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MacARTHUR had to go, marshall testifies
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General Would Risk Total War
With Soviet, Secretary Charges
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Refusal to Accept
U. S. Policy Forced
Ouster, Senators Hear
By J. A O'Leary and
Cecil Holland
Secretary of Defense Marshall
told Congress today the dismissal
of Gen. MacArthur was necessary
because of his “wholly unprece
dented” public displeasure and
disagreement “with the foreign
and military policy of the United
States.”
Gen. Marshall also contended
that Gen. MacArthur's proposals
MacArthur War Plan Gets Strong Support
From Republicans. Page A-3
Tobin Insists MacArthur Asks Too Big c
Wor Risk. Page B-l
would risk “an all-out war with
the Soviet Union.’’
In a strong defense of the ad
ministration’s course in trying to
limit the war to Korea, Gen.
• Marshall testified:
“It became apparent that, Gen.
MacArthur had grown so far out
of sympathy with the established
President Studying
MacArthur Case;
To Speak Tonight
President Truman today
went over Gen. MacArthur’s
Capitol testimony with the
big four congressional lead
ers at the White House.
The President is to deliver a
major foreign policy address at
a civil defense dinner tonight
at 10:30 o’clock.
House Speaker Rayburn told
White House newsmen that
the MacArthur issue came up
at Mr. Truman’s regular Mon
day morning conference with
his legislative leaders.
policies of the United States that
there was grave doubt as to
whether he could any longer be
permitted to exercise the authority
in making decisions that normal
command functions would assign
to a theater commander. In this
situation, there was no other re
course but to relieve him.”
Would Risk Loss of Allies.
He said the MacArthur war
plan would risk an all-out world
conflict “even at the expense oi
losing our allies and wrecking the
coalition of free peoples through
out the world.”
Gen. MacArthur has proposed
Intensification of the economic
squeeze against Red China, block
ade of its coasts, air operation!
over Manchuria and use of Chi
nese Nationalist troops from For
mosa.
Gen. Marshall said Gen. Mac
Arthur “would have us, on oui
own initiative, cairy the conflict
beyond Korea against the main
land of Communist China, both
from the sea and from the air
“He would have us accept the
risk of involvement not only in ar
extension of the war with Red
China, but in an all-out war with
the Soviet Union," the Defense
Secretary said, adding:
"He (MacArthur) would have
us do this even though the effect
of such action might expose West
ern Europe to attack by the mil
lions of Soviet troops poised ir
Middle and Eastern Europe.”
U. S. Buying Time in Korea.
Gen. Marshall also told the 25
man Senate investigating commit
tee:
1. That limiting the fio-htine tr
Korea is giving the United State:
and its allies “sorely needed time’
to build their defenses “agains
the threatened onslaught of Soviei
imperialism.”
2. That the United States wil
continue to oppose any settlemen
of the Korean war that would re'
ward aggression and “will oppos<
(Continued on Page A-6, Col. 1.;
High Court Denies
Veterans' Job Claims
ly the Associated Press
The Supreme Court today re
Jected in part claims by two vet
erans that they were denied em
ployment preference rights whei
discharged from their jobs as law
yers in the Department of Agri
culture.
The veterans, Robert D. Elde
and Greene Chandler Furman
were dropped in 1947 in a reduc
tion of the department’s force ne
cessitated by lack of funds.
Justice Clark delivered the 8
decision. Justice Black dissentec
The veterans sued in lower Fed
eral courts here to win reinstate
ment. The United States Com
of Appeals here said the Veteran:
Preference Act of 1944 gave thei
rights to reinstatement whic
were violated when other dis
charged employes were taken bac
by the department. Those r<
hired, including one veteran, ha
positions inferior to Elder an
Furman on the department’s enr
ploye retention register.
Justice Clark said the two vei
erans had no classified civil sen
ice status and therefore were n<
entitled to retention preferem
over non-veterans.
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Partial Text of Testimony
Defense Secretary Takes the Stand
In Hearings on Far East Policy
(Following is a partial text of
today’s testimony before the
Senate Armed Services and For
eign Relations Committees’
hearings on Far East policy.)
Chairman Russell—Gentlemen.
, the witness before the committee
today is Gen. George C. Maishall,
Secretary of Defense.
