Evening star., 1952-12-05

we have learned here" so his ad-
ministration will be "better able
to pursue its policy of supporting
freedom in the world :" He
kept to himself any strategy he
might be forming. But he hinted
one of the first moves would be a
Speedup in training South Ko-
reans to take over most of the
combat burden now falling on the
Americans.
American officers working with
South Koreans feel much can be
done-but no one should expect
too much too soon.
Gen. Eisenhower's visit to Korea
had a by-product of skyrocketing
the spirit of American troops and
giving them hope that if there is
a road to peace. it will be found.
Soldiers Confident.
Soldier after soldier will tell you
they believe that somehow and
somewhere the general will find a
way out of this war. And every
man questioned by an Associated
Press reporter said Gen. Eisen-
hover did the right thing in COM
ing to Korea. They weren't both
iering about any political impli-
cations.
An Irishman in the British 1st
Commonwealth Division - Sergt.
Joseph Kililea of County Roscom-
mon-felt like a great many
American soldiers: If anybody
can end it, Gen. Eisenhower can.
He's the man to do it, sir"
Gen. Eisenhower left New York
secretly under cover Of the dark
ness before dawn last Saturday.
An elaborate scheme had been
Matched to make it appear,
through appointments and an
nouncements, that he still was at
his home on Morningside Heights
over the week end and busy at his
Commodore Hotel headquarters
early this week.
He drove to Mitchell Field Air
Base on Long Island and boarded
Ia military Constellation plane for
the 10,836-mile fight to Korea.
He was joined, among others. by
Charles E. Wilson of Detroit, who
will be the new Secretary of De-
fense; Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. and Herbert Brownell of
New York, who will have the cabi-
net post of Attorney General.
Security Blackout Imposed.
Gen. Eisenhower arrived in Ko-
rea at 7:57 pm. (5:57 am. EST
Tuesday and stepped onto an air.
port whipped by the coolest winds
of the winter season and guarded
by military police and United
States Secret Service agents.
The security blackout on news
of his journey across the Pacific
and his stay in this war-torn land
was not lifted until his plane was
one hour in flight tonight and
we'll beyond danger of attack.
The generals visits to combat
units near the front did not take
him into the front lines. The mill
tary and the Secret Service were
careful to see that he did not 60
beyond division headquarters
usually three or four miles from
the actual battle line-for secur-
ity reasons. The greatest risks
appeared to be in the mountain
hopping in small planes.
These facts soon became ap-
parent to those who accompanied
Gen. Eisenhower:
l. There is strong sentiment
among some United States mill
tary men here and among the
South Koreans for an all-out Of
fensive to smash the military pow
er of Red China and North Korea.
They argue privately this is the
best and surest way to force peace
in the Far East.
2. Some military men want to
use Chinese Nationalist troops
from Formosa in the fighting, al
though this is opposed by the Ko-
|reans who say such a move would
shift China's civil war to Korean
soil.
g.. The United States 9th Army
is strong and confident it can stop
any Chinese offensive even though