THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11.671
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1950
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MAY USE ATOMIC BOMB ON COMMIES
'Seasonality'
'Suitability'
Topics at ESC
Labor - Management Ends
Two-Day Meeting with ,
Employment Sec. Com.
—
Discussions of seasonal industries. |
the possible inclusion of the con- !
struction business as a seasonal in- i
dustry and presentation of employ- j
ment conditions with the Alaska Air
Command and the Alaska Railroad
with a view to acceptance of such
employment as “suitable” closed the
two day meeting of the Employment
Security Commission of Alaska late
Wednesday afternoon.
Ralph Rivers, Fairbanks member j
of the Commission, presided at the j
meeting in the Senate Chambers as !
chairman, with George Vaara, An
chorage and Robert E. Sheldon,
executive director of the commission
present. Anthony Zorich, chairman j
of the board and member from Ket- j
chikan, was not in attendance.
Representatives of both labor and j
management appeared before the;
Commission, and Chairman Rivers, j
at the close of the session yesterday j
thanked those present for their in- j
terest in the questions before the \
commission, and for their attend- j
ance.
First speaker yesterday was Larry I
Moore, general manager of the;
Alaska Chapter Associated General I
Contractors of America, who recom
mended a study by the Commission
on seasonal phases of the construc
tion business, and “if it is decided
that some area for the construction
business in Alaska be declared sea
sonal. that seasonal area should br
confined to north of the Yukon
River.”
Asked by Mr. Vaara if ground ex- i
cavation would be started in An- j
chorage after November 1, Moore !
said “I wont say that it can’t be |
done, but I’ll say it is not done at j
this time.”
ATFL Opposes Seasonality
Ervine Hill, president cf the |
Alaska Territorial Federation, of!
Labor, asked that all interested i
parties be given an opportunity to
appear at a later hearing regarding
any contemplated changes in regu
lations regarding seasonal indus
tries. “The ATF of L went on record j
at its recent convention in Ketchi- j
kan as opposed to the construction I
business being put on a seasonal I
basis,” Hill said.
Louis Berman, attorney for the j
Operating Engineers, Local 302, Se- :
attle, w'ith sub-offices in Fairbanks
and Anchorage, spoke opposing sea- !
sonalization in construction.
“In construction work, our men, !
the operating engineers, work along j
side of other crafts—the carpenters,
laborers, plumbers, electricians.
Where would one draw the line of
demarcation as to who should be
covered, should construction work
be declared seasonal?” Berman
asked.
“We are definitely opposed to any
attempt to make construction sea
sonal and we are definitely of the
The Washington!
Merry - Go - Round
Copyright, USO, by Bell Byuilcate. Ine.l
By DREW PEARSON
f^ASHINGTON—It was all hush
ed up, but one day last week prac
tically every top military man in
Washington was anxiously scanning
the sky in anticipation of an enemy
air raid on the nation’s capital.
Reason for their concern was a
cable from India which read: “Al- j
ert all U. S. cities they are due!
to be bombed within the next |
twenty-four hours."
Astonished clerks at the message
center immediately made a dozen
copies—on message center forms—
and shot them out to the key of
fices. The crytic message, on of
ficial stationery, had all the ap
pearances of being an official warn
ing and remembering Washington j
was caught asleep during Pearl |
Harbor, word of the impending at- j
tack was flashed from the Pentagon ,
to every key office throughout the
city—including the White House, i
Uniformed couriers sped the mes
sage to the National Security Coun- ;
cil, a sergeant raced into Defense j
Secretary Marshall's office, the j
(Continued on Page lour) j
opinion that such a change in Em
ployment Security regulations would,
impede the progress of construc
tion.”
Mr. Berman questioned the ESC
ptv.phlet, "Study and Analysis of
the Seasonal Provisions of the Ala
ska Employment Security Law” as
it applied to outdoor construction
work. “Evidence proves there is
construction in Alaska in the
winter.”
We Do Not Champion Chislers
His statement opposing any
change in the status of the con
struction business concluded, Mr
Berman declared, "We do not
champion or condone the cause of
the chisler.”
Ward Gilmore, representing the
Building Trades and Central Labor
Council of Fairbanks, read a briei
expressing the opposition of the
labor organizations whose members
are employed by heavy constructton
firms to any attempt to place con
struction on a seasonal basis.
