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GIs fight on from wafer-filled foxholts, reptlling Red attacks.
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HORSEPOWER Spring thaws affect tha heavily mechanized
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DEATH The dirty end of a dirty war came to this U. S. Marin
in a roadside, ditch near Hoensong on the central Korean front.
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Monday, Mixeh 12
" Birthday (39th), Girl Scouts.
Anniversary (63rd), Blizzard
ot 1888. -,!-,.;. ,f : ;
Tnesday. March IS
Anniversary (57th), Standard
Time. , ' !p-:;.i.' r"i-,
Thursday, MartB 15 4 ?
Deadline, Federal Income Tat
Saturday, March 17
St Patrick's, pay. , f y
Sunday, JWarch IS
Palm Sunday.
National Wild Life Week
start. If
Sitting Ducks jf
The United Nations forces in Korea,
says an AP correspondent, ere openly
contemptuous ot enemy air power
despite the fact that Red China is
believed to have up to 3,000 combat
planes, including fighters and medium
bombers. ;
His dispatch, cleared by MacArthur
censors, points out that World War
II lessons learned at Pearl Harbor and
elsewhere have been forgotten by
American air and ground fbrces in
Korea. 1 1
Spotted From the Air
These are some! of the things he
noted on a flight over the front lines:
Allied units camped brazenly along
river bottoms and!; in exposed valleys
sitting-duck targets for air attacks.
' - Airfields jammed with fighter,
bomber and transport planes, lined
up Tow on row. with no attempt at
dispersal. : I
American supply dumps, motor
pools and ammunition depots show
little or no camouflage and inadequate
anti-aircraft defenses.
U.N. transport convoys often travel
bumper to bumper on highways.
Headquarters units cluster their
tents in open fields with no attempts
at camouflage. (p
Blackouts, except at the front, are
not enforced. Hi
TJ.N. troops encamped in rest areas
often with no attempt at dispersal or
camouflage. ,
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Chinese Precaotlons
"The correspondent reported the AK
lied side a beehive: Of obvious activity
while across the front lines there was
no sign of the foe. j
Chinese and North Korean Reds
camouflage everything, including
trucks and troops, puns are placed in
hidden defiles, or covered with straw
and tree limbs to conceal them from
strafing.
Surveys show American GIs at the
actual front do . conceal themselves
and their equipment because there It
is a life and death; matter.
But in the rear) areas, he found a
strange apathy toward camouflage
and dispersal techniques. He said it
was enough to make veterans of
World War II shake with apprehen
sion. Gift
White Elephant ;
There's a weighty problem at the
White House and State Department in
connection with the offer of a sacred
"elephant to President Truman.
The gift has been proffered by the
King of Cambodia, one of three Indo
Chinese states- which on January 1
received grants of substantial inde
- pendence from France.
The President is sunning himself
atKey West, ! Fla, so White House
aides and Secretary Acheson's ad
visers are sweating it out alone.
They are searching for a diplomatic
' way of saying "No" without hurting
royal feelings.; That may be difficult
if not impossible to do.
Republicans,: of course, are .of no
help. They would jike to see an ele
phant in the White House, even a real
- one. .--jf . j . ,
If the diplomats; decide they can't
say "No,' an even more weighty
problem arises. The White House nas
garage facilities but no stables and
you can't send a sacred white ele
phant to the bone yard.
Nothing of course is ever new, as.
the historians say. -A study of history
shows Indian Prime Minister Nehru
once sent an elephant to Washington
school children. It j wound up in the
capital zoo. u H
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Sidelights
In Pittsfield, Mass.. police stopped
-a motorist f or j speeding and discov
ered the number on hie license did
not agree with: the number "611-969
on his car plate. They finally came
up with the solution. The plate was .
on upside down; it should have read --636-119.-
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'O In Pearl Riverj' N. Y, a hunter
took a shot at a- crow and blew up
a small fireworks plant, rocking com
munities in two states. Fire depart
ments ' and ; ambulances - responded
from six neighboring communities
but had nothing to do. Six frame '
buildings were blown to kindling but
the blast put the ? fire out, Plant
workers had quit for the day a half
hour earlier. so no one was injured.
(AU Kiflht Restrred, AP oMlartt) "
PARIS: An
THE Paris conference of Big
X Four foreign minister deputies
is an 11th hour attempt of Russia
and the western powers to settle
their differences by diplomacy.
These differences, which began
even before the end of World War
n, have become known as the cold
rar.. ' .
j Almost a year ago, Korea suddenly
became a hot spot in the cold war and
history may yet record it as the real,
start of World War IH, ;
But if that struggle can be isolated
and kept to the status of a local inci
dent no matter how ' sordid or
tragic full scale war may be averted
or at least pushed back in tune. East
West flare-ups over Trieste and ' the
Berlin blockade, diplomats say, were
handled in this fashion,
li May Open a" Door -
. The Paris talks, of course, will not
decide anything important. Actually
k they; are nothing but a meeting to ;
1 try and agree on an agenda for a
later, conference in Washington of the :
.foreign ministers.