Gen. Marshall’s eminent career
as a military leader and as an
able administrator is known to all
American citizens. . . . His name
has become synonymous with in
tegrity and devotion to duty. . . .
flonoro 1 T lrnnn? vnu H n nnt
come here this morning to be
praised but to advise and counsel
with us on the pressing problems
that confront this Nation.
For three days we have listened
to the testimony of another great
American, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. Gen. MacArthur has
brought to us the point of view
of a policy which he strongly be
lieves can be adopted by this
j country. He has argued his po
sition ably and has supported it
with the factual data.
In that process he has raised
challenging issues—issues which
must be faced and resolved calmly
but decisively. They go to the
MacArthur Orders
Return of Plane to
Defense Department
Senate Hearings Regarded
As Last Official Act,
General's Aide Says
ly th« Associated Press
NEW YORK. May 7.—Gen.
MacArthur said today he had or
dered the return of his four-en
,gined airplane, Bataan, to the De
fense Department because he feels
it is “no longer appropriate" for
him to keep it.
I He made the «announcement
through Maj. Gen. Courtney
Whitney, his spokesman.
Gen. Whitney said the crew of
the Constellation would fly it from
Idlewild Airport here to Wash
ington later today.
At a news conference at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Gen. Whit
ney quoted Gen. MacArthur as
saying:
“A great plane, a great crewt a
great pilot. As it flies out of my
life I feel I am losine snmpt.hinc
of inestimable value—an old
friend.”
Lt. Col. Anthony Story is Gen
MacArthur’s personal pilot. Gen
Whitney said he did not know
whether Col. Story would remain
with Gen. MacArthur.
t Gen. Whitney said Gen. Mac
Arthur regarded his Washington
appearance as “his final official
act.”
Gen. MacArthur had “no special
plans” to appear in rebuttal tc
i administration testimony, Gen
Whitney said.
Asked if the general would
testify before the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. Gen. Whitney
'said Gen. MacArthur ‘*assumes’
i his Senate testimony “was in such
'complete detail” that another ap
pearance would not be necessary
The House committee had in
vited him to appear.
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ij Late News
Bulletin
Fire Routs Employes
A fire on the eighth floor of
the Post Office Department
Building at Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue N.W. drove
employes to the street as it
filled the huge building with
smoke shortly before 1 p.m. to
day. The blaze apparently was
. confined to one or two rooms
. on the eighth floor where large
[ ventilating equipment is lo
cated.
very heart of this country's sur
vival as a republic of free men.
Some of the questions which he
has raised appear to challenge
some of the basic concepts of our
Nation’s foreign policy. Since
Gen. MacArthur has until recent
ly been a theater commander,
bearing the burden of directing an
armed conflict, considerable
weight must be attached to his
views.
You, Gen. Marshall, are the of
ficial that directs the Defense De
partment — that agency upon
which this Nation must rely for
protection when its existence is |
threatened by an aggressor.- The
decisions which it is your duty to
make are heavy and burdensome
and involve the delicate balancing
of America’s armed might to put
it in the best posture for defense.
We are asking you today, Gen
eral, to tell us about those deci
sions in relation to the Far East
ern theater and the Korean war,
as well as the effect it might have
upon our entire world position.
We recognize it to be a difficult
task. We have seen fit to conduct
these hearings in closed session
and to arrange that any matter
that might affect the national se
(Continued on Page A-4, Col. 1.)
$14,720,000 Worth
Of British Goods Seht
To Communist China
Figures by Shawcross
For 15 Months Place
Imports at $7,560,000
By the Associated Press
LONDON. May 7.—Britain has
shipped Red China £4.9 million
($14,720,000) worth of goods in
the last 15 months, a government
spokesman said today.
Sir Hartley Shawcross, presi
dent of the government Board of
Trade, also told the House of
Commons Britain bought £2.7 mil
lion or $7,560,000 worth of goods
from the Red Pieping regime dur
ing the first quarter of this year.
Sir Hartley declared:
“Since the start of the fighting
in Korea last June careful watch
has been kept on our trade with
China and various restrictions
have been imposed to ensure that
jshe should not receive from the
United Kingdom goods which
would be of value to her in con
nection with her military opera
; tions in Korea.”
