Evening star., 1951-05-25
sue it and Senator Connally re-
Tented.
Holding Action in Korea.


Holding Action in Korea.
Gen. Collins also repeated thu
view expressed by his Pentagor
superiors that this nations mair
objective was to hold as much O.
Korea as it is possible for us II
hold until some sort of Settlemen
can be had of the conflict there.
Asked if it were not desirable
to free Korea and set up a fret
government there, he said it was
but that practical considerations
had to be maintained in the pres.
ent conflict.
Gen. Collins also said that twt
previous surrender calls issued tt
the enemy by Gen. Macarthur
had the knowledge and full &C.
cord of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
but that Gen. MacArthur's contro.
Iversial surrender announcement
of March "a did not.
At about that time, Gen. Collin.
said, the Pentagon transmitted d
message to Gen. Macarthur thai
the President was considering is.
suing a proclamation outlining ir
broad terms possible conditions o1
peace. But he said the message
did not contain provisions Of the
proposed proclamation.
Differences in Proposal.
/ Republican Senators wanted tt
know what there was different
about the last surrender cal
which made it an improper an.
nouncenlent.
The Army Chief of Staff saic
he thought the third announce
ment differed from the first two
mainly in that the early one:
would have affected just NORTH
Koreans. The last, he said, coulC
have involved "a great deal o1
action outside of the peninsula
of Korea"
Twice during the presentation
Gen. Collins paid high tribute tc
1t. Gen. James Van Fleet, the
field commander of the United
Nations forces in Korea, for esti-
mating correctly where the Chi
neSe attack would come and sc
dispoSing his forces to stop it anc
send the aggressors into retreat
The four-star general began hi;
testimony as the committee late
yesterday rejected by vote o1
IA to II move by Senator Hick.
enlooper, Republican, of Iowa tt
call Secretary of State Achesor
before the Joint Chiefs of Staff ir
the line of witnesses.
Questioning Limited.
In another procedural action
the committee sought to speed ur
the inquiry by adopting, 81 to 2
proposal by Senator Lodge, Re.
publican, of Massachusetts tt
limit the questioning by each
Senator to Is minutes except ir
the case of Secretary Acheson. A
Commute limit will prevail wher
Mr.. Acheson takes the stand ano
with all witnesses there will bt
no limit on the number of round.
OF questioning.
i Gen. Collins, known as Light
ming Joe" for his rapid operation
in World War II, had to postpon,
a trip to Europe for conference
and inspections to go before tn,
committee. He told Chairman
Russell, however, that he woult
be available for "as long as tn
committee wants me-"
!, He also remarked that he wa
. Sufferin from a cold and poiso,
tlivy as he took the witness stan,
on the 18th day of hearings.
; The silver-haired veteran O
fighting in both the Pacific an
. Europe in World War II, fame
as the capturer of Cherbourg, wa
the first of the three chiefs Q
staff to present his views in tn
flaming Macarthur controversy.
He started his testimony as
T sharp new dispute arose owe
, criticism of Gen. Macarthur
; battle tactics at the time of tn
, initial Chinese attack in Kore
, last November.
Warnings Pointed Out.
In yesterdays testimony Ger
+ Omar Bradley said Gen. Mac
Arthur twice ignored Join
Chiefs of Staff warnings abou