$25,000 a Week in Benefits
“The brief, read by Mr. Gilmore,
called attention to the payments in
Fairbanks in the winter of 1948-49
of over 1,000 claims for benefits.
"At an average of $25,00 per week,
these 1,000 unemployed people rep
resent a sum of $25,000.00 being
spent in the community. Now if any
or all of these unemployed were
placed on a seasonal industry basis
it would be a blow to the entire
community.”
“In our opinion there is inequity
in the present administration of the
Alaska Employment Security Law
by having people doing the same
type of work, such as two bull
dozer operators,” and not getting
the same compensation—the bull
dozer employed by the mining op
erator would not be entitled to bene
fits while a man in the same em
ployment employed by a contractor
would receive benefits when unem:
ployed. “But this inequity cannot
be corrected by placing the rest of
the people engaged in heavy con
struction on a seasonal basis.”
“Let’s take the mining industry
off of the seasonal industry basis,”
Gilmore’s brief concluded.
A1 Anderson, executive secretary
of the Alaska Mining Industry, de
clared that the industries already
covered as seasonal under the se
curity law — mining and fishing —
have some of the same problems as
construction. But he called atten
tion to the figures provided by the
ESC that indicate that 59.6 percent
of construction’s 11.150 benefits in
1949 were paid outside of Alaska,
while in placer mining, few of the
325 benefit checks issued in 1949
went out of Alaska.
“If seasonality is fair to fishing
and mining, it would be fair, too,
to construction—if the unemploy
ment compensation fund is to be
saved from depletion,” Anderson
said.
Chairman Rivers asked if it would
aid the mining industry if the short
season for hydraulicking be elimi
nated and only the 6 months season
considered; if a partial change
would aid the present situation of
discrimination against mining em
ployment.
To this suggestion Anderson ex
pressed himself as vigorously op
posed. In conclusion he asked that
the construction industry be de
clared seasonal.
Reconciliation of Cannery
Seasons Asked
Reconciliation of established
-long" and “short” seasons in can
nery employment as established b>
a benefit regulation of the Unem
ployment Compensation Commis
sion in 1940. witti present fishing
regulations as established by the
Fish and Wildlife Service were
asked by P. F. Gilmore, manager of
the Juneau office of the Alaska
Salmon Industry.
“Benefit Regulation No. 10,
adopted by the ESC recognized the
canned salmon industry as being
a seasonal industry, of varying sea
sons to be reconciled with the vari
ous fishing seasons as established
by the FWS and so set up as two
seasons,” Mr. Gilmore said.
In the meantime the short season,
approximately three months, as set
up in 1940. has been “dropped” by
the ESC in consideration of unem
ployment claims, and only the long
season of approximately 6 months
is used, Mr. Gilmore testified.
Deletion of Short Season
“How then, since search of the
Session Laws of Alaska does not
disclose any change on this subject
by the legislature, was the short
season deleted from Benefit Regu
lation No. 10,'and all computations
of benefits made on the basis of the
long season?” Gilmore asked.
Short seasons as set up in 1940
were, for S.E. Alaska, approximately
three months, and the long season
(Continued on Page Five)
SIDETRACK
STATEHOOD
IS PLANNED
Dixie Democrats Get Ad
vantage in Blocking Bill
-Rent Control Is Up
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — Ml —
Dixie Democrats claimed a tactical
advantage today in their fight to
block twin administration bills to
jrant statehood to Alaska and Ha
waii.
They greeted with delight the
Senate Banking Committee’s swift
pproval of a bill proposing exten
sion of rent controls.
One Southern strategist who
iidn't want to be named told a re
porter his group hopes now to side
track the statehood issue for de
bate on rent controls. The hope of
the bills’ opponents is that the state
hood fight ultimately will get lost
in the shuffle.
President Truman has urged that
Congress, in this brief "Lame Duck”
session which must end not later
than Jan. 3, pass the statehood and
rent control bills, and, among other
things, provide more money for the
defense effort.
Administration leaders fighting
Tor the statehood bills conceded
that the Southerners may have
;ained some advantage through
quick committee approval of the
rent bill, but said they are far from
beaten yet.
May Vote Tomorrow
They are fighting now to have
he statehood issue placed on the
Senate calendar ahead of all other
pending legislation, and hope to
;et a vote on that motion by tomor
row (Friday).