Europe's Trade With Reds
Has Doubled Since 1948
Geneva. Switzerland, May 7
UP).—Western Europe last year
sold more than twice as much ma
chinery to Russia and its satel
lites as in 1948, the United Na
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Europe disclosed yesterday.
During the same period, United
States machinery shipments to
Soviet-ruled Europe dropped by
more than 93 per cent.
The figures were published in
a detailed analysis of the Euro
pean engineering industry and
showed sharp increases in ma
chinery sales through the Iron
Curtain during the past three
years by every industrial country
receiving aid under the European
Recovery Program. The increases
were most marked in Western
Germany, the United Kingdom
and the Benelux countries.
The report showed, however,
that West European machinery
exports' to the Soviet bloc were
beginning to level off in 1950 and
constituted only 5 per cent of
Western Europe’s total machinery
shipments to all countries.
Nevertheless, the OEEC coun
tries sold $232 million worth of
: machinery, transport equipment
and automobiles to the Comin
form countries in 1950, an in
crease of $117.6 million over 1948
and of $44.3 million over 1949.
United States sales of these
products to the Cominform coun
tries totaled $3.3 million in 1950.
or $48.1 million less than in 1948
and $5.5 million less than in 1949.
Russia Admitted to Olympics,
To Take Part in 1952 Games
L By the Associated Press
• VIENNA, Austria, May 7.—Rus
‘ sia was recognized today by the
t International Olympic Committee.
It now becomes eligible to take
a part in the 1952 Olympic Games.
^ The IOC action, which was
k taken this morning, was an
_ nounced at a' formal press cou
rt ference tonight
rt Russia was almost the first sub
_ ject discussed when the 35-man
committee opened its three-day
_ session.
The Russians now will be eligi
it ble to compete in the winter
;e games, which start at Oslo, Nor
way, February 14, and at the sum*
f • ?
r f
mer games at Helsinki in July and
August, 1952.
The Russians have taken part
in only one previous Olympics, in
Stockholm in 1912. x
The Soviet Union still must join
a number of individual sports fed
erations if it plans to take part
in the full Olympic program
Russia now belongs to about 1C
of the sports federations, includ
ing the major activities for the
summer games, track and fielc
and swimming.
i Russian teams currently are
taking part in the European bas
ketball championships at Pari!
.and in the European boxini
1 championships at Milan.
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AmericanTroops
Land in Iceland
To Aid Defense
200 Reported Sent
After Request by
Island Regime
By the Associated Press
REYKJAVIK. Iceland. May 7.
—A contingent of American troops
arrived by air today at Keflavik
airport, 30 miles from this capital,
for the announced purpose of
aiding Iceland’s defense under the
North Atlantic alliance.
(The troops went into Ice
land under an agreement for
“the defense of Iceland” signed
by the United States and Ice
land Saturday, and made public
by the State Department today.
About 200 men of Army, Navy
and Air Force units were re
ported involved.)
The arrival of the troops appar
ently was no surprise to the
people of this old island republic,
since it was generally known that
negotiations had been under way
for some time. Nevertheless, the
announcement of the arrival was
published in extra editions of
Reykjavik’s newspapers.
Democratic Parties Consulted.
The government statement
threw little light on the mission
of the Americans. It said only:
“When Iceland joined the At
lantic Pact, it agreed that if war
broke out the Allies would have a
similar position in Iceland to that
they had durnig the last war. But
it was entirely up to Icelanders to
say when such a position would
be granted.”
During World War II Iceland
was major assembly point for
convoys to Russia.
Members of Parliament's demo
cratic parties were consulted, the
government said, and it was agreed
that now was the time to ask for
defense forces. This island, with
an area of 39,758 square miles and
a population of only 140,000, has
no army, navy, coast guard or
air force of its own.
Reds Not Consulted.
Of the 52 members of Parlia
ment. 43 supported the govern
ment in its request. The nine
Communist members were not
consulted.
Under Iceland's agreement as a
member of the Atlantic alliance
Keflavik Airport will be used foi
this country’s defense, but Iceland
retains operation of fields foi
civilian purposes. The number oi
troops sent here must be approved
by the Icelandic government
Nothing in the agreement is tc
be construed as impairing the au
thority of Iceland with regard tc
her internal affairs.
