Milford chronicle., 1952-07-11

Western civilization; we recklessIy
yielded effective control over areas
of vast uranium deposits without
which the Soviet might never have
developed the threat of atomic
power; we fOOlishly permitted the
encirclement of Berlin by Soviet
forces, rendering almost inevitable
the tragically high cost we have
had to pay to secure open lines of
supply and communication between
our zones of occupation there and
in West Germany; we authored,
sponsored, or approved policies un-
der which the German industrial
plant was subjected to major post
war dismantling and destruction:
we turned over to the Soviet for
slave labor hundreds of thousands
of German prisoners of war in
violation of every humanitarian
concept and tradition; we failed to
protest the murder by the Soviet
of the flower of the Polish nation;
and, even after victory had been
achieved, we continued to supply
the Soviet with quantities of war
material, despite the clear and in
escapable warnings of the Soviet
threat to future peace.
"In the East. we gave over to
Soviet control the industrial re-
sources of Manchuria, the area of
North Korea and the Kuriles point
ed at the heart of the Japanese
bOVr,o feIordo VTTo oOndornnod O,1r
faithful wartime ally. the Chinese
people, to the subjugation Of Conn
munist tyranny. And, in the course
of these moves, we proceeded with
precipitate haste to divest ourselves
of our own military strength. De-
spite the threat to our security
then clearly apparent, our execu-
tive flaunted and ignored the judg-
ment and will of the Congress
which appropriated funds for the
expansion of our air arm which he
arbitrarily refused to expend fol
, such purpose"
Macarthur spoke in emotion.
charged words of the part of the
world in which he served for many
yearS--the Far East.
Must Have VIII To Win
OF Korea, he said: 1T is fatal t
! enter any war without the will t
win it"
= When the Chinese Communist
: struck in Korea, he said, "Ou
? leaders lacked the courage to fgh
v to a military decision, even thOugl
victory was then readily within
= our grasp"
Macarthur declared the long
= drawn-out armistice negotiation
have served only to give the enem
- time for a further military builduI
Il In general, he said. unless lead
s ership capable of decision"
! forthcoming,
q Korea stands today as the hal
4 lowed graveyard for counties
n American dead. We must not le
it become as we'll a graveyard fo
American hope, American faith an
a American honor"
) Throughout the generals speec
ran an emphasis on the spiritu;
N basis of national strength.
IS He said at one point:
Ir "The religious devotion of II
American people which has pr
# duced the universally reflected spi
,r ituality of the American home hi
70 been outraged by the Materials
s and selfishness which dominates Il
w national administration"
r In conclusion. Macarthur recal
ed George WashingtOn's remark
o. BENJAMIN Franklin that the jus
4 completed Constitution of the Un
ted States was a noble charter
ID Iliberty-and Franklin's reply, "Ye
1- General, if we can make it work
1--WE have made it work in Il
rs days of our great past" MacArth
ne said. "And. come November we W
to make it work again, so help
s. God"