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Marines and GI s Push Reds Back
2 Miles Along Front of 20 Miles;
Enemy Suffers Heavy Casualties
9,000 Troops
Engage Foe in
South Sector
By Russell Brines
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
TOKYO, Aug. 7.—United States
Marines and Army infantrymen
cracked out on a 20-mile-wide
front today and rolled stubborn
Red troops back nearly 2 miles in
Southeastern Korea.
It was the first American offen
sive after five bitter weeks of
defensive retreat.
About 9.000 Americans and some
Korean commando units were
thrown into the attack.
They clashed head-on with the
crack North Korean 6th Division.
It is backed by the Red 1st Divi
sion. The two total around 15,000
men.
In the latest official field report
today on the new Allied offensive
a United States 8th Army com
munique released at 8:35 p.m.
(6:35 a.m. EDT> said:
“The attack launched this
morning by the 25th Division and
the Marine Brigade advanced
about 3,000 yards today on a
broad front. Strong resistance was
met with United States forces in
flicting heavy casualties on the
enemy.”
Exposed to Air Attack.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
said he would not issue his usual
early morning Korean summary
tomorrow because there was no
new information beyond tonight's
4th Army communique.
(In Washington, a Defense
Department spokesman reiter
ated today, despite news of the
first American advance in Korea,
that it will be a long time be
fore a strong offensive actioq
can be mounted against the
North Korean Reds.
(He predicted, however, that
United Nations forces^ will be
able to maintain their 'positions
on the peninsula until time for
the offensive comes. The
Americans face a tremendous
job of building up construction'
materials and manpower to
handle them, he w'ent on.
(The big push will require
rebuilding of bridges, roads and
rail lines knocked out by the
North Koreans—a task that will
call for almost as many en
gineers as regular troops.)
Field reports said the American
attack forced Red infantrymen to
expose themselves to 5th Air Force
fighters and bombers.
One staff officer said:
“The air boys had more and
better targets today than they
have had in a long time.”
Tank Advance Stopped.
Communist artillery fire, in turn,
stopped an advance of supporting
American tanks at a road bottle
neck and hit American artillery
positions. But the Americans
pushed ahead without armor.
North of the main battle area
United States 24th Division troops
fought doggedly but without suc
cess to clear out about 150 sur
vivors of an 800-man Red force
that crossed the Naktong Rivei
yesterday southwest of Chang
yong, 20 miles north of Kogan
jumping off place for the Allied
offensive.
A steady stream of Americar
replacements, fully equipped
poured into Korea to aid the ad
vancing ground troops. (This dis
patch did not say where they came
from.)
Reds Set for Own Drive.
The Reds, getting ready for a
thrust of their own toward Pusan,
35 miles east of the kickoff place
for the United Nations drive, hit
the American right flank hard.
On the northern front the
Communists began a new offen
sive south of Yechon, the 8th
Army communique said. Allied
South Koreans were engaged in
severe fighting there.
The big American push plowed
into two North Korean divisions ir
the rugged coastal country of tht
southern sector. The attack wa:
(See KOREA, Page A-4.)
British Vessel Shelled
Near Hong Kong
By the Associoted Press
HONG KONG. Aug. 7.—Chi
nese Communist shore batteries
fired today on the 5,000-tor
British freighter Hangsang. Twc
ship’s officers were wounded bj
fragmentation.
The shelling was about 15 mile:
south of Hong Kong in the saint
general area where five small
shells were fired yesterday at tht
American freighter Steel Rover.
The two wounded British offi
cers were rushed by ambulance t<
a hospital late today after thi
Hangsang returned to Hon!
Kong. Doctors said they were ii
fair condition.
The Steel Rover, meanwhile
sailed today for Saigon, Indo
China. The captain said fivt
small shots came either from om
of two nearby junks or the Chi
nese Red mainland in yesterday’;
attack. He then returned to har
bor to stay overnight.
Is Russia Ready?
Red Might Perils U. S. Position
As No. I Producer of Weapons
Limited American Preparation Is Based
On View Soviet Is Not Ready for Long War
By Richard Wilson
American experts in a dozen dif
ferent fields have been able to
pierce the Iron Curtain and gauge
some of the basic trends in the
Soviet Union.
The Russia they see is steadily
growing in strength.
It is progressing industrially at
a rapid pace.
