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Tuesday, January 13, 1157
MEOrOXS (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVMT
United States Defense Commitments Involve Every Continent in the World
Washington U.RI The Unit- fense policies, whirh relv nri
ed States has defense commit-1 marily on global mobility and
ments which to some degree atomic weaDons if need be. Some
involve every continent in the
world.
This far-flung shield against
Communist aggression would be
extended even more under Pres
ident Eisenhower's proposed mil
itary-economic doctrine for the
Middle East.
Before the President made his
latest proposal, the United States
had varying defense commit
ments with 45 nations in the
Far East, the Pacific, Southeast
Asia, a corner of Africa. West
ern Europe and the Western
hemisphere.
Mora Than S3 Nations
The new doctrine plus ex
istence of American defense
basej In other countries and ex
pressions of U.S. support for
sun more countries outside
treaty arrangements could
mean American defense action
of one kind or another for more
than 33 nations.
The area of Burma, India
Afghanistan and one through the
Middle East is today's big gap
in the American-Allied defense
line around the Soviet Union
and its satellites.
Mr. Eisenhower's hope Is that
the Middle East gap from In
dia on west will be entirely
or partially closed by the new
doctrine. He knows vsat not all
nations will cooperate. .nd he
has no hope of getting . 'ia or
Burma into any defense k a,
Neither Mr. Eisenhower
Secretary of State John F6 ''
Dulles has spelled ou
grapnie limits or the ,ioc-
trine. But they coul" from
Afghanistan thr- me Medi
terranean are' Morocco.
Armad Sir' jS
To it ts gigantic global
defer' .jmmitments, the Unit
ed ' .es has an armed strength
,795,500 men about one
rfiillion in the army; 912,000 in
the Air Force: 676,000 in the
Navy, and 200,000 in the Marine
Corps. Unlike the British of the
old empire days, these American
airmen, sailors and soldiers
aren't standing guard at every
little defense spot in the world.
The Eisenhower administra
tion has instituted flexible de-
Nude on Bicycle
Draws Censors' Frown
London (U.R) If a nude girl
free-wheels across a stage on a
bicycle without pedalling can
she be said to be moving?
No. pouted 20-year-old Peach
es Page, a British stripteaser
who has been doing just that at
Colling Music Hall here.
Yes, ruled the stern censors
of London County Council after
a careful inspection of Peaches.
Under British law strippers
must remain motionless after
they have removed a certain
amount of clothing. That makes
them "art studies" instead of
strippers.
Peaches' manager. Sidney Al
gar. protested the rulings.
"The movement, if there is
any, is only relative to the au
dience, as though she were on
a moving stage." he said.
"It's like the old Einstein
problem . . . only not so boring
he added.
The council also ordered
Peaches to wear more more be
ing a two-inch wide brassiere
made of flesh-colored net.
"It's so silly," said Peaches.
"To wear a bra like this only
draws more attention to the fact
that I am nude."
'Killer' White Placed
On Most Wanted List
Washington (U.R) The FBI
today placed Alfred James
White, alias "The Killer," on its
list of 10 "most wanted fugi
tives."
White. 53. has been sought
since he fled from West Hamlin
W. Va., in June, 1954, to escape
prosecution for firing at a state
police officer during an at
tempted lumber yard robbery.
The FBI said White, who also
uses aliases of Alford White and
Al Whiting, is a master safe
cracker and daring gunman with
a police record dating back to
1922. It includes convictions for
auto theft and bank robbery,
and one jail break.
Born in Mt. Sterling. O..
White was described as 5 feet.
8i inches tall, 165 to 170
pounds with brown hair and
eyes, an oblique scar in 'the
center of his forehead, a mole
on the right side of his face,
and scars on his fingers.
Cob Scouts Schedule
Empty Bottle Collection
The Cub Scouts of pack 8
will hold a drive to collect
empty bottles on Jan. 19. This
drive is to raise funds for Hun
garian relief and pack activit
ies. Collection will be made in the
area North of Main St., and East
of Central ave. Those having
empty bottles to donate may
call 2-2097, 2-5674 or 2-9168 for
pick-up service.
Georgia, Vermont and Ari
zona lead the states in the pro
duction of asbestos.
of the heavy bombers of the U.S.