Senator Russell (D-Ga), who calls
the signals for the statehood foes,
told a reporter a vote on the motion
Friday "might be possible."
Statehood Denounced
His followers have staved off a
vote on the motion for two days
with oratory denouncing the state
hood bills, and have openly served
notice that they would filibuster
in earnest if the bills ever do get
the right of way.
“I’m much encouraged,” Russell
told a reporter. "We’re a lot more
confident now.”
But Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo),
chief pilot of the statehood bills,
told reporters “I’m still hopeful.”
Filibuster Threatened
The day’s debate yesterday ended
without a vote being scheduled,
uid with Southerners still threat
ening a filibuster.
Senator Maybank (D-SC), chair
man of the Senate Banking Com
mittee which approved the rent
bill, told reporters he planned to
demand that the Senate set every
thing else aside and take up that
measure not later than Monday.
He is one of the strong opponents
of the statehood bills.
Senator Anderson (D-NM) said
ne was confident that once the facts
were developed in debate, the Sen
ate would pass the bill to admit
Alaska to statehood. He said he also
felt this was true in the case of
the Hawaiian statehood measure.
Argue for Statehood
. Anderson argued that statehood
would contribute more than any
thing else to the development of
Alaska, which critics have com
plained has been slow.
(Continued on Page Fight)
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 25; •
• minimum, 18. •
s At Airport—Maximum, 23; •
• minimum, 2. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Continued fair tonight and •
• Friday. Lowest temperature •
• tonight near 15 in Juneau •
• and as low as 5 in outlying •
• areas. Highest Friday about •
• 28. •
• •
• precipitation •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — None; •
• since Nov. 1 — 4.21 incites; •
• since July 1—33.24 inches. •
• At Airport — None; •
• since Nov. 1 — 2.07 inches; •
• since July 1—23.12 inches. •
• •••••••• ••
EASTLAND
BLOCKING
STATEHOOD
Democratic Senator Ob
jects to Take Up Motion
to Vote on Meaesure
Bulletin—WASHINGTON Nov. 30
—•A’l—Lucas Democratic Senate floor
leader conceded to backers of
statehood for Alaska and Hawaii
that the bills face almost inevitable
defeat. Me told the Senate that
"It is very clear there isn’t going
to be any vote on the statehood
tills” and added in a speech that
railway and labor bills also pend
ing, seems also doomed. He told
the Senate the statehood bills face
defeat in “fillibuster” because of
civil rights.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — UP) —
Senator Eastland (D-Miss) today
blocked, at least temporarily, a move
to place formally before the Sen
ate a bill to grant statehood to
Alaska.
Eastland acted after Senator
O’Mahoney (D-Wyo) asked unani
mous consent for the Senate to
vote Monday at 3 p.m., EST, on a
pending motion to take up the
statehood measure.
Under Senate rules the objection
of a single Senator is enough to
block such a motion. And Eastland
shouted:
“I object. I object.”
Southern Democrats generally
have been fighting the bill as well
as its twin to grant statehood to
Hawaii.
The Southerners have been hip
ing to push aside the statehood
measure and take up other legisla
tion. As a substitute, they had their
eye on the bill extending rent con
trols which was approved yesterday
by the Senate Banking Committee.
May Wait on Debate
They met today to consider the
situation but reached no decision
on whether to continue organized
opposition to the statehood bill.
Senator George (D-Ga), one of
those at the conference, told a re
porter the Dixie Senators agreed
instead to wait and see what hap
pens in the debate on the take-up
motion.
The Southerners are opposing the
statehood bills because they evi
dently fear admission of the two
more states would add strength to
the civil rights forces in the Sen
ate. Both bills have been passed by
the House.
Wherry Opposed Bill
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
Republican floor leader, told re
porters he is going to vote against
considering the Alaskan measure
because he thinks the Senate ought
to act on a pending bill which it
would replace. That bill would
authorize a union shop and the
check-off in the railway industry.
The Senate has been debating
the motion to take up the Alaskan
bill since Tuesday.
When it met today, O’Mahoney,
a chief sponsor of the measure, said
he would like to sound out senti
ment on the chances of getting a
vote on the take-up motion tomor
row.
Bill Blocked
Senator Russell (D-Ga), who is
against the bill, suggested changing
the time to Monday. O’Mahoney
then proposed the ■Monday vote.