But Paris may afford the oppor
tunity of opening another door to ne
gotiation on the crucial problem of
Europe in the east-west tug of peace. .:
As long as diplomats can keep open-
ing new doors, they have reason to i
hope the differences may eventually.,
be settled with words not bullets.
Western sources say the real issue
at Paris is whether Russia actually
means to seek a diplomatic settlement j
of cold war problems.
Andrei A. Gromyko, head of the
20-man Soviet delegation at Paris,
proposed that the German treaty
question be discussed in line with
principles of the Potsdam Agreement.
The western position has been that
STILL ON THE
Crime
Probe Deadline
The Senate committee investigating
organized crime throughout the United
States will open what may prove to
be climax hearings Monday in New
York.
The committee, headed by Sen.
Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) says there
are two major crime syndicates in the
nation. One, directed by the Fischetti
brothers, Rocco and Charles who are
heirs of the old Capone mob, operates
from ! Chicago through the south, ac
cording to investigators.
The committee says the other,
headed by Frank Costello and Joe
Adonis, had headquarters in New
York and operates down the east ;
coast to Florida.
March 31 Deadline
The New York hearings may last
two weeks but by then the life span
of the Senate committee i will have I
just about run out It Is scheduled to '
expire March 31, and chairman Ke- 1
f auver has said repeatedly he will not
ask for an. extension. Other commit-
tee members, however, have urged "
that it stay on the job and be given
FBI men to speed effective inquiries.
In a preliminary report recently, -j-the
committee said: "The most shock-
ing revelation is the extent of official C.
corruption and connivance in facili- ;
tating and promoting i organized i
crime." It found corruption extending '.
to all levels of 'government federal.
state and local. .
Incidents cited by the committee in :
its -report;-.; . . 'X
Two state governors received cam- :
paign contributions . from f- organized
criminals. :' . ' "., ' ;.vv; -.
One sheriff had a bookmaking busi
ness in his office. . " t
The report said gangsters and gam- '
biers, brazenly faked income tax re- ;
turns and charged there was serious '.
doubt that the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau made a real effort to check. '.
11th Hour
FAIR SHAKE The' Big Four foreign minister "deputies meet in
Paris. Left to right are Ernest Davies, Britain; Philip Jessup, United ,
States; Andrei Gromyko, Russia,' and Alexandre Parodi, France.
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the Potsdam pact is a useless basis for.: that were German allies In World
negotiation because the Russians have
consistently violated it.
Parallel to Korea
In line with his suggestion to dis-
cuss demilitarization of Germany by
the Potsdam yardstick, Gromyko also
proposed discussioa ot Four - Power
disarmament and withdrawal of 00
cupatiorMorces from Germany.
That is one issue the west will ex
amine very closely. Withdrawal of
occupation forces ; from ., Germany .
could create an identical vacuum to
the one in Korea 1 when American
garrisons pulled out.
American sources: insist that if Big
Four talks are to! be renewed all
causes of European tension must be
examined.; . These include a peace
treaty for Austria and a study of re-
armament' In Soviet satellite states
HIGH WIRE
In Short
Halted: By the Uj stockpiling of
tin until such allies as Britain, Hol
land, Belgium and Bolivia cut prices
now, more than : 150 per cent higher
than when the Korean war started.
Granted: By the j Carnegie Fund,
$22,500 for a study 'of techniques to
aid native leaders desiring to revolt
against communist comination. -j
; rreposed: Byi the US ahat the
United Nations recruit a volunteer uv
ternational army; to combat aggression
anywhere in the world.
Charged! By Pakistan in the U-N.
Security Council, that "Indian aggres
sion is on the march."' '
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CSACX4-The boseboli season does not open until April 16 but oil
- cjetting Into condition. Here Stan Musia! of the jSt Louis Cardinals
Att(irribt
War IL ; f
Russia, in a recent diplomatic note
to Britain, claimed its armed forces
were no more j than 2,500,000 men
while it put the combined western
t mn-than nnn nnn wt.
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armed strength at 4,000,000 men with
better than 1,000,000 mote in the Red
satellite states, not including Com
munist China. ;-f
-Another Bed Boycott
Washington reported last week that
. Russia' had broken off talks on terms
for a Japanese peace treaty because
of its demands for veto power. The
State f Department declared in a
statement: "The United States will
persist in seeking an over-all peace
for Japan but it concedes to no one
the' right to veto peace." .
Quotes
British field Marshal Viscount
Benam L. , i Meatceaaery: I
would . as soon think , of going
into battle without my artillery,
as without my chaplains." :
Ixvestia, Soviet government
newspaper: -Since the first day
of American occupation, ' Gen.
