Evening star., 1951-05-05

ppear to be crossed as 1t. Gen. J
'th Army, and 1t. Gen. Frank A
jeep for an inspection tour of Il
3 behind the jeep. But Gen. Val
concerned by what's going on arc
one of the U. MS greatest mis-
takes" not to support fully the
Korean war effort.
"Why they did not" he added,
Il cannot understand. 1t was
against their own interests"
He touched on the U. NJ again
in a discussion with Senator Long,
Democrat, of Louisiana, and said
he considered the veto power as
now exercised in the Security
Council "a very grave mistake" :"
Il do not see how it is going
to continue to function unles some
remedial action along that line is
taken" the general testified.
Senator Cain called Gen. Mac
Arthur's attention to a recent
speech of Senator Kerr, Democrat,
Iof Oklahoma accusing the Cen
Ieral of splitting his forces in the
advance in North Korea and of
mot knowing where the enemy was
and what he was going to do. The
Republican Senator also mentioned
that Senator Kerr, whom he did
not identify in the questioning,
had referred to the General as
1.-THE magnificent Macarthur.
Gen. Macarthur described such
a view as "a lot of poppycock" and
added:
Il would agree that any general
who did that should suffer the
result; but that is just about the
complete antithesis of the cam
Ipaign in Korea"
| Senator Cain said he had been
asked by another Senator, whom
he did not name, to seek the gen.
erals comments on the influence
lof John S. Service, Owen Latti-
more and John Carter Vincent on
shaping "our disastrous policies in
Asia" Mr.. Service and Mr.. Vim
cent are State Department officials
and Mr.. baltimore is regarded as
a Far Eastern expert. All three
figured prominently in the charges
by Senator Mccarthy, Republican.
of Wisconsin, of pro-Communist
influences in the department.
Has No Comment.
II would have no comment on
that matter" Gen. Macarthur
said.
| Under questioning by Senator
Gillette, Democrat. of Iowa, Gen.
Macarthur said he did not mean
/ to attribute anything sinister" to
the State Department in saying in
his first day of testimony that the
department censored his reports
to the United Nations.
In reply to other questions by
Senator Gillette, Gen. Macarthur
said he knew nothing about the
release of a report on his con-
ference last October with Presi-
dent Truman at Wake Island.
why that report was released
at this time, why it was kept
secret for six months, why it was
suddenly sprung" Gen. MacAr-
thus continued, "are matters for
your judgment, not mine"
Senator Gillette also touched on
previous testimony by Gen. Mac
Arthur that the United States
should "go it alone" in applying
stronger force against the Chinese
Communists if other United Ma
tionS members would not agree.
He asked if that would not mean
the loss of rights this country now
has in Europe, the Mediterranean
and Africa.
Senator" Gen. Macarthur re-
piled, "the plan I propose, be-
lieve, would be followed by the
great majority of the United Ma
tions-perhaps, by all of them. !
believe we would not be iso-
lated. :"
In reply to questions by Senator
Stennis. Democrat, of Mississippi,
Gen. Macarthur said he believed
the Chinese Communists are ex-
erting practically their maximum
effort in Korea at present.
Senator Stennis remarked that
it seemed to him the country is
faced with the choice of extending
military operations in Korea along
the line proposed by Gen. Mac
Arthur or pulling out of Korea. I"
"You could evacuate Korea, or
you could continue the indecisive
campaign, or you could pursue it
to a victorious conclusion, which
was the proposal I made" Gen.
Macarthur replied.
Senator Stennis said pulling out
of Korea would mean more or less
the abandonment of the U. N. and
would probably result in its COL
lapse.
1T would be the complete aban-
donment of the moral status of
those nations who have gone in
there" Gen. Macarthur replied.
Sees Conspiracy in Attack.
Gen. Macarthur expressed the
opinion there was a Communist
conspiracy for the attack on
Korea.
1T could not have been launched
by the North Koreans without
the supplies which were furnished
them by the Soviet" the general
continued. 1T could not have
kept up without the actual ma
tional assistance of the Chinese
Red army"
Gen. Macarthur told Senator