But Eastland’s objection blocked |
that. He could, of course, withdraw j
his objection later but there was
no indication he would do so.
Even if a vote on the take-up
motion eventually is arranged,
there would remain the possibility
of a Southern filibuster on the bill
itself.
The indications are that the
Alaska measure probably will be j
shelved by Monday, if no voting I
agreement can be reached.
Varying Views
Delegate Bartlett and Gov. Ernest j
Gruening of Alaska reported they
had been given varying views on j
the outlook. They said Senate j
Democratic Leader Lucas told them ,
he did not believe the statehood
bill could be passed.
On the other hand, they said
Senator Anderson (D-NM), told
them he believed prospects for the
bill were improving.
At the outset of his speech today, |
O’Mahoney said he had heard re- ;
ports that a "full-scale filibuster’’ j
would be launched if the Senate
‘ J
WARNING
IS GIVEN
TO WORLD
"Prepare for Worst" Is
Declaration Made by
Secretary of State
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—Ifl—Se
cretary of State Acheson’s declar
ation that the free world must
“prepare for the worst” heralds
an admistration drive to spend an
even greater arms program in both
the U, S. and western Europe.
Officials said today that will be
the government’s initial response to
the new global crisis created by
Communst China’s intervention in
the Korean conflict,
j The gravity of that crisis was
pointed up by Acheson's warning to
the nation and the world last night
that "no one. can guarantee that
war will not come.”
I
Dark Threat
Linked to this immediate danger,
Acheson pictured the free world as
being under dark threat of Soviet
military power with great “capa
bilities for conquest and destruc
tion."
The intention of free men, he
said, is to preserve their institutions
by peaceful means but history has
proved that "if we must, we will
fight for them.”
“We must hope and strive for the
best while we prepare for the
worst,” he declared In a speech
i delivered from his office to the
I National Council of Churches cf
| Clirist in America, meeting at
I < ’leveland, and broadcast by radio
I and television. He had canceled
! plans to go to Cleveland because
} of the crisis.
Arms Speedup
Acheson himself called for the
arms speedup which appeared to be
in the making. Declaring that the
only test of defense preparations is
whether they are adequate to meet
the danger the free world faces, he
•said:
“So measured, the defense efforts
of the United States and other free
nations are inadequate.
LONG RANGE PLANS
DISCUSSED TODAY
BY FIELD COMMITTEE
Long range program plans for
Department of Interior agencfjs
were considered today at a special
meeting of the Alaska Field Com
mittee held here today. Chairman
Kenneth Kadow presided.
Others in attendance were Clar
ence Rhode. Fish and Wildlife
Service; Joseph Morgan. Bureau oi
Reclamation; Col. John R. Noyes,
Alaska Road Commission; Mr.
Harker, Alaska Railroad; S. H.
Lorain, Bureau of Mines; George
Rogers, Alaska Public Works; Mar
vin Ripke, Alaska Native Service;
Ralph Marsh, U.S. Geological Sur
vey; and George Sundborg of the
Governor’s office.
If all matters to be considered
cannot be completed today the
meeting will continue tomorrow.
CC PROTESTS TO P. 0.
DELETE PELICAN FROM
MAIL BOAT ROUTE
The Juneau Chamber of Com
merce today protested by telegram
to A. D. L. Lawrence, general sup
erintendent of the Postal Service,
the elimination of Pelican from
the boat mail run.
The telegram read: “We are in
formed mail boat Aegir route now
shortened to eliminate town of Peli
can Just 20 miles beyond last call
at Elfin Cove. We protest this
change and urgently request that
Pelican mail by mail boat be rein
stated.”
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday afternoon.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday night.
Denali from westward scheduled
to arrive southbound on Sunday.
takes up the bilh
O’Mahoney deplored that possi-1
bility, saying it would be a terrible
mistake “at this crucial period in
history . . . when the whole cause
of human freedom han‘;s in the
oalance.”
RED DELEGATION
NOT COMMENTING
ATOMIC BOMB USE
LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 30—bPI—
The Chinese Communist delegation
! to the United Nations declined
comment today on President Tru
man's statement that use of the
: atomic bomb against the Chinese
j Communists is under consideration.
Pu Shan, a member of the Red
delegation, was shown a news dis
patch on the President’s statement,
i He said Gen. Wu Hsui-Chuan,
head of the delegation, would have
i nothing to say at this time.
; Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
| Jacob A. Malik and Ales Bebler of
I Yugoslavia, November President of
the Security Council, also declined
j comment.
| ACTION FOR ATOMIC
BOMB BRINGS OUT
DIVIDED SENTIMENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — (A1* —
Congress members divided sharply
in their reaction to President Tru
man's report that use of the atomic
bomb against Chinese Communists
is being considered.
Senator Brewster iR-Me.), who
has been urging use of atomic
I bombs, said “it'S high time."
"We ought to use it against
J Chinese troop concentrations and
i ammunition dumps,” Brewster told
i newsmen. "I think it would save
j a thousand of our troops in the
' next two weeks." „
Senator Millikin (R-Colo.), a
member of the Joint Congressional
Atomic Committee, took a different
and more cautious view.
"That’s the most serious weapon
that could be used,” Millikin said.
“It sliould not be used short oT
dire necessity.”
Senator Young (R-Ind.) opposed
use of the atomic bomb against
Chinese Communist troops.
“It should be used only again <t
really important and permanent
targets,” Young said. “That is not
the present case from the facts we
get.”
MARSHALL WARNS
PROSPECT IS FULL
U.S. MOBILIZATION
(By Associated Press)
Defense Secretary George Mar.
shall has held out the eventual
prospect of full >cierican mobiliza
tion as the resu. of Chinese inter
vention in Korea.
In a new York speech, Marshall
1 called the Korean situation critical.
He said it calls for at least a par
i tial mobilization right away—geared
[ to become full mobilization at a
moment's notice. •
BRITISHERS GIVEN
SHOCK BY TRUMAN
LONDON, Nov. 30—IjP)—President
Truman's statement that the com
mander in the field can decide
whether tQ use the atomic bomb
against Chinese Communists shock
ed and astounded British govern
ment officials.
There was, however, no formal
statement by any, government de
partment.
A White House spokesman, who
declined to be named, said Mr.
Truman’s remarks did not mean
MacArthur himself can order use
of the bomb. He noted that under
the law all A-bombs are in custody
of the Atomic Energy Commission,
and that only the President him
self can order their use.
mtimmHs
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2V&, American Can
95, American Tel. and Tel. 150‘i,
Anaconda 36, Douglas Aircraft 85,
General Electric 47%, General Mo
tors 46 "4, Goodyear 59%, Kennecott
69Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%,,
Northern Pacific 27%, Standard Oil j
of California 80, Twentieth Century |
Fox 20%, U.S. Steel 39%, Pound
$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.561»- j
Sales today were 2,080,000 shares, j
Averages today are as follows: in- !
dustrials 227.60, rails 68.53, utilities
39.80.
RED FORCES
IN ANOTHER
OFFENSIVE
One U.5. Division Encircled
-Thousands of Chinese
Thrown Info Baffle
(By Associated Press)
An estimated 80,000 Chinese Com
munists suddenly mounted an of
fensive against the U.S. 10th Corps
in northeast Korea today while
a strange lull hovered over the
critical northwest front.
Elements of the U. S. First Mar
ine and Seventh Infantry Divisions
were encircled and isolated by ov
erwhelming Chinese Communist
forces in the Changjin Reservoir
sector. The Allied supply line was
cut.
In Washington an army spokes
man said the Marines in the Res
ervoir area are holding their line
and are not in a hopeless position.
He said they are being supplied
by parachute drops.
New Defense Line
The new attack in the east came
as the 110,000-man Eighth Army
was withdrawing to establish a new
defense line south of the Chong
chow river. On this front the Chin
ese slowed their furious advance
of the last few days, probably be
cause they had over-extended their
lines.
A field dispatch said the la^t
American troops protecting the re
treat across a key ferry point on
the Chongchow withdrew safely
through flaming Kunu village.
Reds Regrouping
Having forced the United Na
tions army to retreat along an 80
mlle front, the Communists were
pausing to regroup, resupply and
prepare their next move.
There was no indication any
undercover decision on the diplo
matic front has stayed their hand.
Their propaganda boasts are that
they will remain fighting until ev
ery American is driven from Kor
ean soil.
Retreat Completed
The badly mauled Eigth Army
lias completed its retreat over the
Chongchon River. The bulk of the
Army has withdrawn to a line
running 17 miles along the south
bank of the river with another 25
mile front slanting southeast to
Singhang.
