THE DAILY ALASKA EMEIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,619
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
HERSHEY RECOMMENDS
LOWER STANDARDS AND
OTHER DRAFT CHANGES
Alaska Demos
Smash Back Af
GOP and While
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 29—
l/f’t—Democratic leaders lashed at the
Republicans in a campaign rally last
night, accusing the G.O.P. in the
Territory of conducting a “smear
campaign.”
Governor Gruening, Delegate
Bartlett and Attorney Ralph Rivers
labeled Albert White of Juneau as
a “party boss,” a "professional poli
tician” and a "political fixer.”
White recently had charged the
Democrats with “malfeasance, mis
feasance and corruption.”
Mrs. Essie Dale, Democratic can
didate for the Legislature, said she
had witnessed “many stiff political
campaigns, among them the fight
over the silver ratio and women’s
suffrage, but this is the worst I ever
have seen. For hatchet jobs on
people in public office there is
nothing like it in the history of
the United States.”
In denouncing White, Rivers said
“he advanced no constructive pro
gram and did nothing but attempt
to tear down the reputation and
good work of people in public serv
ice.”
William Strand, editor of the
Fairbanks News-Miner, and the
Republican party in general were
excoriated as “shameless individuals
conducting a smear campaign.”
“The Democratic Party has not
and will not indulge in any smear
campaign,” Governor Gruening
said. He spoke briefly on the record
of what he called the “do some
thing” 81st Congress and the “do
nothing” Republican 80th Congress.
In general discussions, the Demo
crats concentrated on defending the
controversial Palmer airport tran
saction, a payment of $39,000 to
Irene Ryan of Anchorage, and an
$8,000 statehood lobbying fee.
COUNTRY CLUB FLOOR SHOW
There will be a special floor show
tonight and tomorrow night at the
Country Club starting at 11 pm.
until. . . .
file Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Copyright. i#JO. by Bell Syndicate, Ine.J
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON—Under tie new
anti-Communist law, any newspaper
man can be put in jail for pub
lishing secret documents. Neverthe
less, I am going to publish a con
fidential State Department instruc
tion which happens to be one of the
most important issued in five years.
The secret memo is an instruc
tion to American delegates at the
current UN General Assembly, and
it states:
"The aim of this critical session
is to lift GA (abreviation foi
General Assembly> out of the de
bating society class and make it an
effective action agency when col
lective defense through S'C < abrevi
ation for Security Council) is frus
trated. . .to organize GA effective
ly to deter further aggression.”
In those 38 words is summed up
the most important reversal ol
American policy in years. In those
38 words is also spelled the hop
es for future peace in the world.
It is a reversal because at San
Francisco where the United Na
tions was founded in 1945, Ameri
can delegates insisted that the new
organization be dominated by the
Big Three powers on the Secruity
Council. At that time we were just
as strong for the veto as the Rus
sians. So were the British and
French. The veto was our joint and
mutual baby.
Big vs. Little Nations
At that time also, the smaller
nations, led by dynamic, farsight
ed Foreign Minister Evatt of Aus
tralia, tried to curtail the veto;
tried to increase the power of the
General Assembly.
New Zealand, Greece, Belgium,
the Scandinavian countries all
fought for this principle.
They knew what the veto meant.
They realized that when the big
powers sat down in the Secruity
Council, they would be just as
deadlocked as on the council of the
t Continued on Page Four)
WASHINGTON Sept. 29 —UP) —
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selec
i five Service Director, recommended
i today that the draft should be
I extended from 21 months to 30
months.
He advanced the proposal as a
means of maintaining an army of
1.500.000.
Hershey made this and three
other major recommendations to
House Armed Service Committee
which is studying possible revision
in the draft.
The other suggested chandes:
To modify deferment for depen
dency. He would have deferment
for collateral dependents wiped out.
He did not specify in detail but
by collateral dependents, Hershey
apparently was speaking of rela
tives of some distance from the
draft registrant’s immediate family,
or persons who were only partially
dependent on him.
