Ike Has “Whole
Hearted Backing”
Of United States
(Continued from Page Onei
«ral Eisenhower had the same sort
of backing from the 11 other na
tions.”
Eisenhower is expected to tell
the Europeans that while the U. S.
is prepared to do its full share
toward making Western forces
strong enough to repel commun
ist aggression, their nations also’
will have to do all within their
power to supply men, money and
materials
Americap officials so far feel
that the scope and speed of mili
tary preparations in Western Eu
rope generally are far from ade
quate.
PARIS, (jP) —The top military
leaders of France met with Gen
eral of the Army Dwight D. Eisen
hower today to talk, in terms of
men and guns, of their contribu
tion to his Atlantic Army.
Among them was Gen. Al
phonse Juin, career soldier and an
Eisenhower colleague of World
War II, who is strongly reported
due to be the Atlantic Army’s
ground forces commander.
The famous American general
paid calls on Premier Rene Pleven
and foreign minister Robert Schu
man early today, and then went
to the defense ministry to get
down to work.
Defense Minister Jules Moch re
ceived him privately first, then
convened a session of his highest
ranking officers and chiefs of
staffs.
The famed World War II leader
arrived in Paris yesterday to head
an international force to defend
the West against communism. At
once he served warning that any
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Demos Ask Eighty
Billion To Stop
Red Aggression
(Continued from Page One)
billion dollars, government offi
cials estimate. That compares with
the previous record collection of
$43,900,000,000 in 1945.
The proposal of Douglas and
Humphrey to put an eighty billion
: dollar budget on a pay-as-yau-go
basis would theerfore call for al
: most doubling tax revenue
Both Senators said they are
j convinced that sufficient taxes
can be raised to avoid deficit fi
nancing under an eighty billion
dollar budget.
Taft suggested building the air
j force and navy to a total of 1,400,
: 000 men, and he said he guessed
| that’about twenty billion a year
| would take care of the current op
; erations and equipment of those
J two services.
“To this twenty billion must be
added another twenty billion for
the army ^ven if we hold that
army to approximately a million
and a half men,” Taft said. “The
total expense of about forty bil
lion a year for military purposes
plus domestic expenditures and
aid to foreign nations might hold
th eentire expenditures of the fed
eral government to within sixty
five billicm dollars.”
nation, tempted to test the power
of the West, had better think long
j and carefully about starting any
thing.
After a quick tour of the North
Atlantic Treaty countries, -Eisen
; hower is slated to return to Wash
ington late this month. He comes
i back here around mid-February
to begin the task of putting into
full operation his supreme head
quarters Allied powers in Europe
in shape.
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C. Barnard said Allied defenders
still fought north of the key city
at nightfall Saturday.
While the Reds cut through
j Wonju’s outer defenses, the com
munists pounded at both ends of
the Allied line across South Ko
rea.
One hammer force hit south of
the twice-lost capital of Seoul,
striking toward Suwon and 'its
abandoned airfield. Allied troops
slammed a leading force of 1,000
Reds to a stop after a fight that
raged throughout Saturday morn
ing 10 miles south of Seoul. Allied
artillery chewed through the com
munist ranks, but survivors dug
in, waiting for the Reds’ main
western force massed east of Se
oul.
The other hammer force pound
ed in four regiment strength—
12,000 men—south of Yongpo on
the eastern front. Yongpo, on the
Sea of Japan, is about six miles
south of the Parallel 38 border.
Wonju 45 miles south of 38, lies
almost at mid-point between Ko
rea’s coast lines. Roads fan cruti in
all directions. Fall of the vital hub
would give the Reds control of the
heart of South Korea.
Their manpower masses could
swing to the right or left or
; straight down the road toward
Taeg, the Allied anchor in last
summer’s fight for the Pusan
beachhead.
But it was to the southwest that
the richest prize beckoned the
Reds. There, along the old “heart
break highway” of Allied retreat
last summer, the Eighth army
was pulling back into new defense
lines set deep in South Korea.
Trucks and jeeps, massive Bri
tish Centurian tanks and the smal
ler but deadly American Pattons,
* armored cars, bulldozers, tractors,
tanks, carriers, big cranes — all
rolled down the highway. And
with them came the bulk of 8th
Army troops in western Korea, re
treating with a rear guard shield.
The communist sickle of massed
armies could sweep southwest
• once Wonju falls and cut the es
' cape road for Allied troops lead
ing to the old Pusan beachhead.
The communist masses threat
Harold M. Kelly, vice president
of the Coastwise Line, which op
erated strips as far west as An
chorage in Southwestern Alaska
as well as serving Southeastern
Alaska, is here for a few days sur
veying port facilities.
Mr. Kelly would not commit
himself at this time as to the pos
sibility of his company coming
into Northwestern Alaska next
season.
There are three kinds of kick
ers—mules, shotguns and men.
The mule kicks because he was
born that way. the shotgun kicks
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ened to pin the 8th Army’s west
ern force against the Yellow Sea.
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At Wonju, communist mortar
shells were falling on the airfield
The field had been closed to ali
planes except those evacuating
wounded.
Correspondent Barnard said in
his field dispatch that Chinese
swarmed throughout thet dominat
ing hills west, south and east of
the city.
But while the main body of the
communist force fought to take the
key city, other Red troops wheel-1
ed southeast in a wide, encircling
maneuver.
Eighth Army headquarters said
an estimated 4,000 Red troops
were moving about 15 miles
southeast of Wonju. Other com
munist units were spotted nearby.
On the east and west flanks, the
Reds appeared to be gathering
strength while advance units dealt
slow feeler blows testing Allied
troops dispositions.
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Communist troops occupy key
central communications hub of
Wonju, 55 miles southeast of Se
oul. U. N. forces back south of
Osan, 28 miles south of Seoul.
B-29 superfortresses batter Kimpo
airfield, 12 miles northeast of Se
oul and Red Korean capital of]
Pyongyang. Allied warships bom- 1
bard enemy supply and commun
ications points on both coasts.
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countries are reported hesitant
over the U. S move for United
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Taft Says Truman
Lacks Authority to
Send Troops Away
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war “without authority.”
In his first foreign policy speech
of the 82nd Congress, Taft said he
is willing to commit “some lim
ited number of American divi
sions” to North Atlantic defenses.
Btu he said the Europeans must
take the lead in forming such a
force.
President Truman already has
named Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower
as supreme commander of the
projected international army, and
the administration has laid plans
to contribute an undisclosed unm
ber of troops.
Mr. Truman said at his Wednes
day news conference last week
that there was no question but
that he has the authority to do
this.
Taft said that instead of send
ing troops, the United States
should build up powerful air and
sea defenses, spending up to forty
billion dollars a year for all mili
tary purposes. He added:
“If we send to Europe or prom
ise to send within a few weeks of
the beginning of the war, say a
million and a half men, there is at
least a reasonable chance that that
army may be destroyed and may
never return to this country.”
Taft’s reference to 1,500,000
men drew a challenge from Demo
crat Senators. Senator O’Mahoney
I (D.-Wyo.) stuck to his assertion—
madq first in the Senate Friday—
that there is no responsible opin
ion in the government “which
wishes to commit American iboys
to any such futile effort” as try
ing to match communist man
power on the Continent.
Senator Kilgor (D.-Va.) said
Taft was “proceeding from the
wrong premise.”
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