Strategic Air Command, for ex
ample, are airborne around-the-
clock. Some of these planes
probably are armed for imme
diate retaliatory action against
the Soviet Union if ordered by
the President to counterattack
Here are the major U.S.
spheres of influence and the
formal defense commitments by
areas:
Western Europe
The 15-nation North Atlantic
Treaty Organization stands in
the forefront of anti-Communist
defense power. NATO stretches
from Norway and Denmark on
the north to Greece and Turkey.
Not included are Sweden, Fin
land, Switzerland, Spain (but
the U.S. has bases in Spain)
The U.S. has poured out $36
billion into this region since
1945. Military help constituted
about $12 billion of the total
Right now, about 400,000 Amer
ican servicemen are in the Eu
ropean-Mediterranean area. Ap
proximately 4,000 planes, the
Navy's Sixth Fleet and five
Army divisions constitute the
main American strength. The
Sixth Fleet, for example has
20,000 men, two carriers with
about 150 planes, three cruisers
and 20 to 24 destroyers.
The United States has weap
ons with atomic capabilities m
this area. Moreover, the 5.000
man "Atomic Task Force" is
stationed in Northern Italy with
Honest John rockets and Cor
poral missiles. Under NATO, the
15 nations are pledged to the
principle that an attack against
one shall be considered an at
tack against all. . . "
Far East
In this region, the United
States has defense commitments
under the eight-nation Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization. This
grouping includes Thailand and
Pakistan in addition to Britain,
France, New Zealand, Australia,
and the Philippines. Separate
defense pacts have been signed
dy the United States since 1951
with Australia, New Zealand,
the Philippines, Formosa, Japan
and the Republic of Korea.
Defense commitments in this
area begin with Japan and Ko
rea, swing around Red China's
Pacific Coast and on up to Bur
ma and India. Approximately
$7.5 billidn in American aid has
been poured into this area dur
ing the last 10 years. Almost all '
of the money was in the form of I
grants.
500.000 Men in Area
Latest figures show that the
United States has about 500,000
men in the entire Far East-Pacific
area. This total includes
two U.S. Army divisions in Ko
rea, one division in Japan, and
one Marine division in the Ja- !
pan-Okinawa area. One division .
and an 8.000-man Marine force
are in Hawaii. The equivalent
of another division is stationed
in Alaska. The United States
has 2,800 planes and about 500
ships in the Far East-Pacific !
area. About 2,000 of the planes
are in Korea, Japan, Okinawa
and other nearby Far Eastern
locations. The U.S. Seventh
Fleet of 40.000 men, four car
riers, 350 planes, three cruisers ,
and 40 destroyers is the main '
naval force in the area. i
The wording of the defense
pacts in this area varies, but the
effect is the same the United
States would take action "in ac
cordance with ita constitutional
processes" in event of an at
tack. This leaves it for Congress
to have the first say on what
should be done about an attack
there a provision that is not
specified in the NATO pact.
Western Hemisphere
The United States is joined
with 20 other American repub
lics in the 1947 Rio De Janerio
treaty. This states that an armed
attack against any American
state "shall be considered as an
attack against all the American
states. . . " Geographically this
treaty extends from the North
Pole to the South Pole. Canada
is not a member, however, but
it is joined with the United
States in the NATO pact.
During the last 10 years, the
United States has handed out
$1 billion in grants and credits
to Latin American republics.
Military aid amounted to only
$280 million of the total. If an
attack occured in Latin Amer
ica, the United states would I
have to draw on its forces sta- i
tioned in the United States or its '
Hungarian Workers
Facing Execution
Vienna (U.R) A new Red
reign of terror has threatened
Hungary where workers faced
death by execution for opposing
the Communist regime.
In a ruthless move that vir
tually abolished the right to
strike, the Janos Kadar regime
threatened rebellious workers
with summary death sentences
and set up kangaroo courts to
help military tribunals mete out
swift "justice."
The decree placed almost
every Hungarian man, woman
and child under the shadow of
the hangman's noose or the fir.
ing squad's rifles. :
h. i a, . entai mooii ewawecy." Planes member of the Baghdad Pact against the Baghdad Pact coun- ed States has provided about creasing. American armed for-
Sftrini dtw?n. TS" iW a"dfhlPf.couldbe""t"thpn which includes Britain, Iran, tries would "be viewed by the $1 billion in help ol all kinds ces could be transferred swm-
foroi . dlsln d er sh nVc.e' , Iral. Turkey and Pakistan. But United States with the utmost during the last decade. Ecc- ly to the area in event of at-
forces stationed in the contin- The United States is not a it has declared that aggression gravity." In this area, the Unit- nomic and military aid are in- tack.
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