To remove restrictions on induc
tion of veterans under 26 years of
age.
To watch carefully that the “ac
ceptability” standards does not get
out of hand.
In explanation of the third sug
gestion Hershey said he believed
“we are going to have to get a new
approach to capacity to serve.”
Although he did not specify, this
apparently would mean less strict
qualifications.
Hershey made no recommenda
tions for changing the present
draft age of 19 through 25.
In fact, he said he believed that
the Army could be raised and
I maintained by depending on this
age group if the other suggestions
are adopted.
Chairman Vinson iD-Ga) is di
recting the work of the House
committee to find what is needed,
as he said, to "attain the size of
the army contemplated.” Vinson
himself did not give any exact fig
ure on the size.
FORD WIDOW DIES
DETROIT, Sept. 29— W) —Mrs.
Henry Ford, widow' of the world
famed automobile pioneer, died early
today at the age of 84.
The farmer’s daughter w'ho came
to great wealth and renown through
her husband’s genius and her faith
in his work was the victim of a
heart ailment.
A family spokesman said the
cause of death was acute coronary
occlusion.
Clara Bryant Ford and Henry
Ford spent 60 years of wedded life
together until the husband's death
in 1947.
Over the six decades they were
known as a devoted couple. It was
said of Mrs. Ford that she was con
stantly at her husband’s side as
advisor and helpmeet from the time
of his early days in a small machine
shop until he became world-famous.
Their only son, Edsel, died in 1943.
KATHLEEN LOUISE BORN
TO THE FRANK BRADYS
While the other printers went
about their work in the usual man
ner, using floors for walking pur
poses, for instance, Frank Brady
was sailing on a personal pink cloud
in The Empire shop today.
Mrs. Brady gave birth to a daugh
ter late yesterday afternoon in St.
Ann’s hospital. Their first child,
who weighed seven pounds, 14
ounces, will be christened Kathleen
Louise.
The Bradys moved here in March
from Wrangell, where Mr. Brady
had served as pastor of the Pres
byterian Church.
PAA PARTY HERE
C. C. Beamer, PAA superinten
dent of meterology, Seattle and
C. A. Striplmain of San Francisco,
meteorologist for the Pacific, are
in Juneau today. They will leave
for Fairbanks tomorrow on a re
gular inspection trip of facilities.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital
yesterday were Bob Nelson, Moni
Vinson, Mrs. E. L. Ninnis, Steve
Stanworth, Francine Meek and Mrs.
Dorothy Brady.
Dismissed were Mrs. Robert Gal
land and baby boy, Mrs. Oscar Ol
son and son. Baby Gamble, Mrs.
Bowman, Bob Nelson, William Hor
ton, Clifford Hall. William Dunham,
and Nancy Wilson of Skagway.
Peter Dick of Angoon was dismis
sed from the Government Hospital.
COMMUNIST CHINA TO
TAKE PART IN TALKS
CONCERNING FORMOSA
NEW YORK. Sept. 29—(/PI—A ma
jority of the United Nations Security
Council decided today that Na
tionalist China could not veto an
invitation to the Chinese Com
munists to come here for consul
tations.
Nationalist China’s chief Dele
gate, T. F. Tsiang, immediately
challenged the legality of the de
cision and asked that it be referred
to the International Court of Jus
tice for an advisory opinion.
The parliamentary tangle started
when the council voted this morn
ing to invite the Peiping regime to
send a representative here after
Nov. 15 to present its claims of
American aggression against For
mosa.
The vote on this specific point
was 7 to 4. Tsiang, however, held
that he had vetoed it. The Council
then voted 9 to 1, with one absten
tion, that the question was pro
cedural and, therefore, not subject
to the veto.
The resolution on whi((h the
! Council voted was introduced by
| Ecuador. Yugoslavia withdrew a
similar resolution of her own when
the Council convened.
