Milford chronicle., 1952-03-28

INST NLllla. Ihere IS no doubt that
the attitude Of the Administration
toward Formosa and its general
weak position toward the spread Of
communism encouraged the war IN
Korea.
In January 1850 Secretary Ache.
son stated clearly that we would
fight if Japan, Olzinawa, or the Phil
ippines were attacked. but we could
give no guarantee beyond that point.
We had withdrawn our troops from
Korea, and we thus made It clear
that we would not defend South Ko-
rea if attacked.
Furthermore, we even failed to
arm South Korea.
Policy Invited Attack
There is no doubt that the Admin
istration's weak policy invited the
Communist attack. The Communists
took the Secretary Of State at his
word. They knew that we permitted
the taking over of China by the
Communists and saw no reason why
we should seriously object to the
taking over Of Korea.
The Korean war and tho problems
which arise from it are the final
result Of the continuous sympathy
toward communism which inspired
American policy.
The result today IS that Chinese
Communists have taken over prac-
tically all of continental China, and
from that point they have sent
armies into Korea and Tibet. and
are threatening Indo-China. Burma.
Thailand. and all of Southeast Asia.
The result Of the Administration
policy, therefore. has been to build
up the strength Of Soviet Russia. so
that it is. in fact. threat to the Sc
curity Of the United States. Our lib
erty is threatened by the Russian
military strength, backed up by
the fifth-column strength which the
| Russians are always able to de-
velop among Communists in every
nation in the world.
feel that Russia is far more q
threat to the security Of the United
States than Hitler in Germany ever
was. There are several reasons foe
, that belief. Principally, II is based
on the great development Of air
> power, which permits airplanes to
be built that can fly from Russian
territory or Russian bases all the
way to the United States. II is GER
!. tainly possible that Russian planes
" can be built. in time, able to fly TO
: the United States and return. The
8 Russians also apparently possess
the atomic bomb, or at least we
have to allow for that in our plans.
e Greater MunpoweF
: OF course. the Russians have
. much greater manpower than our
. selves, and II they can also swing
= the manpower Of China, as they
seem to be doing at the present
= moment. they have an overwhelm-
ing superiority in manpower. If II
can ever be brought to bear against
the United States itself.
n Therefore. today we find ourselves
= with the greatest military threat
!. from foreign sources we have faced
= since the days Of the American
/, Revolution. We find that the United
:. Nations is a weak reed to lean upon,
y and we are forced. therefore, to the
n development Of some other policy to
a combat Russian aggression.
N It was in March 1850 that General
= Bradley. chairman Of the joint
= Chiefs Of Staff, testified before the
:. Senate Committee on Appropria
n tions that he was satisfied that {
n budget Of $4,000, ,OOO, 900 for fisca
year 1851, with about a million anC
10 a half men in uniform. was suff
e cient for the interests Of the coun
N try.
. OF course the Korean War ha.
= occurred since that time, but III;
"a present program Of forty to sixt,
n billion dollars a year is not to NEE
NJ the Korean War but to meet tn,
powerful threat Of Soviet Russia
II. The Korean War itself only take
a one tenth Of the total Of men nov
of requested and perhaps costs Ev,
i. or six billion dollars a year to con
n duct The threat from Russia wa
u exactly the same and from the sam,
A. Russia in early 1850 as it Is today
II is our policy which has changed
"A The question which we have {
~ determine. and which apparent,
u nobody in the Administration ha
~ really thought through. is the poin
,s at which we reach the economi
limitation in time Of peace on gov
ernment expenditures.
Furthermore. no one seems {
- have recognized that there are 81
- rious limits to our economic an
= manpower capacity and that "
- must be selective and restrained {
! determining the extent to whic
- we carry out our basic strategy. N
j.. one has given the people a Ions
70 term plan.
ne NEXT WEEK: The Russian
oy menace throughout the wOrld
al and Limitations Of our manpow.
ne er and strategy.
tFrom "A Foreign Policy for Amer
cans" Copyright 1851 by Robert A. Tai
lat Published by Doubleday and Compau'
-. Inc. Released by The Register and Irt'
AZ une Syndicate and WNU1