The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13

eIIOrC III Korea.
 Wedemeyer, U. s. commanding general in China in the latter stages of World War II, testified for the third days at the Senate inquiry into the dismissal of Gen. Douglas Macarthur for publicly advocating direct blows at Red China.
 Backs Macarthur
 In general, Wedemeyer backs Mac Arthur in the controversy over Kor- can strategy. He has declared fur ther that the U. s. should pull it's troops out of Korea - he called it a ''bottomless pit" for American youth = if the MacArthur pro- posals are not adopted.
 Today's questions ranged over many fields. In response to them. Wedemeyer testified:
 l. He backed the Roosevelt ad- ministration's efforts in February 1945, to get Russia into the war against Japan but was not involved in any way in the Yalta agreement making concessions to Russia. He said that in wanting Russia in the war T made mistake, an error in judgment, strategic judgment"
 9. His four State Department ad- visers in China in 1914 and 1945 were very critical of the Chinese Nationalist government but made favorable" reports on activities of the Chinese Communists.
 State Department Cited 8. It has seemed to him that all constructive ideas for Asian DOT. icy since Japan surrendered hass developed sn Congress andstise olsA position to those constructive ideas usually occurred in the State De- partment."
 4. He would regard recognition of Red China as "tantamount to re- futation of our traditional American friendship for these people"
 Rearm Japanese
 5. He believes the United States should go ahead and make 3 peace treaty with Japan on it's own, if nothing satisfactory can be worked out with Great Britain. Russia and other nations which entered the war with the Japanese. Wedemeyer said yesterday he believes the Japanese should be rearmed and allowed to fight in Korea.
 6. Lack of ammunition was one of the greatest problems" the Chi nese Nationalists faced in their los- ing battle with the Communists on the mainland. Previously senators had heard Secretary of State Ache son quote a report by Maj. Gen. David Barr, head of mission to China, that the Nationalists never lost a battle for lack of bullets.
 International Affair
 T. In his opinion, there is lack of coordination and planning in the governments handling of interna- tional affairs.
 k 8. Macarthur, as Pacific com mander, gave him an order at the end of the war with Japan against letting the Chinese Communists have any of the arms taken from Japanese who surrendered in China. The Russians accepted the surrend- CT of many Japanese and there has been testimony that the Chinese Communists got much of this Jap anese equipment.
 Also Blockade
 Wedemeyer in urging the bomb ing of the Manchurian railroad. despite Russia's interest in it. and a naval blockade of China, said the bombing might touch off a world conflict = calculated risk" he would take-but disputed views that the blockade would be an act of war.
 For that matter, Wedemeyer con tended at the inquiry, the United States is already at war. He said:
 We are already at war, in my judgment; we are already at war with the Chinese Red government because they are killing our men,
 Morse told Wedemeyer that Ad- miral Forrest P. Sherman had testi- fled he would consider U. s. naval blockade of such Manchurian ports as Dairen and Port Arthur - where Russia has been assigned rights an act of war.
 Wedemeyer said he has the high est respect for Sherman, chief of naval operations.
 But I don't agree that this (blocK- ade) would be an act of war" the general said.
 The Manchurian railroad is joint ly controlled by Russia and Red China.