GAMES TODAY
NEW YORK, Sept. 29—(£)—’The
New York Yankees clinched the
1950 American League pennant to
day when the Cleveland Indians
defeated Detroit 12 to 2 and elimin
ated the Tigers from the flag chase.
DETROIT, Sept. 29 — tT> — The
Detroit Tigers' dreams of an Am
erican League pennant were blasted
today as Cleveland rocked them
with a 12-2 win behind Lemon’s
six-hit pitching. The setback end
ed Detroit’s chances of tying the
New York Yankees for the pen
nant.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 29—The
Brooklyn Dodgers kept their slim
National League pennant hopes alive
today when they came from behind
to beat the Boston Braves, 7-5, in
the first game of a doubleheader.
BOSTON, Sept. 29 — (if) — Walt
Dropo’s ninth inning triple today
drove in Junior Stephens with the
run that gave the Boston Red Sox
a 7-6 victory over the Washington
i Senators. The latter registered all
but one of their tallies on homers
by Eddie Yost, Sam Mele, Cass
Michaels and Hal Keller. Matt Batts
slugged a two. run homer for the
victors.
TONIGHT IT PIE
NIGHT AT CHAPEL
ON HIGHWAY
Tonight will be Pie Social Night
for the Chapeladies and home
made apple and pumpkin pies and I
coffee will be served at the chapel J
tonight. Extra pies will be sold.
The sale will start at 7 p.m.
Plans for the evening were made
at a meeting Wednesday night at
the home of Mrs. A. E. Seaton.
Present Wednesday night were
i Mesdames H. Arnold, L. W. Coe,
R. I. Congdon, J. Jagmeier, Clyde
Hill, D. Horton, S. W. Jekill, A. N.
Kaiser, H. E. Lindegaard, A Lynch.
C. C. Mosher, C. Palmer, E. R.
Reddekopp, W. D. Schoeppe, D. A.
Sheppard and the hostesses, Mrs
j. p. DeHart and Mrs. Seaton.
DELEGATE BARTLETT
SOON IN SE ALASKA
On his pre-election swing through
the Territory, Alaska Delegate E. L.
(Bob) Bartlett arrived in Anchor
age yesterday from Fairbanks, ac
cording to word received here by
Lew M. Williams, Secretary of
Alaska.
Bartlett will be in and out of Ju
neau Sunday, coming from the west
ward and going immediately to
Ketchikan. There, he will be hon
ored at a Democratic banquet Mon
day evening.
He will visit other Southeast
Alaska communities, attend a rally
at Sitka Friday, then return to Ju
neau, planning to remain here until
after the general election, October
10.
Bartlett is up for re-election as
Delegate to Congress, opposed by
Republican Aimer J. Peterson of
Anchorage.
COUNTRY CLUB FLOOR SHOW
There will be a special floor show
tonight and tomorrow night at the
Country Club starting at 11 p.m.
until. . . .
INDIA OPPOSED
TO CROSSING OF
38TH PARALLEL
i
I LONDON, Sept. 29—UR—India* has
j told the United States, Britain land
| other western nations she will op
pose any plan for United Nations
forces to pursue North Korean Com
munists across the 38th parallel.
Diplomatic officials reported to
1 day Indian Prime Minister Jawah
arlal Nehru has expressed the view
to leaders of the big western powers
that the UN is committed only to
the defense of South Korea and not
to the subjugation of North Korea.
Nehru’s action is considered here
as bringing into the open a split be
tween the United States and some
of the British commonwealth coun
tries over the question whether
North Korea should not be entered.
NINE WESTWARD
ALASKANS, FIRST
DRAFTEE GROUP
Alaska first group of draftees to
be inducted into the Armed Services
under the current draft law, has
been officially sworn in at Fort
Richardson. All nine inductees were'
assigned to the Army.
Those r-aned are Robert Hughes,
24; Wayne Carlson, 23, and Arthur
R. Gunderson, 23, all of Anchorage;
Clinton Taylor, 24, and Clyde Bil
lot, 22. both of Palmer; James C.
