Evening star., 1951-04-16

use some of these immense
Allied Troops smosh Into Town 9 Mile
Deep in Red Koreo. pose A.
weapons" to 'dehumanize" bell
across Korea-making it unfit fol
all life and thus barrier to all
military ground operations.
The Tennessean has access to
information about atomic develop
ments as a member Of the
House Appropriations subcommit.
tee which handles funds for the
Atomic Energy Commission.
Letter Made Public.
He made public a letter in which
he told Mr.. Truman:
Something cataclysmic, i
seems to me. Is called for. We
have it.
please consider using it,"
While the Acc and military
authorities are known to have
been working on weapons which
without an A-bomb blast. woulc
spread radioactivity, Mr.. Cores
statement was the first word
from an official source that they
are ready for use.
Mr.. Gore offered two sugges.
tions:
|. Remove all Koreans from q
belt across the Korean peninsula
land then dehumanize it by sur
face Pathological contamination.
2. Make available and ready fol-
the Far East Command a variety
OF atomic bombs and other weap.
ons to repulse a submarine at.
tack on our naval forces or any
attempt to invade Japan.
Urges Fortnight Policy.
II have heretofore publicly, and
in privacy of committee coun-
clls," he wrote. expressed oppo-
lsition to the use of atomic weapons
and related weapons In the Ko-
rean conflict.
But now. ! believe the calami-
tous danger which we and the
free world face requires some
such fortnight policy"
Telling Mr.. Truman that he
hesitated TO make the suggestion
because he is in no way, a mill
tary expert" Mr.. Gore said he
had recommended millions OF
dollars in appropriations for the
atomic program "all for the pur-
pose Of saving the freedom OF
our country and the lives of our
people"
He continued:
Korea has become q meat
grinder Of American manhood
Military authorities, including
(Lt) Gen. Matthew Ridgway
have said that under presenr
policies a conclusive military VIC
tory is impossible.
Spring Offensive Seen.
I'VE must recognize that under
present policies our Communist
foes have the capacity, what with
geographic and human preponder-
ances in their favor, to continue
this meat-grinder operation in
definitely.
I'VE are told that q spring Of
fensive is being mounted now
True, our men have learned better
how to meet the foe; true, they
will fight bravely; true, enemy
losses will be staggering.
"But what about ours? When
is this to end? It is for a solution
to this problem that America des-
Iperately needs leadership and
unity"
Mr.. Gore wrote that if a path
across Korea is to be contaminated
with radioactive materials, the
enemy should be warned in ad-
vance that entrance into the
belt would mean certain death OF
SLOW deformity to all foot soldiers;
that all vehicles, weapons, food
and apparel entering it would be-
come poisoned with radioactivity. >
Sees Moral Justification.
It woull be possible, he wrote
Mr.. Truman, for the belt to be
lrecontaminated periodically until
such time as a satisfactory solu-
ton to the whole Korean problem
shall have been reached"
"This would differ" he wrote
from use Of the atomic bomb In
several ways and would be, I be-
Ilieye, morally justifiable under the
circumstances"
He added that use Of the atomic
bombs would be justified in case
the Reds attempt to invade Japan
or make a submarine attack on
! United Nations naval forces.