy has that
capacity and is divided on all these
fronts, we should be able to meet it.
Senator Mcmahon. Now gen.
eral, do you think that we are ready
to withstand the Russian attack in
Western Europe today?
Gen. MacArthur-Senator, I have
asked you several times not to in
volve me in anything except my own
area. MY concepts on global defense
are not what I am here to testify
on. don't pretend to be the authori-
ty now on those things.
Senator Northumberland, in
September of 1850 did you have any
intelligence that the Chinese were
going to come in If we went to the
Yalu?
Gen. MacArthur-I had no con-
crete information. No, sir.
Senator McMahon-Had you been
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Evening star., 1951-05-04

course which you wish to pursue
because if the risks are so great
as to prejudise the existence ol
this Nation, then it is time VIZ
stopped and weighed those risks
until we get into a position to rebut
them and to meet them.
Gen. MacArthur-You assume, o,
couse, that relatively your strength
is going up much more than the
enemy's. That Is a doubtful as.
sumption, Senator.
Senator McMahon-Well, gen.
eral, if that is not true on the short.
term basis, then it will come, I an
sure, as news to everybody in the
United States Senate, because il
there is one thing we have beer
proceeding on it is-and oul
mobilizer in chief said the othel
day that until 1858 without ar
attack, and we will be so strong
that they can't attack us, because
by that time we will have the planes
we will have the bombs, amounts
that we haven't got today, we will
have the men in uniform, and we
may be in shape to meet this at
tack, which we are not in shape tc
meet today.
Emphasizes Casualty Rate.
Gen. MacArthur-And in two
years what will be your casualty
rate of American boys in Korea?
Senator McMahon-And, general
I ask you what our casualty rate
will be in Washington, D. c., il
they put on an attack, an atomic
attack-and I had better change il
from Washington lest I be think
ing about myself, to New York OF
the other cities of the United States
to say nothing Of the American boys
who are going to die in the air and
sea in this logistical sort of support
of the forces into China.
Gen. Macarthur - All thost
risks, I repeat, were inherent in the
decision of the United States tc
go into Korea.
| Senator Northumberland,
am not saying that they were not
What I am trying to say is that
now is the time, it would seem tc
me, to stop, look and listen anc
see where we are before we plunge
into course that may take us over
the precipice before we are ready
Gen. MacArthur-What Is your
plan then to end Korea?
Senator McMahon-I would like
to quote to you your language or
going into Korea, which was very
beautifully written, and I think il
ought to be in the record
THE decision of President Tru-
man on June q lighted into fame
a lamp of hope throughout Asia
that was burning dimly toward ex-
tinction. 1t marked for the Far East
the focal and turning point in this
area struggling for freedom. 1t swept
aside in one great monumental
stroke all of the hypocricy and the
'sophistry which has confused and
Evening star., 1951-05-04

advise us to push forward with a
course of action that may involve
Jus in that global conflict.
Gen. notwithstanding that
is involved in international rela-
tionships, Senator, amounts to a
gamble, risks. You have to take
risks.
Senator Mcmahon. General
are you aware of what our atomic
preparedness situation is today?
Never Pried Into Atomic Matters
Gen. MacArthur-Only in a very
general way, sir.
Senator McMahon-I am not
asking you for numbers, but do you
know the numbers in our stock
pile?
Gen. MacArthur-I do not.
have no more information on that
than the average officer would have
It's confined to a very select circle
You know.
| Senator McMahon-Have you ever
asked about that? Have you ever
asked for information on it, gen.
eral?
Gen. MacArthur-I have dis
cussed it, but I have never at
tempted to pry into matters which
II regarded as beyond my own
authority.
Senator McMahon-In the course
Of your conduct of your duties in
the Far East, as a theater COM
mander, did you ever make inquiry
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about
our atomic situation?
Gen. MacArthur-I have made
inquiries as to what might be the
potentialities and possibilities OF
the use of the atomic bomb in my
own theater. I know what that is
Senator McMahon-Have you at
any time advocated the use of the
atomic bomb in your theater?
General MacArthur-The limit
of what I did was to ask for in
formation as to whether there were
any plans to use the atomic bomb
in the Far East.
SC1ioboA AC1NdlIOAA-D LIN JOu ACS-
ommend it's use?
Gen. MacArthur-I did not. AS
I understand it, the use of the
atomic bomb has, by fiat and order
been limited to the decision of the
President of the United States.
Senator McMahon--Do you think
or have you any intelligence, any
access to intelligence reports about
Russian potentialities in the build
ing of atomic weapons?
Gen. MacArthur-Very little.
Senator McMahon-Does that lit
F., tie give you an estimate as to how
many they possess today?
Gen. MacArthur-No, sir.
Senator Mcmahon - Have you
sought to get that information?
Gen. MacArthur-Not at all
Senator McMahon-If you will
precipitate-the question is with
drawn.
If, by following your recommen-