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Doris fIeeson
Joint Chiefs Reshuff|ing Possible
Gen. Brodleys Tour Of Duty Due to Expire in August;
Truman Uneasy About Sherman, Next in Line

will be allowed to do so. In line
If he does is Gen. Nathan Twin
ig. his Vice-Chief.
It may well be that the
President, if he retains Gen.
Bradley. may prefer to keep the
whole team intact since the
military crisis with which they
are so well acquainted Is not
likely to be dissolved soon.
Gen. Collins, Army Chief, has
two years still to serve. An
argument against promoting
Admiral Sherman at this time
is that Bradley's retirement
suggests Vandenberg's; then it
would be necessary to add two
new men to the team Of four.
The President always seems
to prefer keeping the old ones
on in all departments. He is
re-appointing members who
are long past their prime to
various agencies. seeming to ac-
cept cheerfully the hazard that
If the Democrats are not re-
tanned in Office, he Is expedit-
ing the Republicans chance to
make over the Government.
The Truman system has the
further drawback that it re-
tards the promotions Of men in
the ranks and therefore dis
courages them. The Pentagon,
however, puts Gen. Bradley In
a special class; it will surprise
them If he is not re-appointed.
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by statutory right or by custom.
I know I always go and II ]
cannot go, some one else goes in
my place, some other military
man. ! am not too sure. I
would have to look it up as to
whether, as I say. 1t is by
statute or by custom. I am not
sure"
Here we have the highest
council in the Nation. where
civilian control" has been car
ried to the extreme that not a
military official can sit in it by
official right and legally par
ticipate in its decisions affect
ing national security and the
taking Of risks. These risks can
be prescribed by the State De-
partment and yet the military
capabilities of the United States
might or might not be sufficient
to meet the situation created
by these risks-and the chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
doesn't even know what rights
he has. If any, when he is in
vited to attend those meetings.
What is even more disturbing
is that the civilian heads Of
the three armed services not
only have been excluded by the
act of 1949 from membership
in the Presidents cabinet, but
they are excluded also from the
National Security Council un-
less the President and the SEN
ate lets them in. Their appoint
ments to the council must be
confirmed by the Senate. But
If a civilian appointee succeeds
Secretary Marshall, the Ma
tional Security Council will not
have on it as a matter or statu-
tory right. any military or for
mer military man unless Con-
gress admits the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff to the council.
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Constantine Brown:
Constantine Brown:
Peace Still Open to Chinese Reds
Y. NJ Willing to Reestobsh North South Korean Border
And IS Reody to Hold To!ks With Peipinq Puppets

The Chinese Communists and
their North Korean brethren
can have peace any time they
want 1t.
The United Nations is willing
to re-establish the border be-
tween North and South Korea
as it existed until, June Is. 1850.
and also is prepared to discuss
with the Peiping puppets the
question Of China's admission to
the United Nations and the
future Of Formosa. on the basis
of an international trusteeship
which would last five years.
The defeats suffered by the
Chinese armies at the hands Of
the Allies have provided diplo-
mats in Washington and New
York new hope that the Peiping
government will accept this gen.
erouS offer. A number of mill
tary men suspect that Peiping
might be willing to discuss the
United Nations proposals in
order to regroup their armies
and bring additional equipment
to the battlelines. -
Most observers believe, how
ever. that the answer to the
whole problem must be sought
in Moscow and not Peiping. The
Korean war is only an incident
insofar as the men in the Krem-
lin are concerned. It has cost
them nothing so far, while the
Allied forces have had heavy
casualties, considering the limi-
tation Of their present ground
forces.
Russia now is preparing her
summer offensive against the
free world. What shape it will
take nobody can gauge with any
degree Of precision. The adam
ant attitude of the Iranian gov
ernment. which is being prodded
by the Moscow-inspired nation
alists. is one of the straws in
the wind Of the 1851 Kremlin
offensive. So are military move
Evening star., 1951-05-29
Dorothy Thompson
Trumon's Ano|ogies Superficial
His Repeated Attempts to Compare Greece With Korea
Reveal Lack of INSIGHT Into Historical Realities
2 Greece With Korea
Realities

