The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-04

NItil. bOusldo MdChltIluI Sdlu tO- day the Joint Chiefs of Staff ap. proved when he split his United Ma tions forces last fall in a drive fol the Korean -Manchurian border. Macarthur made that statement while under questioning from Sen ator McMahon D-Conn), a vigor- ous supporter of the Truman admin istration position in the Far Eastern policy row that led to the general. dismissal from his commands. McMahon brought up also Mac Arthur statement of last fall that his forces were launching win the-war" offensive which woulc have them home by Christmas. There has been some criticism oi Macarthur because he split the 8tf Army and the 10th Corps, sending them off on different slants towart the Yalu river.
 When the Chinese Communist poured into Korea in force, the 8tf Army and the 10th Corps were not in position to join forces for sup port of each other.
 Okehed by Chiefs
 Macarthur told McMahon: "The movements, all tactical ant strategic movements that I made had the prior knowledge and ap proval of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 McNahon said Macarthur yester day had described the drive by hi forces in Nocember as "a reconnais' sance in force" Then he said:
 "As recollect it. General, las November you issued cofnmuniqu' in which you said that this was th' end -of-the-war offensive which would bring the boys home b, Christmas"
 That was my hope" Macarthur replied.
 McMahon: Did you anticipate that you could get them home b. Christmas with a reconnaissance in force?"
 Move Explained Macarthur: "The reconnaissance would have developed the strength of the enemy. If it was not suffi' cient to resist us, it would have been an all-out assault and, as ] explained in my communique, i would have undoubtedly destroyed the last remnants of the Nortf Korean forces"
 Macarthur added that the lin' between a reconnaissance in forc' and an assault attack 'sis rathel nebulcus one and depends upor circumstances"
 Too Much Censorship Soon after Macarthur settled il the witness chair for his secont day of testimony, Senator Know
 land CR-Calif) protested there ha, been too much censorship of Mac Arthur's testimony yesterday deal ing with restrictions on Americal air operations in the Korean war. Knowland said Defense and Stat Department "combers" had delete' portions of yesterdays record h
 believed should have been mad public.
 l Knowland is a member of tn
 Senate Armed Services committed
 one of two Senate groups inquirin
 into MacArthur's dismissal from hi
 Far Eastern commands and the pol
 icy differences which led Presiden
 Truman to oust the five star genera
 Behind Closed Doors
 The other committee is that o
 Foreign Relations.
 The hearings are being held be
 hind closed doors, but reporters ar given a stenographic transcript 0 1 what is said after it has frs
 been "combed' by Senate and De
 fense Department censors to talk
 out information they think migh
 injure the national security. 1 Knowland's protest dealt wit
 messages exchanged between Mae
 Arthur and the Pentagon abou
 bombing operations in Korea itsel
 Air Force Restrictions I T knew that our Air Force wa
 under some restrictions in goin
 north of the Yalu Criver). but
 had no understanding that ther
 were restrictions within Korea it
 self, which was under aggressio
 from the Chinese Communists
 Knowland said.
 l He added that this material q
 pertinent" and ought to be include | in the public records of the com
 mittees' hearings.
 l Macarthur told the senators yes
 terday that he was first instructe