Iliff, 24, Cordova: Oscar Munson,
23, Homer; and Frank M. Smith,
23, Wasilla.
On hand to welcome the new men
into military service and offer a
few words of advice was Brig. Gen.
Julian W. Cunningham, Command
ing General of U.S. Army, Alaska.
uenerai cunningnam said max
military life is what the individual,
himself, makes it and that it can be
a very fine and useful life.
Col. Willis E. Vincent, Adjutant
General, U.S. Army, Alaska, ad->
ministered the oaths.
The nine inductees, presently be
ing "processed” by Headquarters.
USARAL, will be assigned perma
nent duty with the Army in Alaska.
During their initial five days at Fort
Richardson, they will receive new
uniforms, take written aptitude
tests, view a number of military in
doctrination movies, and complete
official requirements.
Then the men will be assigned to
one of the battalions of the 4th In
fantry Regimental Combat Team for
six weeks of basic training.
All nine men are permanent resi
dents of Alaska, having lived in the
Territory an average of nine years
each. Two of the groups—Oscar Mun
son and Frank Smith—were born
in Alaska.
American Overseas
Airlines Is Formally
Absorbed by PAA
JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Sept. 29
Iffl—A check for $17,450,000 changed
hands Monday night and American
Overseas Airlines was formally ab
sorbed by Pan American World Air
ways.
But the windup of the huge mer
ger left still in doubt the question
of whether maintenance workers
will strike to protest layoffs re
sulting from the deal.
The salg of American Oversea.'
by its parent American Airlines
was approved by the CAB and Pre
sident Truman.
Announcement that 383 ground
crew members would be laid off
because of the merger led to tht
strike threat by the CIO Transport
Workers Union.
GIRL SCOUT LEADERS HOLD
MEETING ON MONDAY EVE
Leaders and assistant leaders ol
the Brownie Scouts and Interme
diate and Senior Girl Scouts are t<
attend a meeting Monday night,
October 2, at 8 o’clock in the Sun
day School of the Northern Light
^Presbyterian Church. Purpose of the
meeting is to acquaint leaders with
program and training chairmen,
registrar and others in the Girl
Scout organization.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Saturday after
noon or evening.
Alaska scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Denali from westward due to ar
rive sometime Monday evening
LOVETT IS
PICKED FOR
DEFENSE JOB|
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 — <*) —
Former Undersecretary of State
Robert A. Lovett was picked by
President Truman to be Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
He succeeds Stephen T. Early, who
is leaving the Defense post Saturday
to return to private business.
Lovett is a close friend of Secre
tary of Defense Marshall, under
whom he served as Undersecretary
of State. He is now in the invest
ment banking business in New York
with Brown Brothers, Harriman and
Co.
Mr Truman telephoned Lovett at
his home at Lucust Valley, N.Y., at
7:30 ajiu, offered him the appoint
ment and got a prompt acceptance.
It had been expected from the
time Mr. Truman named Gen.
Marshall as Defense Secretary, after
the resignation of Louis A. John
son. that Marshall would call upon
Lovett to serve under him.
Since Congress is not in session,
Lovett will be given a recess ap
pointment. The appointment later
will be subject to Senate confirma
tion.
NO POLIO HERE;
OFFICIALS GUARD
AGAINST EPIDEMIC
f _
Is the present outbreak of polio
myelitis (infantile paralysis) in
Alaska an epidemic? Or do case re
ports reflect the normal increase
that goes with this season, before
cold weather with “cleaning" rain
and snow?
This problem confronts Territorial
«"*Mth Department officials. It Is a
a problem because of complicated
factors, according to Dr. James T.
Googe, director of local health serv
ices, on loan from the U.S. Public
Health Service.
“Always there are some missed
cases because symptoms are so like
those of a cold,’’ Dr. Googe said to
day.