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The Government statement said
the United States showed under
standing pf Iceland’s views and
expressed confidence in the con
tinued good will, of the United
States toward Iceland's independ
ence and prosperity.
The United States-Iceland agree
ment grew out of a request of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion that the two countries make
arrangements under which armed
forces of the North Atlantic
Treaty nations may make use of
facilities in Iceland in the com
m nn Hofanco inn nw«tn
Iceland is the second North At
lantic island for which the United
States has assumed defense re
sponsibilities. An agreement for
the mutual defense of Greenland
was negotiated with Denmark
only a few days ago.
The State Department said a
“contingent of United States
security forces” is in Iceland "at
the request of the Icelandic Gov
ernment and in accordance with
agreed defense plans” of the
NATO.
Defense officials told newsmen
!the over-all command of Iceland’s
defenses falls under Admiral Wil
liam Fechteler as commander in
chief of the Atlantic Fleet anc
chairman of the North Atlantic
Ocean Regional Planning Group
of NATO.
The initial detachment is un
(See ISELAND, Page A-5.)
Body of Man, 60 fo 65,
Found af Randall's Cliff
Maryland State police reported
today that the body of an un
identified man was washed ashore
yesterday at Randall’s Cliff, neaj
Chesapeake Beach.
They said that they believed the
man to be 60 to 65 years old anc
that he weighed about 180 pound!
and was 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Dr. Hugh W. Ward, Calver
County medical examiner, saic
death was caused by drowning
He estimated the man had beet
dead about a week. There w&
no evidence of violence, Dr. Ware
added.
Police said there were no mark
of identification on the body. I
was clad in a blue suit but thi
pockets yielded only a package o
i cigarettes and a handkerchief
; Both upper and lower teeth wen
missing, police added.
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A WAR*... OR A
LASTIN6 PEACE
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Symington Promises That RFC i
'Will Bristle With Integrity'
Will Make Loan Data Public, Pledges
No Conflict With Other Agencies' Programs
By Robert K. Walsh
W. Stuart Symington, new ad
ministrator of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp., promised today
that the agency will “bristle with
integrity,” operate in a goldfish
bowl and offer a “shot in the arm”
to private business in the public
interest.
In his first news conference as
head of the agency that is under
heavy fire in Congress the former
chairman of the National Security
Resources Board told reporters
that:
“RFC will not conflict with
credit control programs of the
Federal Reserve Board and other
Maybank Denounces
Beef Price Rollback
As ’Regimentation'
Blast at Power of Few
Men Comes as Hearing
On New, Controls Opens
By James Y. Newton
i Chairman Maybank of the Sen
ate Banking Committee charged
today that the Government’s new
program to roll back beef prices
all the way from the farm to the
dinner table “places the entire
uvcolucn uiuuauy uiiuer uie icgi
mentation of a few men who have
had very little experience” in the
field.
Senator Maybank made the
charge as his committee opened
Uncontrolled Meat Will End Stabilization,
DiSalle Tells Hearing. Page A-3
Production Officials See Inflation Growing,
Shortages Next Year. Page A-8
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public hearings on President Tru
man’s request for extending and
strengthening the price-wage
credit control law. The present
law, under which the government
gets its anti-inflation powers ex
pires June 30.
Mobilization Director Charles E.
Wilson was the first witness at the
hearing. But before he began tes
tifying, Senator Maybank issued
two statements bitterly criticizing
Government efforts to halt infla
tion.
Greatest Scarcities Ahead.
Mr. Wilson told the committee
“the greatest scarcities of material
and hence the greatest need for
controlling the flow and use of
these materials, are yet to come.
Similarly, the greatest pressures
on prices and wages—the most
serious threat of inflation—will be
felt some months from now.”
The defense mobilizer said he
did not think the economic con
trols the Government is now
seeking would be needed for too
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Cattle Marketing Cut,
Prices Mostly Steady
; Ky th« Associated Press
I CHICAGO, May 7. — Producers
■ cut cattle marketings today and
i prices firmed after last week’s
: sharp shake-out. But hogs and
I lambs continued to slump.
Only 9,000 head of cattle were
placed on sale, compared with 12,
100 last week and 10,641 a year
ago. Steers and heifers sold at
steady to 50 cents higher quota
tions. Trading was very active for
the limited supply. Bulls moved
lower against the trend.