MacArthur busied himself with
the transformation of Japan into
a base of aggression- by .the
United States against 'Asia." -
SCIENCE: Hope
Afomic Umbrella I ; j
- Dr. Vannevar Bush, wartime head
of the Office of Scientific Research
and Development which coordinated
the work of 30,000 scientists in atomic
research, believes continued Ameri
can development of the A-Bomb
should avert World War III-
He saw no danger of immediate
war because if Russia were to open'
hostilities now she would be de
stroyed "without question by Ameri
can atomic bombs. i ff
Dr. Bush, president of the Carnegie
. Institution, was the first of a series of
speakers sponsored by the Committee
on the Present Danger, a nonpartisan
group formed to support j a strong de- '
fense for this nation irt cooperation
with other free countries.' i :
' 'Nevada Tests -Dr.
Bush said the recent atomic
tests on Frenchman's Flat near Las
Vegas, wev presumably were ox new
types of atomic bombs.
He pointed out that the free world's
problem was to maintain the military
stalemate ; now possible; because of
U. S. superiority in atomic devel op-
He noted that defenses I against
strategic bombing had been improved
since the war and predicted that
eventually Russia could be able to
protect her key points with radar, jet
interceptors, anti-aircraft - artillery
and perhaps guided missiles, f - :
Dr. Bush discussed tactical possibili
ties of the atomic bomb; and related
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T'HE Census Bureau has re
ported that 58,905,000 civilians
held jobs in February, much th
highest mid-winter job total ever
achieved. j
. But if the job picture was rosy, the
role of organized' labor, in the mo
bilization program was not Union
spokesmen without exception have
walked out of Defense MobilLeer
Charles E. Wilson's councils, j
I Charge a Treeie-Out:
, They charge a freeze-out at the
policy1 making level of organized la
bor, . the farmer and the small busi
nessman. They say BigBusiness dom
inates mobilization planning and there
4 m Vf fteA anaa 1 tin w a ita1 fv a
mm aav wuv a m r.aaa u fr tut ; aac ff suatv
' of workers and consumers. j j
j The United Labor Policy Commlt
. tee, representing 13 million CIO, AIT
and railway union members, is plan
ning a: nationwide drive for reform
of current price and inflation con
trols. ,Seven hundred state and city
labor J representatives will meet la
Washington March 20 and 21 to chart
. their strategy. i . (
I Philip Murray, CIO president, has
called the present approach to- a so
lution of inflation "lopsided.1' In j a
nationwide broadcast, he said it was
a basic defect that ran through ill
defense mobilization planning.,
r ' "It is not just- a labor- problem
when consumer prices go up, or an
inequitable share of- taxes are, Im
posed ion the lower Income groups,"
;,he said.i-w.r-'. f$f (r.
! On. the other hand, Murray said,
corporation profits are at an "astound
ing all-time high": and nothing effefc-
. tive is being done to make super-rich
1 . I . t . i . m
corporaiions per ineir uur snare as,
the national burden. 1
All-Time Record ! J
General Motors, the Ration's largest
- private manufacturer, .announced net
corporate profits of 1834,044,039 on
sales of $7,531,086,848 in 1950 biggest
in the history of American free en
terprise. The GM net i profit was 27
' per cent higher than in 1949, the
record up to that time. ,
i GM; along with other automotive .
manufacturers, raised new car prides
last weekend by J'i per. cent, the
maximum permitted by the Office of
Price Stabilization. Commenting on
the relation of prices and profits, GM
officials said: 1 -
"If profits were not to fluctuate,
prices, would have io be increased ,in
periods of low volume but would fall
in periods of high volume. Such' a
policy! would not be desirable nor
practical in an industry subject to-
impact of both costs and competition.
of the Free
them to the current problem; of de
fense of western Europe. j i
i Tactical WeapM
In the event of war three to five.
years from now. he said, the Russians
might be confronted by a line held In
depth by outnumbered but well-disciplined
and well-armed divisions, j
i The; Red Army could break such; a
line, hie declared, only by a huge con-
centration of men, artillery and tanks.
J . Because ot the . atomic bomb, hei
said, such concentration would not be-
'feasible. For example, an A-Bomb de
livered on a massive group of forces .
such as the Germans gathered to.
make their break-through in the Bat
tle of the Bulge would be devastating.
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. j; Tanks as Traps I
Dr. Bush foresaw the heavy tank
a liability rather : than an asset
due time because of the development
of recoilless weapons. He said a new
type . of recoilless - anti-tank gun.
manned by four men, was more than
a match for the heaviest tanks yet
developed. Tanks and massed artillery,
have long been a strong point around.
Which I Soviet military thinking re
volved. ! j
j The scientific leader backed the idea:
of sending American troops to Europe
allies. He suggested the training pt
18-year-olds for two years and keep
ing them available for service in the
reserve branches. ; L j
. Dr. Bush predicted that young mea
trained now would not see any fight
ing tor several years at least ;
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hits a long one to the fence. .