West: all bind her to China
and the Manchurian complex.
Korea has no natural defense
against Manchuria, and that
"as China goes so goes Korea"
would seem automatic, with
Japan out of the picture.
Our leaders persistently ig-
more the facts about cultures,
civilizations and revolutions,
while the Russians as a state
practice non-intervention, en-
couraging these national revo-
lutions and using Communist
agents merely to intensity anti
Western feelings. In Korea,
they are not betting on Rus
sian success but on Chinese.
They did not bet on Bulgarian
success in Greece, nor encour-
age any foreign armies to in
tervene. They accepted a Com
muniSt defeat.
And I doubt that they'll bet
on a Russian military success
in Iran-but on Anglo-Amer-
ican psychological blundering.
I think the Soviets are better
at assessing the dynamics of q
given situation and diagnosing
the limits Of effective military
intervention than we are.
And they at least know that
history is not made by counting
heads in the u. N.
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on Jopon's Intentions

encouragement in the current
issue of The Reporter magazine.
A. Ronald Schiller has collected
for the magazine a number Of
items bearing on the point.
He quotes Macarthur as writ
ing before Pearl Harbor: 1T
has been assumed, in my opin-
ion enormously, that Japan
covetS these islands (the Philip
pines). Just why has never been
satisfactorily explained. Pro-
ponents of such a theory fail
fully to credit the logic Of the
Japanese mind. No national
reason exists why Japan or any
other nation should covet the
sovereignty of this country"
That's the expert in Oriental
psychology speaking. The mill.
tary Macarthur is quoted as
saying, also before Pearl Har-
bor: IF Japan entered the war,
the Americans, the British and
the Dutch could handle her with
about half the forces they now
have developed in the Far East"
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David Lowrence:

With the widening Of the
world crisis that has been going
on since June. 1850, it might be
thought that President Truman
would add to the National Sc
curity Council the three civilian
heads of the armed services. But
he has not done so. even though
an act Of Congress authorizes
him to make such appointments.
Much has been said here re-
Gently about the Importance Of
Civilian control" It sounds like
an artificial issue because the
National Security Council does
not as yet have in its member
ship either the military or civil
ian heads Of each of the three
military departments. The Sc
curity Council. moreover, has not
been regularly passing on the
major matters of policy arising
out of the Korean war. These
have been left to loose handling
by informal conferences in which
the right hand often doesn't
know what the left hand is
doing. Gen. Bradley doesn't
even know what his legal re-
lationship is to the National
Security Council. Likewise, the
Secretary of the Army, the
Secretary Of the Navy and the
Secretary Of the Air Force have
no right to participate in de-
cisions affecting their services in
the all-important National Sc
curity Council.
Congress in 1947 passed leg
islation and then in 1949 added
certain provisions covering the
manner in which the national
security of this country was to
be protected. The law specified
that National Security Coun-
Gil be established ito assess
and appraise the objectives,
commitments, and risks Of the
United States in relation to our
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Dorothy Thompson:

The Presidents repeated at
tempts to draw an analogy be-
tween Korea and Greece reveal
the lack Of insight into his
torical, geographical and pyscho-
logical realities which character
izes most of the attitudes of the
Administration and its Repub-
lcan opposition.
Greece is the cradle of West
ern civilization. It's classic
thought is still the basis of
much Of Western education. The
menace to its freedom and cul-
ture has always come from the
East. The worst fate it ever suf-
fered was its subjection by the
Ottoman Turks in the 18th
century, which severed it from
the West for 400 years and
brought it into stagnation.
Every instinct of the Greek
spirit therefore gravitates west
ward. All its monuments reflect
the Western spirit. Personal ties
bind thousands of Greek families
with relatives and communities
in the United States. Greek In
dependence Day Liberation from
the Ottoman Turks is annually
celebrated, not only in Athens,
but in every American city with
a sizable Greek population.
Except on the north, Greece
Is entirely surrounded by the sea,
and is part of the Mediterranean
world. It's northern frontiers are
on States-Bulgaria, Yugoslavia
and Albania-with which it has
had many past disputes, and
from which no community of in
terest favorable to Greece could
be anticipated. The land frontier
is amidst terrific mountains.
Greek Nationalists needed only
to keep the rebels beyond these
ranges.
How. then, can one draw
parallel between Greece and Ko-
rea? Western military interven-
tion in Greece was natural, as
part of the military and the
spiritual defense of Europe. The
British, for both reasons, have
always supported Greek liberia
tion. Missolonghi is Immortality
associated with lord Byron who,
In "The Isles of Greece" wrote,
perhaps. the greatest love-
lament for Greece in any
language.
But Western military inter-
vention in Asia appears, in Chi
nese and Asian eyes, entirely
different. no matter what the
legal basis for the action may be.
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ing in large part the excellent
record in which Secretary Of
the Navy Matthews is basking
with such complacency. He is.
however, coolly brilliant and
with more than a dash of Navy
starch.
Franklin D. Roosevelt would
have dotted on it. Other things
being equal. Mr.. Roosevelt could
have been depended on any
way to have found a reason why
an admiral should receive pre-
ferment;; it was not an accident
that his personal World War
II military co-ordinator was
Admiral Leahy.
Artilleryman Truman has q
naturally warm feeling for the
Army In which he served; per-
haps he does not favor 1t but
he looks after it. Mr.. Roosevelt
neglected the Army and gave
it Indifferent secretaries until
the war forced him to bring
in the exceptional Henry L.
StimSon.
Admiral Sherman has been
CNO only two years. He is
reported to prefer sticking with
the job of restoring the Navy's
power and prestige for the full
four years. OF course he could
not refuse promotion.
The Air Force chief, Gen. VAN
denberg, is also within sight of
retirement and is talking as if
it were an accepted fact that he
Evening star., 1951-05-29
Henry McLemore:
Offers Advice to Guards
Of Miss truman in Paris
Henry McLenore:

