Evening star., 1951-05-31

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lit should be stripped away and
made public.
The inquiry group decided yes
Iterday to keep it secret until MIR.
Acheson has a chance to tell his
reasons why it should not be made
public.
Admiral Sherman testified he is
lagainst Red control of Formosa,
land he quoted Admiral Chester
Nimitz, retired wartime hero. as
saying that to turn Formosa over
to the Reds would mean an in
tervention in the China civil war, =
which is against United States
policy.
Says u. s. Would Win.
In other highlights of his tes-
timony. Admiral Sherman said:
l. He believes the United States
could win a war against Russia
"a general war that we don't
want" He reported the Navy's
combat readiness and morale as
excellent.
2. Like Gen. Macarthur and
the other Joint Chiefs of Staff, he
is opposed to admitting Red
China to the United Nations ''in
any event"
| 3. He is "very fond Of MacAr-
thur" but felt he should be dis
missed.
The admiral declared the United
States should not go it alone on
a naval blockade, because Russia
might oppose it by force" And
he disagreed with Gen. MacAr-
thurs view that the Russian held
ports Of Dairen and Port Arthur
should be included in any block
ade.
Admiral Sherman told the COM
mittees that to blockade a Rus
sian port would be an act of war
under international law. He pro-
posed 1t be limited to Red China.
"Such a blockade" he said,
would be very simple problem if
jail the nations of the United Ma
ltions joined in" He argued the
Chinese cities and military econo-
lmy are particularly vulnerable to
blockade because they depend
largely on overseas trade.
1 And he added:
'I still hope that we can pre-
vail upon our Allies to join in an
defective United Nations CONNER
cial and naval blockade of the
ports of the declared aggressor
(Red China) and as a sanction
short of war
He insisted the U. N. should go
ahead with a blockade, whether
Russia approved or not.
II do not believe that a uni
lateral United States naval block
ade is advisable"
Discussions Indicated.
/ Adm. Sherman indicated the
naval blockade would already be in
force, if the U. N. Allies had not
disapproved over the move. There
was an implication in his testi-
mony that blockade discussions
have been held between the ad-
ministration leaders and diplomats
of other countries.
The admiral declared the Joint
Chiefs of Staff have viewed with
alarm the growing military aid
Red China has been receiving from
non Communist countries.
The Joint Chiefs. on March %,
told Gen. Marshall, he said, that
the trade with Communist China
was on the increase and consti-
tuted q direct threat to the Sc
curity interests of the United
States"
/ He added some progress had
been made in getting U. N. nations
to agree to cut down shipments
to Red China, but he made it
clear this was not effective enough.
/ The United States Navy would
be able to provide ships for the
blockade with "only minor en-
Ibarrassment," Admiral Sherman
testified, by taking vessels out of
the mothball fleet.
And he added that he agreed
with Gen. Macarthur that Russia
] couldn't do much about it.
! They could contest it," he said,
I"but we have sufficient naval
power to prevent any other coun-
try from controlling the sea
around Japan"
Senator Russell asked about the
i chances of the United Nations
voting a naval blockade.
/ Admiral Sherman replied: IT
would say that Immediately it is
not likely. If this present condi-
Ition drags on long enough, it will
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