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feeling is that the danger period
begins from today until about 1854
land, in my opinion, In 1858 We viii
be beginning to have an adequate
military posture.
81 would not say that. in 1858,
Everything would be lovely by q
long shot," he added.
I Asked by Senator Long, Demo-
lcrat, OF Louisiana. II he thought
appropriations are largely respon-
lsible for Air Force problems. the
lair chief said funds this year are
adequate.
/ IT would like to make the point.
Though, that the time that money
Twas available to the Air Force was
such. that greater efficiency and
much greater progress could have
been made had we had 1t earlier.
he declared.
There were these other high
lights during his testimony:
/. Senator Knowland disclosed
in series of messages read into
the record that the Joint Chiefs.
last December 90. asked Gen.
Macarthur for specific comments
on conditions that might force
evacuation of Korea. The ques-
tion of who first raised the possi-
bility of evacuation has been at
the root of much questioning.
Russian Jets Superior.
2. Gen. Vandenberg gave "star-
vation" of research and Develop
ment projects during war and
postwar years as q major rea-
son why the Russians have been
able to put a jet fighter into the
air with an engine superior to
ours. He said. however, that
drawing boards" are now begin
ming to come out with some hope
of getting really advanced en-
lgines and armament"
3. The air chief, stressing the
need for Allied solidarity, said the
United States might have to ex-
Ipand its Air Force "five or six
times larger" If it did not have
Allied bases to rely upon In time
OF war. But he also urged suf-
If1cient American strength to take
care of our own interests for the
indefinite future.
4. He testified that use of only
a portion Of the Air Forces stra-
ltegic potential in bombing Man
churia would result in relatively
ineffective contributions to the
Army which is fighting over
there"
5. He also stated his opposition
to seating Red China in the U. N,
or to allowing the Chinese to
take over Formosa under any
circumstances"
6. He told the committee the
q. N. forces now are doing "a
flrst-rate job" of destroying the
hard core Of know-how" in the
Chinese army. But he also de-
clared that, if the Air Force had
been OF, proper size, there was q
very great possibility the Chi
nese Communists would not have
dared come in"
! Says Experts Barred.
z. Senator Hickenlooper. Re-
publican, of Iowa charged that
one man in the State Department
blocked a program indorsed by
the armed forces to bring Ger
man scientists. including Jet ex-
perts, here after the war. He re-
fused to identify the official but
said he was not the Secretary of
State.
Senator Knowland read into the
record a message from the Joint
Chiefs last December 20 asking
Gen. Macarthur . to comment as
to "the conditions which might
determine decision to evacuate
Korea" The message also pointed
out to the general that effective
resistance at some position in
Korea and the deflation of the
military and political prestige OF
the Chinese Communists would
be of great Importance to our
national interests"
/ Replying on December 80, Gen
Macarthur said that "the United
! States naval and air potential was
being only partly utilized and the
potential of the Chinese National
lists on Formosa and guerrilla ac-
| tion on the mainland were being
Ignored"
Gen. Vandenberg testified that
!, the messages were taken into con.
5 sideration in drawing up study
of possible future steps last Jan.
, uary II, which included Gen. Mac.
4 Arthur's points for waging a more
, militant war.
; However, he continued, when HI
; and Gen. j. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff. arrived in Tokyo
, on January Is; the situation IL
Korea had become so much bet.
ter that I'VE believed that it wa.
. not necessary to have q forced
evacuation"
), Questioned sharply by Senator
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