1t is to be hoped that the
Secret Service men chosen to
guard Miss Margaret Truman
during her stay in Europe have
been there before and are not,
like the Presidents daughter. on
their first trip to the continent.
I am thinking particularly Of
the pistol -toters who'll guard
Miss Truman when she is in
Paris. Gay Paree, as thousands
Of American men can testify, has
a most electrical effect on first
time masculine visitors. They
are very likely to forget every
thing in admiration of the
beauties Of Paris. and I am not
speaking Of the Tuileries gar
dens or the Seine at sunset.
know this to be true, because
1t happened to me. and has
happened to hundreds of my
friends and acquaintances. ALI
the way over on the cattle boat
I kept telling the cows In my
charge how sorry 7 was that
they were cows and wouldn't be
able to enjoy historic Paris with
me-cathedrals, the Bastille,
etc., etc.
Well, I saw less of historic
Paris than you can see in q
travel folder. What I did see
is not very clear in my memory.
but I do know If had gone
back in cattle boat the cows
would have had to feed me, in
addition to themselves. Par
don me. I did see a Bastille,
but not the Bastille. and a
gendarme lieutenant. not q
guide, took me there.
Before she sailed, Miss Tru-
man indicated that. like most
other Americans, she would
visit some Of the night spots of
Montmartre while in Paris.
This will be the time when any
young and f1rst-time- -in-Paris
Secret Service fellows are going
to have a difficult time concen-
trating on the job they were
sent to do.
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It appears as neither natural
nor benevolent.
The Asian world is in active
or latent national revolutions,
in each case directed against
the Westerners who, for centu-
ries, have been masters of the
globe.
This revolt is now spreading
to Iran. In this atmosphere the
last superior efficiency of the
Westerner, the legality of his
past contracts. or his claims to
be enforcing peace, have no real
ity. It is, I think, futile for the
British to invoke sanctity of
contract regarding it's oil hold
ings in Iran, for no contract
infringing national sovereignty
will survive a national revolu-
ton. The purpose of revolution
is to cancel such contracts and
overturn past legalities.
In Chinese eyes the advance
of American and European
armies toward the Chinese
frontiers offers a threat to
Chinese integrity, and their
action a move to repel that
threat. Not one non-Korean
Asiatic brigade is fighting, but
South Africans (who believe in
white supremacy are. No ma
tional historical, ethnic, or eco
nomic ties bind Korea to the
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Oh, they'll do their very best
I know. because Secret Service
men are among the most con-
scientious workmen this coun-
try has, but they're still aver
age fellows. and there'n be
times when their minds will
wander and they'll have a
tough time remembering, real
quickly. that Washington is the
capital Of the U. S. A.
Just how to explain why this
is liable to happen in Mont
martre is not easy. but I'll try.
For one thing-well, uh, you
see, what I'm trying to say is
that the music is so pretty.
Real different from our music.
And man who likes real pretty
music. just plain music. and not
all dressed UP music, all covered
up music. just can't believe his
eyes-can't believe his ears. I
mean. ....
If it isn't too late, I would
suggest to the head Of the Sc
cret Service that he divide her
bodyguard into two sections
while she Is in Paris (Gay
Parcel.
One section would be called
the Disgruntled or Horribly
Disappointed Section, and its
sole duty would be to accom-
pany Miss Truman when she
