Evening star., 1951-05-13
By the Assoeiotsd Pres,

IA OAAAA eANSA4 SAAS AN~SASl
their views on how best to dea
with the Korean situation in re
lation to global problems,
Here is a digest of more thai
100000 words of testimony befor
Senate hearings, with the views o
each, often contrasting. on spe
ciflc topics:
RUSSIAN AIMS.
Gen. Macarthur: It is a viSiOl
which perhaps transcends any
thing that the old Czarist regime
ever had.
Gen. Marshall: think thei
purpose is to dominate the Who'll
free world.
HOW TO WIN.
Gen. MacArthur-As soon as i
became apparent that Red China
was throwing the full might OF
its military force against oul
troops in Korea . I would have
her with an ultimatun
that she would either come ane
talk, terms of a cease fire withir
a reasonable period of time OF
her actions in Korea would bt
as a declaration of wal
against the nations engaged there
and that those nations would take
such steps as they felt necessary
to bring the thing to a conclu'
sion.
(Gen. Macarthur has proposed
such steps" as bombing of base
and supply lines in Communis
China. use of Chinese Nationals
troops now on Formosa. and s
complete naval and economic
blockade of Communist China).
Gen. Marshall-Inflict terrific
casualties on the Chinese Commu.
mist forces Gin Korea). If We
break the morale of their armies
but more particularly, if we de.
stroy their best trained armies a.
we have been in the process Of
doing, there, it seems to me. yo,
develop the best probability o1
reaching a satisfactory negotiator,
basis with those Chinese Commu
mist forces, without getting our.
selves into what we think woule
be a great hazard toward develop.
ing much enlarged struggle
with consequently larger casual.
ties or a complete world war.
-. have my own doubts a.
to whether the actions recon.
by Gen. Macarthur woule
bring the conflict to a victoriou!
end.
LENGTH OF WAR.
Gen. Macarthur: believe tha
II you carry that out (air ant
naval action against Communis
China) you stand the best chanc,
that is possible of ending this wa
in the quickest time and will
the least cost in blood. $50
I do not believe it would tax,
a very great additional compo
nent of troops to wind this thinl
up.
Gen. Marshall: Korea is not tn,
first time there have been com
plants of a stalemate, and it i.
not the first time there have beer
demands for a quick and decisiv,
solution.
Korea has lasted for 10 months
but the Berlin crisis lasted almos
Is months and was a very dar.
ing undertaking. There were
times when the fight for Berlir
also looked like a stalemate, but
we kept our heads and perseverec
and in the end won a notable
victory.
The effort to free Greece from
Communist aggression took IL
There were those who
said this was a hopeless adven-
ure. "%
= think the course we are
ollowing now lin Korea) is vir-
ually the only course you could
ollow.
If it goes on in the manner that
t has for the last two months,
md particularly in the last two
weeks, it would appear that the
rained fabric of the Chinese
Communist forces will be pretty
veil torn to pieces.
They must have-I know they
must have-a decided limit in the
of trained troops and
,rained armies no matter how
.reat their population or, we will
ay, the availability of manpower
How long Those are
matters that no one can foretell.
Whether or not they resort
o other means, referring spe-
if1ically to air operations, I do
lot know.
GLOBAL ASPECTS.
Gen. Macarthur: This is a global
and you can't let one
lalf of the world slide into slavery
nd just conflne yourself to de-
the other. You have
ot to hold every place. In the
FAR East there was a tremendous
,elief that if we were not going
o defend the Far East. and when
We moved in to defend Korea. it
ave an enormous lift throughout
hat section of the world.
The other fellow has the same
'roblems that we do. If We have
o work on two fronts or three
ronts or four fronts, so does he;
nd if we can't meet him and de-
eat him, our ultimate destruction
S certain. I don't admit
hat we can't hold Communism
wherever it show its head.
You have got war on your
lands and you can't just say.
let that war go on indefinitely
While I prepare for some other
var unless you pay for it by
he thousands and thousands and
of American boys.
Gen. Marshall: Gen. Macarthur
would have us, on our onW