Today, according to one expert,
it threatens America’s position as
•
Mr Wilson spent several weeks of
intensive research on the military,
industrial and agricultural economy,
tor an article which appears in the
current issue of Look magazine. He
then rewrote the material into a series
of nine newspaper articles of which
this is the first. Mr. Wilson is chief
of the Washington bureau for Cowles
Magazines, Inc., the Des Moines Reg
ister and Tribunte and the Minneapolis
Star and Tribune.
___ _ , _ _
the world’s greatest producer of
the machinery of war.
A basic decision has been made
by the government, nevertheless,
that this country need only pre
pare for war in a limited way.
Many experts agree that Russia
is probably not adequately pre
pared for the long and terrible
war which would follow a compre
hensive clash of Soviet and
American interests.
That is at the base of Ameri
can policy and accounts for the
relatively small preparations which
are being made. Though the sum
appropriated this year for direct
military expenditures may rise to
the astounding total of $20 billion
we will not even approach our
World War II peak. Since the end
of the second world war costs of
the machinery of war have in
creased greatly, partly due to the
expensive new weapons, partly to
the increased cost of everything.
As an example, it now costs $200
million to equip one average ar
mored division. That is merely
the initial cost.
Still, the Government has de
termined that the risk of an all
(See WILSON, Page A-6.1_
B-29s Hit Pyongyang,
Wonsan in Heaviest
Strike of Korean War
Superforts That Left U. S.
Only 6 Days Ago, Drop
540 Tons of Bombs
iy th« Associated Press
TOKYO. Aug. 7.—B-29s plas-’
tered Pyongyang and Wonsan
with more than 540 tons of bombs
today in their heaviest strike of|
the Korean war.
The Far East Air Force said
B-29s that were in the United
States only six days ago joined
in the strike. .
The planes dropped 460 tons of
bombs on rail yards at Pyongyang,
the North Korean capital, “with
excellent results.”
They encountered some flak, a
Korean war release said.
Oil Refinery Struck.
Other B-29s struck the oil re
finery at Wonsan, first major tar
get of the bomber command when
its planes roared over North Korea
July 13.
Thick clouds obscured the tar
get. Bombing was by radar. Ob
servers reported bombs struck the
I target.
All the bombers returned to
their base.
Pyongyang is a rail center and
arsenal handling major through
traffic to the battlefront.
Other American warplanes
strafed and rocketed Red Korean
positions along the southern bat
tlefront in support of the big
i United States drive.
This continued the upsurge of
aerial warfare made possible over
:he week end by favorable weather.
Navy Bombers in Action.
Navy pilots joined yesterday in
their second straight day of close
co - operation with land - based
planes. They flew from two Essex
class carriers of reinforced Task
Force 77. The second 27,000-ton
carrier joined the United States
! 7th Fleet Saturday.
: The Navy fighters and bombers
raked targets throughout South
Western Korea.
Land-based Mustangs and jets
flew 530 sorties against targets
ranging from battlefront areas to
Pyongyang, the North Korean
capital.
Mustang fighters destroyed nine
grounded Communist planes and
! damaged seven in their attacks
north of the 38th parallel at
Pyongyang, Kimpo and Namchan
j airfields. _^
Strategic Intelligence
Scored by Byrd and
Bridges as Inadequate
Both Urge Changes;
House Prepares to Act on
Increase in Arms Budget
By the Associated Pres*
Criticism of the Nation's intelli
gence setup was voiced today by
two members of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, while legisla
tors in the House looked forward
to further large increases in the
military budget.
"Senator Bridges, Republican, of
New Hampshire, told a reporter
he thinks all available information
shows that this country was
caught napping by the Communist
invasion of South Korea. He said
he will suggest that a Senate
Armed Services investigating sub
committee of which he is a mem
ber look into intelligence opera
tions with a view to suggesting
changes.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir
| ginia, like Senator Bridges a mem
; ber of the full Armed Services
Committee, said events of the last
few weeks have indicated to him
that some drastic revisions in in
telligence operations ought to be
undertaken.
“The whole intelligence setup
probably ought to be reorganized
on a war basis.” he said in a sep
arate interview.
Better Evaluation Sought.
Senator Bridges said he hopes
intelligence reports from other
parts of the world are evaluated
more effectively than were those
from Korea.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee inquired briefly into the
nature of intelligence reports
from Korea a few days after the
Communist invasion. Rear Ad
miral R. H. Hillenkoetter, director
of the Central Intelligence Agency,
said then that his agency has re-1
ports dating back a full year to
show North Korea was massing
troops and equipment along the
border.
But Admiral Hillenkoetter said
i See MILITARY, Page A-6.)