Government agencies fighting in
flation.
2. It will make public all rea-;
sonable information about loans,;
applications or letters written by
members of Congress in behalf of
applicants.
3. Without wishing to be a
“rubber czar” the new RFC ad
ministrator should have ‘‘some
thing to say” about Governmenti
purchases of natural rubber in
addition to RFC's present respon
sibility for synthetic rubber pro-!
duction.
Mr. Symington said he wants!
to give further study to his new1
—
(See RFC, Page A-5.)
I
Syrians Machine-Gun
Israeli Settlement,
Hit Children's Home
No Casualties Reported;
Tel Aviv Xurns Down
U. N. Cease-Fire Order
ly th* Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 7.—Sy
rian troops opened fire today with:
rifles and machineguns on an
Israeli settlement near the frontier,
dispatches from the border re
ported.
An Israeli military spokesman
here said several houses-were hit,;
including the settlement’s chil
drens’ home, but that there were!
no casualties.
In the area of Tel^ el Muteila,1
where bitter fighting raged fori
three days, no new incidents were
reported. The sector and that
around the disputed Huleh Swamp
reclamation area to the north were
reported quiet.
Rejects Cease-Fire Order.
Israel has announced that she
will not heed a cease-fire order
sponsored by the United Nations
to end the bitter frontier dispute
so long as SyriaV forces remain in
the demilitarized area northwest
of the Sea of Galilee. This was
depeated in a letter last night
from Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett to Col. Bennet de Ridder,
Acting chief of staff of U. N. Ob
servers stressed, however, that Is
rael is ready “to co-operate in
restoration of peace.”
(In Damascus, the Syrian
government announced it has
sent instructions to its United
Nations delegate to submit a
new complaint to the Security
(See ISRAEL. Page A-3.) !
A Smile May Be the Difference
Between Old Maid and a Wife
By the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, May 7.—Get
happy, girls, unless you want to
wind up an old maid. Beauty and
brains are not enough. Neither is
good home cooking.
Dr. H. K. Moore, Arkansas A.
and M. College psychologist, has
blasted some of the old notions
about why Aunt Minnie never
married.
Dr. Moore compared 176 wives
and 176 spinsters on a list of 104
traits. His findings:
Both groups are about equal in
beauty, intelligence and enjoyment
of housekeeping.
But the spinsters seldom smile !
The study found that the old
maids are not a happy group.
1 Furthermore, the spinster has
,»
an unhappy disposition, fears sex
and childbirth, and is a self*
centered fault-finder who always
wants to have her own way.
Dr. Moore’s results are pub
lished in an article in Family
Life, the monthly organ of the
American Institute of Family
Relations here.
He writes that the spinsters
trouble is that they were educated
top much for careers instead of
for marriage. As a result, the old
maid finds it hard to treat men
naturally — she is likely eithe:
to appear indifferent or over
anxious when men notice her.
The study did not point out
whether the spinsters were un
happy and unsmiling because
they were spinsters. ^
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Panama Secret Police
Stage Gun Battle With
Opposition Leaders
Two Wounded Slightly;
Government Charges
Vast Subversive Plan
•y the Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Panama, May
7.—Opposition leaders shot it out
with plainclothes secret police on
Panama City’s main avenue last
night and the government o 1
President Arnulfo Arias charged
a vast subversive plan was under
way.
National Assembly Deputy Jorge
niueca, fiery leader of the opposi
tion Patriotic Youth Front, was
wounded and escaped to the
United States-controlled Panama
Canal Zone a block away. Taken
to Gorgas Hospital, he was re
ported wounded high in the back
and his condition was said to be
not serious.
A plainclothesman also was
wounded, but a report on his con
dition was not ayailable. Another
opposition deputy was reported
under arrest and a third report
eaiy nea to the Canal Zone.
Reds Charred With Plot.
A government communique ac
cused the youth front, the out
lawed Communist Party and other
opposition groups of a carefully
prepared plan against the gov
ernment. It said the Arias regime
is prepared to take all steps to
maintain order and has the "un
restricted and loyal support of the
nation’s armed forces.”
