Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27

make "very determined" move
lments above the 38th Parallel.
MY reading OF that message. y
he declared. lis that it was more
Tor less a notification that nego-
|tiations were in progress, without
advising him of specific terms.
land that he should conduct him
self with great caution in his mill
tary movements.
Trade With China Opposed.
Eyes sir, that is the intent of
lit" Gen. Collins answered. Be
cause we said, Time will be re-
,Iquired to determine diplomatic re-
actions an permit new negotia-
lions that may develop
/ For that reason, we stated,
major advance should not be
made or words to that effect"
1 Under questioning by Senator
Morse in a later round. Gen.
Collins said the Joint Chiefs are
on record as opposing economic
trade with Communist China.
i He agreed with Senator Morse
that the Joint Chiefs, in direct
ling the Korean war, must operate
with other United Nations and
cannot dictate the terms OF OPP
efations" in Korea.
4 In the same discussion it was
brought out that a Naval block
ade, as proposed by Gen. Mac
Arthur, might involve the sinking
Of not only British but also Rus
sian ships going into Chinese
ports.
Soviet Retaliation Possible.
Senator Morse suggested that il
1.-THE United States blockaded
Dairen and sank Russian ships
There would be a demand on
1.-THE part of the Russian people
tc retaliate."
| Gen. Collins said that was Ger
Itainly a Definite possibility"
Senator Morse-And increased
the danger to such point tina:
you were opposed to the
blockade?
Gen. Collins-That is correct,
sir.
Under persistent questioning by
Senator Smith, Republican, of
New Jersey. on the reasons the
Joint Chiefs supported the firing
of Gen. Macarthur, Gen. Collins
repeated that there had been an
accumulation" of incidents that
brought about the action.
| Finally he said:
Il refuse, very frankly. Senator,
Ito be prinned down to say the rea-
son I support his relief was be-
cause in such and such a letter.
and on such and such line. he
said so and So"
Then Senator Smith turned to
the plan. which has been brought
out in testimony time after time,
to have Secretary of the Army
Pace to notify Gen. Macarthur of
the action In advance. There was
IA breakdown in this plan because
the word did not get through to
Mr.. Pace in time.
Smith Criticizes Method.
Senator Smith, have the
highest regard for Secretary Pace,
but Secretary Pace has only been
in short time and wasn't a mil
itary man and it didn't seem quite
adequate for him to discuss with
Gen. Macarthur. or to convey to
him, the notice that he was fired,
without first AN opportunity to
discuss the issues. I don't see how
you can possibly take the things
that have been presented to us
as sound basis for the Joint
Chiefs of Staff frankly to have
taken the position against the
man who has been working with
them and which we all give such
credit to, on such short notice,
and abruptly dismiss him. think
the people of the country are very
much concerned by what seems to
me an inadequate justification for
the way the action was taken.
II Gen. Collins attempted to go
beyond the officially announced
reasons for the Joint Chiefs action
II could not be determined because
there followed more than three
blank pages in the transcript
.deleted by the censor for security
reasons.
Gen. Collins told Senator Wiley,
Republican. Of Wisconsin, that the
Joint Chiefs discussed number
of specific incidents" which &C
cumulated to bring about the
Macarthur custer. He said that /
he could not remember the exact
language Gen. Bradley used when
he posed the question of the firing |
when he called them together |,
April 8 to discuss the matter.
Wiley Reviews VFW Letter.
Questioned again about what he
thought of the Macarthur STRAIT
egg in leaving a gap in the lines
between the 10th Corps and the |,
9th Army last December. Gen. |
Collins said: /
g. 1t is matter of Judgment
and certainly Gen. Macarthur
had great, vast experience upon
which to base his judgment"
Senator Wiley repeated a ques-
ton as to whether Gen. Mac !,
Arthur violated any directive in I