Nametkin, Red Chemist, Dies
MOSCOW, Aug. 7 (/P).—The
Soviet press reported yesterday
the death of Sergei Nametkin,
outstanding Russian chemist and
director of the oil institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences.
James Roosevelt Offers Plan
To Evacuate Coast in Wartime
By the Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 7.
—James Roosevelt, Democratic
nominee for Governor, proposes
immediate evacuation of 4 million
or more Californians from key
cities in case of attack.
The late President’s eldest son,
addressing the Democratic State
convention yesterday, charged his
i November opponent, Republican
! Gov. Earl Warren, has failed to
: present a definite plan for civilian
t defense.
Then Mr. Roosevelt outlined his
iown program:
Build evacuation areas on some
of the 23 million acres of Feder
al State land in California.
At the first warning of danger,
^evacuate 2.5 million from Los
Angeles’ meandering metropolitan
I area; 1.5 million from the £&n
Francisco-Oakland Bay region,
and 500.000 from San Diego.
These evacuees would be chil
dren, oldsters and other non
essential residents. First they
would assemble in theaters and
other large, designated buildings,
then make an orderly trip to the
evacuation centers.
Veterans groups, service clubs,
the Red Cross, doctors, nurses
and other needed persons would be
mobilized for emergency service.
Gov. Warren told his own party
—also holding its State conven
tion here—“we have gone just as
far (on civilian defense) as the
Federal planning allows.” An
over-pll Federal program is ex
pected September 1.
A permanent civilian defense
planning board, appointed by
; Gov. Warren, is scheduled to meet
' here today. ^
Paris Asks More
U. S. and British
Europe Troops
Pledges 3-Year Arms
Outlay of $5.7 Billion
To Halt Communism
By fh« Associated Press
PARIS, Aug. 7.—France pledged
herself to a three-year rearma
ment program today to help guard
against Communist aggression and
called on Britain and the United
States to station "a sufficient num
ber of divisions” in continental
Europe.
Thus she joined the vanguard
of European countries, who have
announced their determination to
step up spending for defense, with
the aid of American arms and
money.
The government announcement
said France will spend the equiva
lent of $5,710,000,000 on rearma
ment. It promised an immediate
increase in military spending from
420 billion francs ($1,200 billion)
to 500 billion francs ($1,428,500,
000' next year. This would divert
an estimated 8.2 per cent of the
national income to defense costs,
and the three-year program is
expected to take at least 10 per
cent of the total income. Britain’s
stepped up program will cost that
much, too.
15 New Divisions.
The statement said the program
will give the French army 15 new
divisions. It also proposed a uni
fied command of all armies of the
Western world now deploying
against possible Communist at
tack, and suggested a pool of
finances and resources to make it
run efficiently.
France was the fourth to reply
to President Truman’s recent re
quest to Atlantic Pact, nations as
to what they wotifd ib-about re
arming in view of the present
world situation.
Britain, Denmark and Norway
have made similar announcements.
The British are ready to spend
$9,520,000,000 on defenses over the
next three years with American
help.
Denmark plans to spend 400
million kroner (about $57 million)
in the next two years.
Norway today proposed to spend
the equivalent of $35,125,000 more
for defense. Her 1950 military
budget totals about $1 billion.
Calling for unified defense, the
French statement said:
“The French government points
out that this considerable effort
on the human, industrial and
financial plane Would be useless if
there were not stationed on‘ the
continent of Europe sufficient land
and aerial forces to assure the
maintenance of peace.
Warns of Sacrifice.
“These forces, to be constituted
rapidly, cannot result from a
single effort by the continental
powers. This sentiment is partic
ularly lively in the minds of the
French, who have unhappy mem
ories of the unhappy events of
1940 (when Germany invaded
France), and who today note the
consequences of initial insufficience
of forces ready to oppose aggres
sion.”
The French announcement,
which was handed to American
officials here, said the plan for
more military spending would
mean “considerable sacrifices” for
Frenchmen. It said the program
would enable France to keep in
Germany and in French union
trouble areas “troops proportion
ally greater than many other na
tions” of the Atlantic pact.
A spokesman made it clear
France wants more British and
American occupation troops in
Germany. Herve Alphand, French
delegate to the Atlantic Pact joint
command, said France still will
not accept rearmament of Ger
many or any change in the limits
set on German industry, such as
the present ceiling on steel pro
duction.