visited the bookstalls along the
Left Bank, cashed her travellers
checks. went for mail at the
American Express, visited the
Louvre and Notre Dame. and
shopped for souvenirs. This
group would be formed from
the Secret Service agents under
the age of IS. or the ones who
had visited Paris before. :.
The second section would be
called the Ho Hum Section.
and would be drawn from the
agents IS years Of age and
above. This group would pro-
tect Miss Truman when and If
she visited Montmartre.
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notified who (sic) and under
what conditions, because we
might continue the investiga-
ton for mich longer than we
would like to continue it."
This resulted from a line of
questioning pursued by Senator
Fulbright. The Arkansas Demo-
crat had eudeavored to get Gen.
Bradley to- comment on the cir
cumstancas under which Gen.
Macarthur was caught with his
planes down on Clark Field 10
hours after the news of the at
tack on Rearl Harbor had been
flashed to- Manila. Bradley was
an unwilling witness, finally
suggesting that Macarthur was
the man.-to ask about that in
cident.
Whatsthe Senator was leading
up to was the manner in which
Macarthur received suggestions
from Washington. BY pestering
Bradley persistently he did de-
velop the fact that the Chiefs
Of Staff here had twice indi-
Gated to Macarthur their con-
Germ over the extent to which
he had divided his forces in
Korea. This was the situation
which enabled the Chinese to
inf1ict disaster on the U. N. army
last fan. with what the Senator
described as the greatest casu-
alties of the war.
TheDemocrats, now that they
have the ball. may be disposed
to rum with it, despite the de-
sires of Senator Knowland,
MacArthur's Number One boy in
the Senate. They may wish to
reveal that the theory Of Mac
Arthur's infallibility is open to
question. If so they can find
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lowing question: If our top MILL
tary and diplomatic leaders fear
Soviet intervention in the war in
Korea because of the military
assistance treaty signed between
the USSR and its Peiping pup
pet in February. 1850. why are
we not afraid Of defeating the
Red armies? It would be as
logical for Moscow to intervene
on the basis Of that pact when
the Chinese armies are smashed
in Korea as it is for them to in
tervene if American bombers at
tack military installations across
the Yalu river.
The Allied armies now are ad-
vancing in North Korea. That
is a territory which also Is
covered by the 1850 mutual as
sistance pact between Russia
and her Chinese and North
Korean puppets. It can be said
that when we first moved into
North Korea after the victories
at Inchon the Russians did
not intervene because they had
planned to throw the Chinese
Communist forces against us.
But now, when the Chinese ap-
parently are being decimated,
will they permit their ally to
suffer a serious defeat? And
will Moscow be willing to call of
the war she provoked last June
and thus unite our hands in
Korea?
This is hardly probable. Most
observers believe that if the Chi
nese armies are hopelessly de-
feated. Russia will be as willing
to intervene as If we had at
tackled the bases in Manchuria.
But if this is just another major
setback from which her puppets
can quickly recover, she will con-
tinue her threatening attitude
and prevent any cease fire, fully
expecting that the Allied forces
will not exploit their present VIC
tories to the fullest military ex.
tent.
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Lowell WeHett:
Macarthur |nfa||ibi|ity Checked
Writer Collects Generals Views on Jopon's Intentions
And Military Strength Preceding Pearl 4obor

