The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-04-19
"FOr The Long PULP"


the Macarthur removal. (; growing
number Of thoughtful and informed
men not only in the State Depart
ment bat in the Pentagon as well are
swinging to the view, previously
noted in this space, that the last
thing the Soviet Union intends is to
precipitate an about war with us
and our auti-Commdnst allies.
Neither the omnous massing of the
Chinese Reds in Korea for what
promises to be another grand-scale
attack ucr the new troop movements
and increased tension reported in the
satellite states Of western Europe al
ter this belief. Among those who feel
this way are some Of our ADLER and
more astute representatives abroad.
However. their unanimous conviction
is that this belief in no way sanctions
the slightest relaxation of our de-
Tense effort. On tie contrary, it is
vital that we proceed on the assump-
ton that general war is the Soviet
objective; that this war may break
cut any day now; that we have very
little time to prepare. In brief, it
easily might be fatal to take a
chance. Clearly, the reason the
Soviets do not go the limit is because
of our conceded superiority in the
atomic bomb department.
There is general agreement about
that. The argument is that imperial
istic relationships attack only when
they think they can win; that the
stronger we grow (and we are doing
that daily the greater the surety
there will he 10 Soviet attack. This
being so, it would seem to justify
an optomistic view Of the future. But
that is not true at all Even ruling
out the full-scale shooting war there
is little in the situation to cheer. For
there appears nothing to prevent the
cold wan" from continuing for a
good many years This, it is agreed, is
a horrible prospect but not at all am
improbable one. There are some who
think an all-out war would not be
very much worse.
The idea, of course, fits in with the
basic Russian strategy Of promoting
our destruction by undermining our
domestic economy. BY this means, it
is held, the eventual wreck Of the ma
ton can be accomplished by our
enemies just as surely and far more
cheaply than by a successful war. BY
this means we could be made to ruin
ourselves. Accordingly, for more than
a decade, besides stealing our State
secrets and fomenting internal dis
sension, the Communist effort has
been concentrated upon forcing us
into Il calamitous national bank
ruptcy from which chaos must ensue.
This is so completely provable that it
is not open to debate.
Looking back over the last six
years what, in pursuit Of this policy,
Russia has done to us can be clearly
seen. Gl She has blasted the hope Of
International peace by deliberately
scuttling the United Nations, render
ing it feeble, futile and foolish; (2)
by her provocative and aggressive
acts she has forced us into the Korean
war, where we have suffered more
than 10000 casualties and expended
billions of dollars. Clearly, the
Russians intend to keep the Korean
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means we must sustain there very
large armed force, suffer more casu-
alties and eXpend more billions; 90
by her hostile and recalcitrant course
in Europe she is compelling us to
build up a great American Army
over there and pour our uncounted
billions to mobilize this country and
aid our allies against the threatened
assault.
Without precipitating war, this
state of affairs, which over long
period would impose an almost in
tolerable strain on Federal finances
and subject cur people to almost I'M
bearable taxation, can be continued
almost indefinitely by the Soviets-at
infinitely less strain and cost to them
than to Us. And if after another
year, as War Mobilizer Wilson as
serts, we shall have become so strong
that Russia could not possibly win a
war, still, we shall not be able to re-
lax, reduce or retreat. We must con-
tinue to pour out the billions for
maintenance of our vast armed
forces in Asia and Europe; for the
replacement Of weapons which rapid
ly become obsolete and for the but
tressing Of our unacceptable leader
snip Of the free world. 1t will be no
more possible then to withdraw than
it is possible now. Our economic dis
location is sure to become great and
our whole fiscal position fraught with
peril
Ii things work out in this way
land the only alternative seems to be
a general war;, the question arises as
to how long will the patience and the
fortitudc Of the American people en-
due? How long will our morale re-