The French plan presumably
came up for quick Franco-Ameri
can discussion. Charles Spofford,
United States delegate to the At
lantic Pact council; Ambassador
David K. Bruce and French Pre
mier Rene Pleven lunched to
gether an hour after the an
nouncement was made.
Eden Sees War Danger,
Urges Armed Force Boost
WARWICK, England, Aug. 7
(JP).—Anthony Eden declared to
day “the danger to peace is very
great indeed.”
The former Foreign Secretary,
who once resigned his cabinet post
as a protest against appeasing
Hitler, asserted in a speech here
that “time is not on our side” in
the developing tension between
Russia and the West.
Referring to Britain’s plan to
boost military spending, Mr. Eden,
a Conservative Party leader, said:
“We must remember that what
ever our learmament plans, money
is no substitute for manpower,” he
said the immediate defense task
“is to increase the strength in reg
ulars of the army and t^ RAF.”
LOOKS AS IF
THE PILOT NEEDS ,
SOME CONTROLS
OF HIS OWN/ ^
Harriman Visits Front,
Reports Leaders in
Optimistic Mood
Makes One-Day Trip
To Korea on Truman
Far East Mission
By the Associated Pres*
TOKYO, Aug. 7. — President
Truman’s special assistant on
foreign affairs, W. Averell Harri
man, flew to the Korean war
front today as American troops
kicked off on their first offensive.
On his return to Japan he said
he found American military lead
ers and South Korean officials
“very cheerful and optimistic.”
Mr. Harriman vjsited a bat
talion command post close to the
front lines while American artil
lery roared an intense barrage.
Mr. Harriman also •visited
; United States 8th Army field
(headquarters and conferred with
ithe commander, Lt. Gen. Walton
!H. Walker.
Party Returns to Tokyo.
The Harriman party returned
to Tokyo’s Haneda airport at
8:35 p.m. (6:35 a.m. EDT) in Gen.
MacArthur’s plane, the Bataan.
Mr. Harriman went to the
American embassy. Ho said he
would leave Tokyo tomorrow but
did not disclose his next destina
tion.
(In Formosa, informed quar
ters discounted reports that
Mr. Harriman would visit Tai
pei, seat of the Chinese Na
tionalist government).
In addition to Gen. Walker, Mr.
Harriman said he talked in Korea
with President Syngman Rhee and
John Muccio, Ambassador to Ko
i rea.
| “Morale is high among Govern
ment officials and officers,” Mr.
Harriman said. “They seem very
cheerful.”
He said Mr. Rhee had expressed
confidence that “his country will
be liberated.”
“Extremely Impressed”
Harriman said he was “ex
tremely impressed” by the team
work of the Allied services. He
mentioned particularly the close
ground support given by Allied
pilots.
The presidential envoy said Gen.
Walker had been “very compli
mentary” about the morale and
fighting qualities of the South Ko
rean troops.
The party reported no sign of
Red Korean aircraft during the
flight. Accompanying Mr. Harri
man were Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad,
Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff,
and Maj. Gen. Frank B. Lowe,
retired.
The Korean trip occupied the
second day of Mr. Harriman’s visit
here for a broad review of Ameri
can policy in the Far East. He
conferred at length yesterday with
Gen. MacArthur after attending a
military briefing on the war.
Details of his^ conversations
have not been disclosed.
Mr. Harriman said he would
report the results of his trip to
President Truman. He added:
“That is what I came out here
for.”
19 Japs Die in Floods
TOKYO, Aug. 7 (JP).—Nineteen
Japanese were killed, 58 are miss
ing and 196 were injured in floods
caused by a three-day rain storm
in Eastern Japan, Japanese au
thorities reported yesterday. The
flood waters covered 128,000 acres.
Bulletin
Control Bill Due Today
Members of the Senate Bank
ing -Committee predicted this
afternoon they would report out
by evening an economic control
bill giving President Truman
broad discretion to regulate
prices, wages, rationing and al
location of scarce materials
either on a selective or across
the board basis.
(Earlier Story on Pag| A-2.)
Hollywood Speeds Up
Cheesecake Output
For GIs in Korea War
By the Auociated Prm
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 7.—
Movie cheesecake mills are
turning out pin-up pictures
by the thousands to meet de
mands from servicemen in
Korea, and there are new
faces to be added to the World
War II list.
Photos of Lana Turner,
Esther Williams, Betty Gra
ble and Jane Russell are as
popular among GIs as they
were in the last war. New
favorites are Shelley Winters,
Ava Gardner. Debra Paget
and Vera Ellen.
