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MacArthar Closes Testimony
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Right Through a Hail of Fire
Wounded Marines crouch low in the back of a moving truck as bullets whistle overhead when Chine!<e troops trapped their outfit in Korea. Other Marines, braving the hail of steel cut their way   through  the CommuniBt  ring  and   hroujrht  these men to safety.   <USMC Photo from Acme.)
Says Nation Risks Doom Without Plan for Victory
Warns Stop Reds In Far East or Else; Marshall to Answer
WASHINGTON.—Gen. Douglas MacArthur solemnly told the nation on Saturday night that it risks doom unless it drops President Truman's policies in Korea and adopts a victory strategy to stop world Communism.
Closing three historic days of testimony on his ouster from supreme command in the Far Ea.st, the five-star general said his warning goes for Europe as well as his own country.
It was MacArthur's biggest "day in court" so far—a day in which he spent eight hours answering his critics, chapter and verse.
He' asserted he does not believe his plan for stepping up the war in Korea would cause World War III but that failure to do so might give Communism its opening again&t all  nations.
IN PHILA. FOR
Walsh Critical of Fafality Rafe
Opening Cases Will Be Against Retail Outlets
PHILADELPHIA -The Pennsyl-; vanla-Delawar* regional Office rf Price Stabilization plans to prose-1 cute more than 100 parsons forj violating prices regulations, It was| announced yeatcrdajr.
Regional Prle« CSitef Victor E. Moore sidd tb* pvoMCUtlona wiU b* c*rr1ed out In the next two weeka.
The eases, iM MStd, ve in aMi- tion to two Injunction cases fUed In federal court here on tliursday. Tlte injunction actions were the first In thn country under the new working arrangement between OPS •nd tbe Department of Justice.
Ia addition, IT other cases have clewed OPS and are In the bands ef tba Juatie* Dopartmei^ Moore said.
Tba c«ses t« be proMcutetf in the next two weeka, Moom said, will consist of aotloM aptalnat res¬ taurants, groeen^ dnv 'rtoTM and other   retailers.
The names of the alleged viola¬ tors were not revealed.
Moore also said that OPS dis¬ triet ofhees in Pittsburgh, Brie and Wilmington are "on their toes" and thst additional cases are ex¬ pected from areaa "in the very near future."
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TESTIMONY TOTALS 174,000 WORDS
WA8HINOTON.—The ateno- graphic reporting aervice handling the MacArthur hearings reported last nlRht the committee record In¬ cludes about 174,000 words for the three days during which Gen. HouglH.i MacArthur has been tes¬ tifying. I
At the end of the three-day Mac-i Arthur hearing. .Jesse L. Ward, of| the official reporting firm of Ward snd Paul, estimated that the five ,j official stenographers, who record¬ ed the history-making sessioifs, took "not leas than 173,000 words."
Seven other Ward and Paul em¬ ployees worked in the improvised headquarters in the Senate ofTlce building, welve others in the firm'.-i downtown office assisted in copy¬ ing the censored transcript.
The security problem caused one departure from the company's Usual operation. The five steno- typists—who had been cleared bf security ofTlclals—typed out their own transcripts of their notes in¬ stead of turning them over to other  typists.
Blames Supervision For 4-Months Record Of Mining Deaths
Resorting to "basebaU lingo," the better to impress the picture on the minds of anthracite officials, miners and inspectors, Joseph J. Walsh of Wilkes-Barre, state deputy secretary of mines, said last night that the industry's safety perform¬ ance for the first four months of the year was in class with a base¬ ball team having a hatting average of .166, which definitely is bad.
The fatality rate per million man- hours during the first four monttiS wu OJT. tbis to oMtjr 1* per cent flf a fgwlUc. tMfaet ncord. '^ U * queatloa dltocted to pro- ductlOB officiaU, WaWi asked:
"On what would tke managing bead of a coal company base an argument for the renewal of his contract in big league company, wtth a record such as this?"
He went on to answer the ques¬ tion by charging "there just Lsn't any argument. He would be for¬ tunate to find a place on a rookie team."
PoinUng to the SS fataUtles since the beginntng of the year, Walsh declared tbat "the absence of fair and responsible supervision at the working face haa been responsible for the loss of 10 or more lives during recent months."
He indicated, however, that the safety picture on the whole wa* not a bleak and black one and explained:
'1 am not unmindful that many . . . will take for granted that there is an unhealthy condition ex¬ isting in our mines, when month after month they read of nothing but complaints about the fatality rate per million man-hours.
"To avoid this, I wish to point out that although the anthracite industry ia far from the attainment of perfection, there are ever so many coal companies in the Indus¬ try tbat are doing a splendid job. They are obtaining and maintain¬ ing more and more security for their workera.
"The industry as a whole has a better fatality rate, comparatively, than any unit of equal size In the nation—but thi.s is not enough, par¬ ticularly when it is capable of be¬ ing better."
KOREAN WAR 'SAVAGE' GENERAL SAYS
WASHINGTON — Gen. Douglas MacArthur said that the action in Korea is a "very, very savage war," and not "police action'' type of fighting.
'The term of 'police action' may have been evolved In the concepts | that it was wi endeavor to cleiir, and police all of Korea," h* said. "I don't think the term could have been evolved with reference to the actual type of fighting and battle that was going on."
JEWS, SYRIANS
stories Conflict; Fight Breaks Out After Brief Lull
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TEL A'VJV, Israel.—Tbe heaviest fighting In weeka flared along the Isra«l-9»fl;lm_*»r*S»!u^j,*...,#li«tr. lived teaae ore atrccoient braica down  completely.
