Evening star., 1951-05-04

she has declared on U.s." He hae
been asked by Senator Morse
Republican, of Oregon if thi
country should declare war or
Red China.
6. The five-star general de.
clared that the Administration!
attempts to limit the fighting ir
Korea presented "a new concept
in war. THAT" he added, "is mo-
War-that is appeaSement."
Z. The general challenged a sug'
gestion by Senator Morse tina
present operations in Korea Car
be justified as buying time nee.
essary our own defenses in ordel
to meet an all-out war with Rus.
STA"
II say that if you are trying tt
buy time. you are doing it the
worst way you can," the genera
replied. "You are buying time
at the expense of American blood
I think that is too expensive"
8. Gen. Macarthur denied there
was any agreement between him
self and the President about the
strategic Importance of Formoss
In the famous Wake Island confer.
ence of october Is. II think thai
when the President said that he
and I were in agreement about
Formosa." he told Senator Salton.
stall. Republican, of Massachu-
sets, "he (the President) meant
the agreement was that both of us
had dropped the question of dis
cussing it there at Wake Island
or at any other time"
Fears Pacific Loss.
8. The General said that if Com
munist China wins Formosa 1--WE
practically lose the Pacific Ocean
That, he added, would immeasur-
ably increase the danger to Alaska
"as well as it would to the States
of California, Washington, Ore
gon, and Central and South
America"
10. Gen. Macarthur predicted
that troops in Korea would vote
100 to 0" in favor Of bombing
the Red Chinese arsenal in Man
churia, as he has advocated.
II. The 71-year-old commander
told Senator Bridges, Republican
of New Hampshire, he does not
question "in the slightest" the
authority of President Truman in
removing him. But he said en-
phatically that the interest of the
United States was "jeopardized'
by the summary manner in which
he was abruptly relieved of his
command.
IL. Gen. Macarthur testified his
reports to the United Nations were
censored in passing through the
Defense and State Departments
He referredsto at least one case in
which changes were made which
I would not accept, changes which
seemed to me to place a political
slant upon a military officers re-
port, which were not warrantable. >
He could not recall the details OF
the case but said the Defense De-
partment supported him and
maintained that nothing should
go in over his signature which he
did not approve.
Secret Matters Cited.
In a press conference at the
close of the first days session
Chairman Russell cited this testi.
mony about "secret matters in.
volving the use of atomic power
in warfare" as justifying his in.
slstence on closed hearings.
"Today's hearing convinced me
of the wisdom of the way we are
proceeding" said Senator Russell
He said it would be tragic" il
the Senate voted to force open
the doors. He pointed out that
Gen. Macarthur had read from
messages in a cryptographic code
it has taken the Government 1e
years to- evolve.
He said that material, in un-
friendly hands, might break the
code land we might not even
know 1t had been broken until we
became involved in war"
Senator Mcmahon got Gen,
Macarthur to admit that he does
not believe his recommendations
for Korea would necessarily bring
Russia into the war.
Suppose, general, you are
wrong about that?" Senator Nc
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