Studios are setting up spe
cial departments to ship
photos to the war zone.
17 Air Force Men.tyie
As Bomb-Laden B-29
Crashes and Explodes
60 Injured at California
Base Include Many
Living in Trailer Camp
By fh« Associated Prose
FAIRFIELD - SUISUN, Calif.,
Aug. 7.—Less than 60 seconds
spelled death for 17 Air Force
men as a crippled B-29 crashed
and exploded.
Both inboard engines failed as
the bomb-laden Superfort took off
for a long training flight Saturday
midnight. The pilot tried des
perately to return to the runway
But a wing scraped. .
The bomber belly-landed. Min
utes later its gasoline and demo
lition bombs exploded.
A witness said the pilot could
have landed safely in less than
one minute more.
The 17 known dead included 10
of the 20 men aboard.
60 Persons Injured.
Two others were missing and 60
or more persons were injured,
some seriously. Many of the in
jured were Air Force personnel
and their families, living in a
trailer camp only 150 feet from
the scene.
Bombs leveled the trailer area
"like a giant had stepped op
them,” a witness related.
Among the dead was Brig. Gen.
Robert F. Travis, 45, much-dec
orated commander of the base,
leader of the 9th Heavy Bomber
Wing here and hero of World War
n. He was riding behind the
pilot.
Both the plane commander, who
was at the controls, and the co
pilot were among eight of the
20 men aboard who escaped alive.
Seventeen bodies have been re
covered. The two missing men
were crew members. The bodies
(See CRASH, Page A-6.1
Bill to Limit Taxicabs
In District Approved
By House Committee
PUC Would Fix Total;
No Current Licenses
Would Be Revoked
By Harold B. Rogers
The House District Committee
today approved and sent to the
House floor for action a bill to
limit the number of taxicabs in
the District.
Authority to restrict the num
ber would be given to the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commission.
In order to accomplish the re
duction in the present number,
the bill provides, however, that
none of the outstanding licenses
| shall be revoked or rescinded.
Stricken from the bill as orig«
| inally drafted was a provision that
I outstanding licenses could not be
I sold, assigned or transferred.
The measure would be effective
next January 1.
The District committee also
approved bills to change the pres
ent regulations on automobile
dealers’ tags, amend the present
Jaw regulating barbers and place
goats under control of the Dis
trict Commissioners.
New “Special Use” Tags.
The bill relating to automobile
dealers, which already has passed
the Senate, was approved without
change by the District Committee.
It provides for new ‘‘special
use” tags issued for not to exceed
10 days at a nominal fee of $1.
This would not be a registration
of the automobile but would take
care of a number of special cases.
Under this measure the Di
rector of Vehicles and Traffic
would be able to revoke the reg
istration of an automobile dealer
for proper cause but this revoca
tion would be subject to review
by the District Commissioners and
the courts if it were found to be
“arbitrary or capricious.”
The cost of dealers’ tags would
be increased from $25 for the first
three sets and $5 for each addi
tional set to $5Cf and $10 respec
tively.
Tags for Trailer Dealers.
The measure also authorizes
the use of dealers' tags by firms
dealing in automobile trailers.
No such use is now authorized,
and according to Traffic Direc
tor George E. Keniepp, this has
caused much trouble for trailer
dealers. The changes in present
law were approved by the Com
missioners, the Budget Bureau
and the Automobile Dealers’- As
sociaton.
The barber bill would require
that all barbershops post in, a
conspicuous place their prices
for all services. The penalty for
violating this was fixed at $200.
The measure also would in
(See D. C. BILLS, Page A-4.)
Dying Fireman Sounds Alarm,
Succumbs Before Aid Arrives
The siren he had turned on in
so many emergencies wailed a
death knell for William M. Mob
ley yesterday.
With failing strength, Mr. Mob
ley, the 45-year-old custodian and
only paid employe of the Gaithers
burg-Washington Grovfe Volunteer
Fire Department, touched off the
siren to summon aid after he had
suffered a lung hemorrhage.
He was dead of a resultant heart
attack shortly after the siren be
gan to moan.
A neighbor who looked out at
the sound of the horn saw his
prostrate body in front of the fire
house door near the siren switch
and called firemen. Mr. Mobley
was pronounced dead by his physi
cian, Dr. Frank J. Broschart, who
also is deputy medical examiner
for Montgomery County.
A native of Gaithersburg and a
member of the fire department
since its organizatit^ in 1927, his
job since illness prevented active
firefighting was maintenance of
equipment and summoning fire
men in emergencies.