“Always there are more cases than
can be known at one time, for re
ports and analyses are delayed in
reaching the central office. Always
there are a few carriers, not
identifiable.
"Besides, more cases are being re
ported, as doctors and patients be
come alert to the possibility of
polio.”
In total numbers, new and recent
cases in three Alaska communities
are not many—eight cases in Fair
banks, at least one new one in
Anchorage, where officials believe
there are several cases, and one ac
tive case in Ketchikan. i
Three deaths attributable to polio
occurred within six weeks, two in
Fairbanks, one in Ketchikan. Jeff
rey Bennington. 2-year-old son of
an officer at Ladd Field, died Au
gust 11. David Tikluk, 28-year-old
Eskimo, died August 15 in Fairbanks
aqd Gordon Hanna, 32, September
20 In Ketchikan.
The previous record showed no
deaths In 1945 pr 1946; one in 1947,
none In 1948 and one tn 1949.
“We do not want to alarm the
public,” Dr. Googe said, on learn
ing that Fairbanks schools had been
closed after Dr. Robert P. Gorman,
City Health Officer, reported eight
cases in the area.
“Panic actually helps spread the
disease,” he said. “Rest, sleep, and
keeping away from crowds are ex
cellent preventive measures. Sen
sible sanitary precautions also are
important."
No cases have been reported in
Juneau or this area.
A portable “iron lung” is avail
able at St. Ann’s hospital, to which
it was donated by the Juneau
Rotary Club. The respirator is in
new condition, as there has never
oeen a need for it.
While there is no chapter in
Alaska of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, the Alaska
Crippled Children's Association has
a committee to aid prevention and
treatment of the disease.
Besides the fund at the Anchor
age headquarters of the Association,
the $18,000 collected from Armed;
Services In the Territory is set aside
in a special Alaska account. |
Resources of the national organi- j
ration are available. A request al
ready has been made to the national
office for additional respirators, in
rase they should be needed.
VOTE at the City Election Tues
day for Dewey Baker for Director:
School Board,—Adv.
SCHOEPPEL MAY
RENEW CHARGES
AT SEC. CHAPMAN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29— 1*1 —
Senator Schoeppel (R-Kans) indi
cated today he may ask a House
committee to take up the cudgels
in his dispute with Secretary of the
Interior Chapman.
The Senate Interior committee
held public hearings on his charges
that Chapman has a "personal alli
ance" with the Russian cause, called
them a dud, and declined to pay
further attention to them.
Schoeppel told a reporter the
House un-American Activities In
vestigating committee “might be
interested” in starting an investi
gation of his charges after Congress
reconvenes Nov. 27.
The Senator said he will be back
in Kansas “in three or four days"
and will have more to say abdut
the case there.
He declined, however to say
whether that meant he intends to
accept Chapman’s dare to repeat
the charges without Congressional
immunity from libel action.
Schoeppel made the accusations
first in a speech on the Senate floor
on Sept. 5. Yesterday he published
in the Congressional Record an
assertion that Chapman’s denials
have not disproved his original ac
cusations. He asked for a deeper
investigation.
Senator O’Mahoney (D-Wyo), the
Interior Committee Chairman, told
reporters acidly the group plans no
further inquiry.
"The thing fell flat as a pancake
and is still flat,” O’Mahoney said.
General Eisenhower
May Get Supreme
Europe Command Job
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29— Iff) —
Speculation increased today that
President Truman may appoint
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to com
mand the projected international
army to defend western Europfe.
This talk Is based In part on
what Mr. Truman said about Elsen
hower at his news conference yes
terday and in part on the fact that
Washington officials believe a man
of outstanding reputation and prov
ed ability should get the supreme
command post.
The mere naming of such a man,
high officials say, would help to
create in non-Communist Europe a
new sense of confidence and pro
gress toward real security.
Mr. Truman was asked at the
news conference whether he was
considering General Eisenhower for
some new job, probably in Europe.
