Evening star., 1951-04-09
Rayburn Names
Massiing Soyiiets
AS Major Peril
Describes Russian
Concentration Here,
There, Everywhere
By Joseph A. Fox

ference I'VE are in terrible danger
because the Russians are concen-
trating troops "here, there and
everywhere"
He added, How many and
where is a little out of my line"
The Speakers comment was
made during his discussion of q
speech he made in the House last
week when he said that this coun-
| try faces great danger, and added
that there were troop concentra-
tions - non Chinese" - on the
Manchurian border.
Elsewhere it was reported toda,
that the administration was dis
turbed by rumors that the Rus.
slams are concentrating air anc
ground forces in Manchuria
Siberia, and the Kuriles. Thi.
would pose a new menace fol
Japan.
Refers to. Coue Bywords.
Recalling that there had beer
some press coment to the genera
effect that he had made his House
speech in an effort to speed the
manpower bill, the Speaker sale
bluntly:
That's a damn low estimate te
put on what said about a seriou.
question"
Senator Mcfarland of Arizona
the majority leader, who wa.
standing by, interjected:
What the speaker said was ir
the best interest of the United
States"
Mr.. Rayburn declared thai
there's no use of the American
people trying to Coue ourselves
because Of periodic gains in the
Korean fighting.
His reference was to the French
physician, Coue, famous a num-
ber Of years ago, whose saying
that Every day in every way
things are getting better and bet.
ter" was a byword in this country
Emphatic in Stressing Danger.
The Speaker was emphatic ir
stressing his belief that America
must recognize the danger the
Nation faces.
He talked to reporters after the
Democratic congressional leaders
at their weekly meeting with the
President had gotten a briefing or
the Korean situation.
Speaker Rayburn said that the
subject of the new involvement Of
Gen. Macarthur in discussion oi
Far Eastern policy came up at the
meeting but that it was only in.
Icidental and that he could not re-
member who broached it.
Every time two or more people
Iget together now the subject OF
Macarthur comes up" he said.
Wheat Action Sought.
The Speaker said that the
House is going to try to dispose
of the manpower bill this week ano
that he was also going to try to gel
action on the administration plan
to ship million tons of wheat tc
India, which is stymied in the
Rules Committee.
The increasing tension in the
fight against communism was fur
ther pointed up today by Secretary
Iof Defense Marshall. In an inter-
view, Gen. Marshall said:
Every indication we have from
abroad is of increasing buildup
1t has been noticeable particularly
in the satellite countries. The sit.
Iuation not only hasn't changed ir
the matter of being less tense, it il
really more tense than before"
The best this country can hope
for, he said, is a period of tension
rather than an all-out world wt.r
and he added:
What ,ye are thinking about Ii
possibly a 10-year tension--hut
the tension has relaxed here ir
six weeks"
Reiterates Call for UNIT.
Gen. Marshall expressed these
views in copyrighted interview
with the magazine United States
News and World Report. during
which he reiterated his call fol
enactment of a universal mill.
tary training program.
He said he could see no hope
for any early letup in the re.
armament program. because ever
if the West and Russia came tt
terms 1--WE would be perfect fools
to relax our military strength un.
til we had evidence of good faith"