The Saturday Review of Lit
erature is circulating a ques-
tionnaire among Washington
correspondents asking opinions
on paffaire Macarthur. Among
other things we are asked
whether 1t will play an inpor-
tant part in next years election.
I would like to answer, 81 don't
know" but I have to answer
yes or no. So ! answered yes.
That is probably the correct
answer. but as Of today it is
difficult to predict which of the
two political parties will make
1t so.
It was perfectly clear at the
outset of this monumental
ruckus that the. Republican
managers believed a winning
issue had been delivered into
their hands and that they in
tended to exploit 1t to the limit.
That continued to be the case
at the conclusion of his three
day appearance before the Sem
ate investigating committee. It
doubtless would still be the case
today if the Senate committee
had called no other witnesses.
But now that Secretary Mar
shall and Gen. Bradley have
been heard and the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff are being heard, some
Of the jubilation has gone out
Of the Republican high COM
mand.
"Mr. Chairman" said Repub-
lican Senator Knowland on
Thursday, "I would like to say
before we adjourn that ! hope
we won't get back to December
2 and December 8 and Manila
and Pearl Harbor, as to who
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Sovinss Insured Up TO
$4,000 on Eoeh Sewers Funds

Attend the greater Southeast Washington
Porode Sunday. June 10. at p.m., at
Anocostio Park. Porode route between
! lth St. Bridge and John Philip souso
Bridge.
Evening star., 1951-05-29

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like. But you can weather emergen-
cies and come up smiling :. IF
you had the foresight to save! Open
savings share occount at
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save Systematically! Your regular
deposits and Americans liberal
dividends will soon add up to q
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rainy doys!
, 1951-08-23
Stephen Bostic Is
Student At
Hampton End Sem.

Stephen J.. Bostic, graduate
of the Christiansted High
School and one of the out
standing pianists to come out
of St. Croix, is an honor stu
dent for the second semester
at Hampton Institute.
Mr. Bostic, a freshman in
Education, was included on
the Group I" list, indicating
that he made an overall "A"
average or an GA"
, 1951-08-23
United Notions Reject
Charge Of Neutrality
Zone Violation

The United Nations Com
mand has rejected all commu-
nists claims Of Kaesong neu-
trality truce violations and
disclosed that anti-red gueril-
las are harassing the enemy
behind their lines.
Admiral Turner Joy gave
General Nam II what appear
ed to be a final answer on all
protests to date. The bundle of
notes was handed to commu-
mist officers at a rendezvous by
UN laison officers two hours
before the cease fire sub-com-
mittee was scheduled to meet
at the conference room for
Continued on page a
, 1951-08-23
South Korean Troops
Win Big Bottle
Over North Koreans

South Korean troops cap
tured three commanding
heights in east central Korea
yesterday, almost completing
their five day campaign above
Yanggoo. The biggest and
longest battle of the Korean
lull took place between the
North and South Korean
against each othe ron a half
moon ridge on peaks North
east, northwest and north of
Yanggoo.
The South Koreans, support
ed by United States artillery
and planes, f ought up the
slopes against fierce resistance.
U. S. Air force raiders hit the
Reds with 300 sorties.
, 1951-08-23
Mrs Ethel Willems,
Travel Bureau Rep.
Visits st. Croix

Mrs. Ethel Willems, a travel
bureau representative from
the mainland arrived here this
morning for her first visit to
ST. Croix. She is. staying at the
Comanche Club Hotel in Chris
tiansted..
Mrs. Willems represents the
Will-Scott Travel Agency of
Chicago, Illinois. This agency
is probably the largest inter
racial travel agency in the
United States.
She is visiting the various
hotels to ascertain, first hand,
attitudes toward customers of
racial groups.
, 1951-08-23
Tuesday Nights
Program Wds Surprise
For Everyone

Tuesday nights program
featuring the Antigua Steel
Band which turned out to be
a gigantic affair with an esti-
mated 5000 persons, was a sur
prise to everyone including
the musicians and Mrs. Anna
Brodhurst, who made the re
quest on behalf of Community
Youth Project.
Informed by the Captain of
the Band that their departure
was planned for Tuesday,
August 81, Mrs. Brodhurst
asked them if they could give
a concert for the kids on the
Wharf at 5 or 6 pm. After talk
ing it over with the manager
they decided to nlay from 8 to
, 1951-08-23
Hundreds Guther
On Wharf to See
Hell S Gate Bond Off.

Several hundred persons
gathered on the C'sted wharf
yesterday and stood on the
docks for nearly three hours
to bid the members Of the ia
NOUS "Steel Band" adieu, and
they were rewarded for their
stay with another concert.
Impressed by the continued
interest and hospitality of the
people the members of the
band brought out their instru-
ments from the hold of the
ship where they had been
carefully packed away, and
played many request numbers.
AS the schooner "War Risk"
pulled away they played the
last request number, Mona
Lisa" then their closing song
Nov is the Hour"
The men were anxious to
get back to their homes but
were sad to leave the new
friends they had made.
Because everyone was con-
cerned about the trip these
men had to make aboard a
schooner all the way to Anti
qua, especially during this hur
ricane, season, Nicasion Nico
checked with the Weather Bu-
reau before their departure
to ascertain conditions at sea.
Business in town was virtu-
ally at a standstill for nearly
three hours until the boat was
almost out of sight, as depart