But before illness took him off
the trucks he played a hero’s role
in the rescue of a Cedar Grove in
valid from the second story of a
flaming house.
Against the pleas of other fire
men, he entered the house and
emerged with the invalid in his
arms.
A bachelor, he is survived by
his father, Wallace Mobley; a bro
ther, Jacob Mobley, with whom
he lived, and three sisters, Mrs.
Helen Ricketts, of Washington
Grove; Mrs. Sadie Ricketts, of
Rockville, and Mrs. Vergie Beavis,
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 p.m., tomorrow at the Gart
ner Funeral Home in Gaithers
burg. Burial will be in Forest
Oak cemetery theij|.
Bold Act Needed
To Avert War,
Lie Warns U. N.
Report Says Outcome
Of Korean War Can't
Yet Be Foreseen
By the Asic’Clatcd Pres*
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 7.—'Tryg
ve Lie says a bold and enlight
ened act of statesmanship is
: needed to meet the threat of a
! third world war.
The United Nations secretary
general gave his views in his 143
page annual report to the General
Assembly, which meets at Flush
! ing Meadows, N. Y„ September 19.
( In the report, written July 12,
Mr. Lie said there was no way
to foresee the outcome of the war
in Korea. He said the breach
of peace in Korea interrupted his
efforts to get high-level officials
of the big powers to resume nego
tiations.
Need for negotiations, however,
will be greater than ever “when
United Nations action has suc
ceeded in restoring peace to
| Korea,” Mr. Lie wrote.
“I do not believe that member
states adhering to the charter
can ever accept the doctrine of
irreconcilable and irrevocable
division of the world into warring
camps, not so long as the least
possibility exists of preventing a
third world war by peaceful
settlements based on the prin
ciples of the charter.
Need of Bold Action Cited.
“But I also believe it will take
nothing less than a bold and en
lightened act of statesmanship
to bring about a resumption of
negotiations and to halt further
deterioration towards another
world war.”
The report termed a successful
conclusion to the U. N. military
action in Korea “first priority”
for member nations but added:
"This does not mean, however,
that either the member govern
ments, or I as secretary general,
should abandon efforts for peace
by negotiation, conciliation and
mediation.”
Mr. Lie’s report was distributed
among the 59 delegations as the
Security Codpcil prepared to take
lup again tomorrow afternoon the
Soviet Union’s demand to seat
Communist North Korea and Red
China at the council table during
idebate on the Korean issue.
An American spokesman said
Saturday that this would be like
inviting to tea a man who has
burned down your front porch. He
said the United 8tates would op
pose the Russian move.
Makes Radio Address.
Shortly after his report was
made public yesterday, Mr. Lie
said in a radio broadcast that
the Korean crisis has brought
with it the most serious danger
i to peace since the U. N. was
founded in 1945.
High points in Mr. Lie’s report
were:
1. The best approach to a solu
tion of outstanding problems
would be a meeting of top-ranking
officials of the big powers.
2. China’s seat in the U. N.
i should be given to the government
which actually controls most of
China, in effect, to the Chinese
Communists since they control
the mainland.
3. With such a need for man
kind to pool resources for higher
] standards of life and greater social
programs, it would be tragic for
political strife to destroy the
groundwork laid by the U. N. in
economic and social fields.
4. Every reasonable step should
be taken to enable all nations of
ithe world to belong to the U. N.
Fourteen countries now are seek
ing admission. The Soviet Union
; has vetoed nine of them.
5. U. N. specialized agencies
have, demonstrated potentialities
for promoting peace and prosper
ity but these potentialities remain
unrealized because of non-partici
pation by some countries and the
small amount of aid given by
most participating governments.
6. The expanded U. N. program
of technical assistance for eco
nomic development is a good be
ginning but only a beginning. A
vast program of self-help and mu
tual aid is needed.
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Lack of Troops and Transport
Bar Surprise Landings. Page A-7
Marine Operations Started in Ko
rea with Artillery Shot. Page A-3
Relating to Controls.
Leaders Hope to Get Controls
Decision This Week. Page A-2.
Installment Buying Curbs Seen
After Defense Bill Passes.
Page A-16
Symington Likely to Head Mobili
zation of Industry. Page B-9
Relating to Europe.
Quick Arming of Reich Held
Needed for European Defense.
Page A-fl
Relating to Crash.
Gen. Travis, Killed in Crash, Was
Outstanding Officer. Pag^A-l