In the northeast, the appearance
of tens of thousands of additional
Chinese brought new threats to the
U. S'. First Marine and Seventh
Infantry Divisions and to the ROK
(Republic of Korea) Capital Divi
sion.
More Reds Appear
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond,
commander of the 10th Corps said
up to 80,000 Chinese suddenly con
fronted his troops and the situa
tion "manifestly requires an entirely
new evaluation.” Up until now the
main weight of the Red Chinese
power play has been against the
UN forces in the northwest.
A. P. Correspondent Don White
head reported that' many military
men are questioning General Mac
Arthur’s setup, in Which the 10th
Corps is operating entirely inde
pendent of the Eighth Army. Closer
liaison between the two main UN
forces was advocated.
Criticism Hurled
Newspapers in western Europe
yesterday hurled criticism at Mac
Arthur for mixing politics with mil.
itary matters. Paris reports said;
the French and the British were j
annoyed that MacArthur had laun
ched his "end-the-war" offensive
against the advice of British and
French advisors in Tokyo who urg- j
ed that a buffer territory be worked
out in the Manchuria-Korea bor
der region.
Usual Soviet Veto
At Lake success, a Soviet veto
was expected to block Security
Council action on Korea. But the
western powers planned to indict
the Chinese Communists within 24
hours in the veo-free UN Assembly.
The council has before it a six
nation resolution calling for Com
munist China to withdraw her
troops from Korea and assuring the
Peiping government that her bord
ers will be held sacred by UN forc
es.
SOUTH ON T|UP
Kalle Raatikainen, fish buiyer at
Pelican, left on Wednesday’s Pan
American plane for Seattle on a
business trip.
STATEMENT
IS MADE BY
PRESIDENT
Truman Considering Defi
ile Action in View of
Korean Situation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — Wt —
President Truman said today active
consideration is being given to use
of the atomic bomb against the
Chinese Communists if that step is
necessary.
The President spoke of this pos
sibility at a news conference in
which he also expressed continued
hope that a third world war can be
averted.
MacArthur Backed
Mr. Truman also made clear he
is strongly backing Gen. Douglas
MacArthur who has been under
some criticism chiefly from abroad.
The President sharply denounced a
complaint by three Republican
Senators that Secretary of State
i Acheson had been critical of Mac
! Arthur, the United Nations Com
I mander.
To Stick In Korea
In a statement, the President said
that the Chinese Communist attack,
, made in great force, may lead to
I further reverses but “The forces of
j the United Nations have no inten
i lion of abandoning their mission in
| Korea.”
He said if the Chinese aggression
; is successful in Korea, “we can ex
I pect it to spread through Asia and
! Europe to this hemisphere,” and
| added:
"We are fighting in Korfca for our
| own national security and survival.”
JVIorc Appropriations
Mr. Truman announced he is
calling. Democratic and Republican
Congressional leaders to the White
House tomorrow to ask "urgent con
sideration” for heavy increases in
appropriations.
He said the funds to be requested
are needed to Intensify the mili
tary mobilization and speed up the
atomic energy program.
The President plainly laid on Rus
sia the responsibility for the Chi
nese Communist attacks in Korea.
Chinese Cautioned
He said: “We hope that the Chi
nese people will not continue to
be forced or deceived into serving
the ends of Russian colonial policy
in Asia.”
Appealing for unity in this coun
try, Mr. Truman asked all citizens
"to lay aside differences” since the
United States is “the keystone of
the hopes of mankind for peace and
Justice."
He said there is no indication that
the Chinese Communist delegation
at Lake Success will agree to a
"peaceful process of discussion and
negotiation.”
Increase Military
The President said it is necessary
for us “to increase at a very rapid
rate the combined military strength
of the free nation” and that he is
ready to appoint a Supreme Com
mander in Europe as soon as our
Allies can get together on that
course.
There was no reference in Mr.
Truman’s prepared statement to
the atomic bomb.
It was in response to questions
that he said active consideration is
being given to the use of it. Quickly
then, he expressed a devout hope it
would not have to be used.
Bombing up to Commander
He said consideration of the use
of every weapon is being given con
stantly and that the decision of
whether to drop atomic bombs was
one for the commander in the field.
In replying to other questions, the
President said the matter of
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