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Counsel James Kendall if he
had any objections to doing so,
Gen. Shoup replied, mo sir, I
do not"
While saying he thought the
review procedure was "a very
good thing" at times, Gen.
Shoup said that most of the
time I don't thing it's needed" +"
"Target Defined"
He testified, under question:
ing, that some of his speeches
touch on areas of the Geld war.
But he emphasized he has made
more than 100 speeches without
using the word Communism. :"
What he has tried to do, Gen.
Shoup said, was to say that the
country had to be ready for
any eventualities and in this
connection he said he referred
to foreign ideologies and isms.
II think the target has been
very well defined by the Com
mander in Chief, "Gen. Shoup
said. --
Gen. Smith testified that
Air Force members may speak
or write publicly on matters
involving foreign affairs where
those matters are related to
military affairs, reflect nation
al policy and are cleared in
advance.
"Air Force military and civil
ian officials" Gen. Smith said,
"are encouraged to speak on
the menace of communism and
any other threat to our con-
stitutional Government as these
threats are related to the mis-
sion of the Air Force"
"We Don't Teach Hate"
Gen. Shoup described the
troop information program as
an integral part Of Marine
Corps training. The corps train
ing system, he explained, has
only one objective-to produce
combat ready Marines to carry
out any assigned mission.
"All else is included in this
one goal" he said. Devotion
to country and duty and fellow
Marines is inherent"
1--WE don't teach them hate"
Gen. Shoup said. Hate, I con-
slider an internal sin.
Hate is closely associated
with fear and fear breeds de-
featism and that is a disease
we cannot afford in this coun-
try.
Hate was not what sustained
the prisoners in Korea. It was
faith in country"
Remarks Draw Praise
The general was praised by
Senator Stennis, Democrat of
Mississippi, the subcommittee
chairman, and by Senator Sy-
mington, Democrat of Missouri
for his remarks about hate.
Gen. Shoup said the Marine
Corps has not conducted nor
it it planning to conduct cold
war seminars directed to the
general public. Congress as
signed the Marine Corps a mis-
sion and it did not include
educating the public, he en-
phasized. He said individual
Marines have participated in a
few of these seminars and he
has placed upon local COM
manders the responsibility for
the propriety of such partici-
patton.
Gen. Smith, who was repre-
Senting Gen. Curtis E. LeMay,
Air Force Chief of Staff who
was unable to appear, outlined
to the subcommittee the Air
Force program for informing
troops and the public of its
missions.
1--WE remind the commander
in our directives and guidances
that the men he leads are one
OF the targets of the interna-
tional Communist conspiracy ir
peacetime as we'll as in war time
that the war of ideas is a con.
tinuing war;" Gen. Smith said
Gen. Smith testified that All
Force military and civilian off.
cials may participate in semi.
mars organized by private groups
to discuss the Communist threat
worldwide domination where
such participation does not in,
terfere with their assigned du.
ties and their remarks arr
properly cleared.
However, he pointed out thai
the military is not the primary
agency for informing tht
American people about tht
dangers Of communism.