Referring to the run which
started Friday on the state-oper
ated savings bank, the communi
que said the "present crisis of the
national banking institutions has
been provoked through a care
fully conceived plan.” It added
that those responsible were known
and would be punished.
The shooting followed a tense
week end during which at least
16 oppositionists were arrested in
connection with the run on the
bank. Reportedly those arrested
included former President Ricardo
\dolfo de la Guardia and Roberto
Arias, nephew of the president
and publisher of the tabloid news
paper La Hora.
Dissident Leader Opened Fire.
The government communique
cm last night's shooting said the
secret police encountered Mr.
fllueca and two other deputies—
Liberal Party Leader David
Samudio and Norberto Navarro,
leader of the dissident Independ
ent Revolutionary Party faction
of Dr. Arias’ Authentic -Revolu
tionary Party — and that Mr.
Navarro opened fire.
South Koreans
Push Back Ends
Of Red Front
U. N. Armored Units
Probing for Reds;
Enter Chunchoil
By the Associated Press
TOKYO, May 7.—South Korean
infantrymen pushed the ends of
the battle line northward today.
Other U. N. forces took up the
slack in between while armored
patrols probed for withdrawing
Reds.
South Koreans pressed across
the 38th Parallel toward Red-held
Two Killed in Korea, 7 Wounded, in
Latest Casualty List. Page B-ll
Sino-Russ Pact Raising More Men for
Korea Reported in Taipeh. Page A-5
Inje in the east. Other Republican
troops moved the Western anchor
of the Korea fighting line further
northwest of Seoul.
A tank-infantry column rumbled
through Chunchon on the east
central front Monday, and a mile
beyond, without meeting opposi
tion.
Other armored groups fanned
out all along the center. They
found no Reds.
Reds Snipe at Tanks.
Communists sniped on tank ex
peditions in the West today. A
United States 8th Army com
munique said Reds reportedly
fired rockets at tanks east of
Uijongbu.
American jets left their rockets
behind for a mass bomb attack
on Red troop, supply and trans
port centers north of the Com
munist capital of Pyongyang.
Thirty-five shooting stars made
bomb raids in three waves on rail
way yards in the Sunchon area.
The Pyongyang radio claimed
six United States planes were
shot down and five airmen cap
tured. The Allied command does
not comment on Red propaganda
claims. The Red broadcast also
listed these asserted wartime
U. N. losses: 65,000 troops cap
tured. 326,000 ' casualties, 1,900
planes destroyed or damaged.
Red ground forces made their
strongest bid northwest of Seoul.
South Korean troops made a
limited advance against North
Koreans who had been told there
would be no big offensive because
“the war is about over.” U. N.
intelligence officers attributed this
statement to a Communist officer.
Stalemate Mentioned.
They did not make clear wheth
er the officer had been taken
prisoner or whether the report
came from other captured Reds.
U. N. spokesmen offered no in
terpretation of the signifiance of
the statement. Presumably the
Red officer meant the war had
again reached a stalemate; that
neither side could win and there
fore neither would open an all
out offensive.
Intelligence reports said the
same officer reported Allied war
planes blocked Red efforts to get
tanks from Manchuria to support
the now halted Communist spring
offensive.
, Red transport kept rolling
south despite the constant air
punishment. More than 3,700
trucks were spotted yesterday.
Far Eastern Air Forces called it
an “all out Communist effort to
resupply and re-equip their divi
sions along the battle line.”
Tank Patrols Active.
U. N. tank patrols probed
through no-man’s land trying to
find the elusive Red divisions.
The equally elusive Communist
air force tried out night-flghting
jets, presumed to be a new type.
Three of them made unsuccessful
passes at a lone U. N. B-26 before
dawn yesterday.
Similar attack* were made this
morning. But air officers weren’t
certain it was the same type of
plane. Far Eastern Air Forces
spokesmen made no attempt to
describe the new jet until more is
learned about it.
On the ground the Reds of
fered only spotty opposition to
Allies slogging back over the same
giuuna me communists nad
taken in their costly nine-day of
fensive“that began April 22.
Extent of the ground fighting
was indicated by the 8th Army’s
estimate of 570 Red casualties yes
terday. This doesn’t approach the
daily toll of the Red offensive. The
nine-day toll was estimated by
the U. N. command at 75,000.
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