He replied that Eisenhower is al
ways available at the President's
call but that he has not considered
him because there is no appoint
ment to make yet.
The foreign ministers of the 12
North Atlantic Treaty nations de
cided in New York earlier this
week that Allied forces for the
defense of Europe should be merg
ed into a single army under a
general staff composed of officers
of all the cooperating nations and
headed eventually by a supreme
commander.
BURGLARS GET
SMALL LOOT IN
BIG ROBBERY
MINOOKA, 111., Sept. 29—(jf)—Per
sistent burglars entered 10 business
establishments—including a bank
in Minooka last night. Their total
loot: a small radio and $7.65.
Nothing was taken from the bank,
the only one in this small northern
Illinois community.
■
• ••*••• a • • •
• •
• WEATHER RETORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Nour Period •
• ending 8:20 o'clock this morning •
a In Juneau—Maximum, 55; a
• minimum, 38. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 52; a
• minimum, 34. a1
a •
a FORECAST •
• (Juneao sod Vicinity) •
• Fair tonight and Saturday a
• with some early morning fog. •
• Low temperature near 38 in a
• town and some light frost in •
• outlying areas. High tern- •
a perature Saturday near 58. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today a
a City of Juneau — None; a
a since Sept. 1 — 10.91 inches; a
a since July 1—21.97 inches. a
a At Airport — None; a
a since Sept. 1 — 7.32 Inches; a
a since July 1—19.32 inches. a
aaaaaaaaaaaj
SOUTH KOREANS CHASE
REDS NORTH TO 38TH
PARALLEL BOUNDARY
PEACE
RUMORS
DENIED
(By Associated Press)
Top diplomats at the UN and in
several capitals continued today to
deny any knowledge of rumored
peace feelers by the North Koreans.
The report circulating in New
York yesterday that the Korean
Communists had offered, through
Indian UN representatives, to stop
fighting and accept a UN settle
ment was discounted by authorit
ative sources.
High Foreign Ministry officials
in New Delhi said today "no such
proposals have reached us," and
they had no information to support
the rumors,
A British Foreign Office spokes
man in London also denied any
knowledge of such reported peace
feelers, either in the United Na
tions or through an intermediary
power.
Sir Benegal N. Rau, India’s chief
delegate to the UN, yesterday de
nied his delegation had been chosen
as the "go-between" in any north
Korean peace negotiations.
American officials both at the
UN and at the State Department
in Washington said they knew
nothing about the rumors. UN Se
cretary General Trygve Lie also dis
claimed knowledge of the report.
Russia's Delegate Jacob A. Malik,
when shown the dispatches sent by
two news agencies wWch bad at
tnbuted the report to'i'dthomatfve
sources in the UN, merely shrug
ged his shoulders and said he knew
nothing about the report.
Curt Simmons Will
Not Take Furlough
To Pitch in Series
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Sept.
29—iAi—Pfc Curt Simmons has ruled
himself out of any more pitching
this season with the Philadelphia
Phillies, on the top roost of the Na
tional League.
"By his own statement, he feels
himself not in shape to pitch,” said
Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Stickler, com
mander of Pennsylvania’s 28th In
fantry Division.
General Stickler said Simmons
had recently requested a furlough to
give him a chance to pitch in the
World Series, which starts next
Wednesday.
"But he wrote us Sept. 27, he’s
willing to withdraw his request,
though efforts were made for a fur
lough for him,” Stickler said.
FAIRBANKS SCHOOLS
ARE CLOSED; POLIO
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 29—(At—All
Fairbanks schools were closed In
definitely today because of an out
break of poliomyelitis.
Dr. Robert P. Gorman reported
eight cases in the area, including
Ladd Air Force Base.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American 101,
Anaconda 341-4, Curtiss-Wright 9’4,
International Harvester 31, Kenne
cott 63, New York Central 16‘4,
Northern Pacific 231, US. Steel
38*4. Pound $2.80>4.
Sales today were 1,800.000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 226.36, rails 65.64, utilities
40.46.
WILDLIFE TO GET
SEAL MONEY NOW
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — <>P» —
President Truman signed a bill yes
terday providing that receipts from
the fur seal fisheries and other
wildlife in the Pribilof Islands of
Alaska shall be used to develop
wildlife resources of the islands.
Heretofore the money was turned
into the Treasury.
(By the Associated Press)
South Korean troops chased the
1 Communist Invaders of their United
Natlons-sponsored republic all the
way to the dividing 38th parallel to
day. Shells fell on ridges along the
boundary where the Reds were In
headlong flight.
A US. Eighth Army spokesman
said South Korean spearheads that
had approached the parallel were
ordered to halt there for regrouping.
He did not comment on what their
orders might be after they com
plete regrouping. Two South Korean
forces were very dost to, if not ac
tually on the line which divides
South and North Korea. The for
wardmost force was on the eastern
coast and firing artillery shells Into
Communist positions astride the
border.
U. N. Optimistic
A surge of optimism swelled
throughout the non-Communlst
world with this news: the first
armed intervention of the United
Nations had completely crushed an
aggressor and the future of the
world organization seemed brighter
to many.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur. who
commanded the United Nations
forces, personally restored liberated
but tortured Seoul to Korean Presi
dent Syngman Rhee in a brief cere
mony which ended with the U.N.
commander leading a mass recita
tion of the Lord’s Prayer.
Hundreds of civilians lined tho
streets as MacArthur and his staff
arrived for the ceremony. Many
seemed too stunned by the awful
battle, which had scarred and
blackened the city, to realize fully
what had happened.
Big Question
With South Korean forces reach
ing the 38th parallel, the big ques
tion was:.will they cross itt Asso
ciated Press Correspondent Leif
Erickson flew over the area in a
US. Fifth Air Force plane. He re
ported that the ridge where Red
Koreans might make a stand along
the parallel was about two miles in
land from the Sea of Japan coast.
Fires burned in a village 12 miles
north of parallel 38.
Military and political observers in
Tokyo had said Allied forces might
be ordered Into North Korea and
push on to the borders of Red China,
within only about 100 miles of the
Soviet port of Vladivostok. The 38th
parallel itself is not a legal boun
dary, but was simply the dividing
line between occupation zones of
U.S. and Soviet forces after the
Japanese defeat. But the Russians
created a Communist regime in the
North
Wants to Erase Line
In a speech during the Seoul cere
monies, Bernardo Africa of the Phil
ippines, present head of the U.N.
Commission on Korea, said "this
artificial separation can no longer
be countenanced.” He called for a
fully united Korea under a Demo
cratic government.
United Nations delegates in New
York shifted into high gear to keep
up with the swift victories, with op
timism growing that U.N. decisions
on the future of Korea would make
the country a showplace of what the
world organization could accomplish.
A British resolution, it is known,
calls for a free. Independent, united
Korea with a Democratic govern
ment elected under U.N. supervision.
It would be guaranteed by U.N.
military strength.
The New York Times says Britain,
Canada, Australia, Norway and the
Philippines agreed on the text of
the resolution, and that it gives no
specific authorization to the U.N.
troops to cross the 38th parallel.
However, it is said to give tacit con
sent.
More U.S. Defense Plans
President Truman is reported to
have told his administration there
must not be any letup in American
defense preparations even though
the Korean war is coming to a vic
torious end. The people, the Presi
dent says, must be kept constantly
alert to the continuing danger of
war.
The United States apparently is
planning to have an army of nearly
1,000,000 men by next March. The
House Armed Services committee is
at work on changes in the draft law
needed to up the army figure. The
Marines, who made history in Ko
rea. intend to keep all their reserves
in uniform, they made clear, ready
to fight anywhere at any time.
COUNTRY CLUB FLOOR SHOW
There will be a special floor show
tonight and tomorrow night at thl
Country Club starting at 11 p.m.
until. . . .