Bach side blamed the other for the renewal of artillery and mortar fire and infantry attacka along the outskirts of the demilitarized zone aroimd Tel Motila, a strategic height on the northwestern tip of the Sea of Galilee.
Israel military spokesman David Landwer said the Syrians launched two attacks against the hill yester¬ day, moving one kilometer (about three-fifths of a mile) Inside Israeli territory west of the demilitarised border  zone.
the   Syrians,"   he
Stories Conflict
"VVe   repelled said.
(Tn Damascus, A Syrian military spokesman said Israeli units sup¬ ported by artillery and mortar fire attacked Syrian forces in the zone but were repulsed at a cost of seven Israelis killed and more than 20 wounded. He said the fighting was still under way.
(In the past 24 hours, he said, Israel had lost 27 men killed, while Syrian casualties totalled two killed and three wounded. He said an overnight calm prevailed along the border following the flareup Fri¬ day night, a few hours after both sides agreed to an armistice.
(But early yesterday morning, the Syrian official said, the Israelis launched a strong attack Into the demilitarized border zone after heavy artillery and mortar prepara¬ tion, and Arab Inhabitants fired only in self defense.)
Fabulous Gifts Pour into Fgypt for Brilliant Wedding of King Today
CAIRO, Egypt,—Fabulous glfU poured into this ancient city on the Nile on Saturday for King Parouk and Narriman Sadek, who will be married today in an Arabian Nights setUng that will Include a procession of neon-lighted tanks.
Farouk tnsUted that his wedding to the 17-year-old commoner be a simple affair because of the world situation but the date also marks the 14th anniversary of Farauk's ascension to the throne of tiie Pharoahs and it w«« a day of ytionwlde rejoicing. Broke Engagement
(The beautiful bride was once engaged to Zaki Hachem of Egypt's United  Nations  staff, but the en-
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gagement was reported broken when Farouk fell in love with Narriman. On April 13 Hachem was married to Amaal Fikri, the 19-ycar-old daughter of the assist¬ ant governor of the National Bank of Egypt.)
Sixteen special trains broughl hundreds of visitors to this centu¬ ries-old city.
Great fireworks displays will light up the skies Sunday night and planes will fly overhead in formaUon of the letter 'F" for Farouk. There were parades, torch¬ light processions, countless private parties and celebrations through¬ out this  country of 20,000,000.
Since Moslem brides do not at¬ tend the all-male wedding cere-j monies. Queen Narriman's first' word 'of her marriage will be thei booming of a 101-gun salute.
Special delegations bearing pres-i
enU from chiefs of the Arab states |
have been converging on Cairo for'
the past three days. Jordan's King,
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MacARTHUR WONT READ PROFFERED DOCUMENTS OF CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON — Gen. Douglas MacArthur was offered a secret compilation of Defense Depart' ment documents, more than 100 pages long, covering exchanges be tween his recent command and the joint chiefs of staff.
Chairman Richard B. Russell, of the Senate committee Investigating his discharge, asked MacArthur to check them and judge If they pre¬ sented an "accurate and reason¬ ably comprehensive extract" of the exchanges.
The general said tbat he had "no files ... no means of check Ing" and was entirely- willing to trust "the judgment and discretion of the Department of Defense" on the matter.
STORY 'RIDICULOUS' THAT WALKER, ALMOND WERE NOT SPEAKING
WASHINGTON — Gen. Douglas MacArthur characterized as "ridic¬ ulous" reporta that at one time two oif his toip field commanders in Korea were not on speaking terms
He was questioned by Sen. Wayne U Morse R., Ore., about reporta that the late Lt. Gtn. Walton Walker and Ut. Gen. Edward M. A'hnond "Tiad no direct communica¬ tion" In northern Korea and were not  on  speaking  terms.
MacArthur snaped that "that sort of stuff" was written hy "skillful propagandists who were trying to destroy the confidence of the American peoiple in their own in¬ stitution*," and was written 10,000 miles away from tb« battlefront.
Chairman Richard B. Russell, D., Ga., of the Senate committee in¬ vestigating the ouster, announced after MacArthur wound up his testimony and left for New York that Defense Secretary George C. Marshall will be the administra¬ tion's first witness at 10:30 a. m. Monday.
Later, Russell said, the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary of State Dean Acheson will be called, and perhaps Adm. Arthur Radford, naval commander in the Pacific; Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer and other military leaders. The com^ mittee chairman said be already has a 100-page report from the joint chiefs as a starting point. Answers One
Marshall, Acheson and the joint chiefs of staff were expected to come up with the answers to Mac'
Up to now, MacArthur has been the first and only witness and yes' terday in the most pointed terms yet. he gave his own complete pic ture in the Far East and the world. In direct rebuttal to his critics, he said he does not want to lessen this country's efforta to protect Europe against any possible t sault  by  Soviet  Russia.
"I believe we should make every
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possible e£fort to assist western Europe in her defense .... (but) I believe the first line of defense now, for Europe, is right where we are fighting over there in Korea," he
Arthur's views —the views which !»»><!• "It is a global effort and on- April 11 led President Truman j breach that, it will roll around to to throw him out of his jobs. I        (Continued on Page A-10>
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FINAL PLEA MADE
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NEGRO IN WSS.
Faces Death for Rape; Lawyers Tell Governor White Men Not Executed
JACKSON, Miss. — Police put 90 persons in protective custody while lawyers pleaded with Ciov. PMelding Wright for an eleventh- hour pardon or reprieve for doomed Negro rapist Willie McC»ee.
Wright, the negro's last hope for clemency, refused to make an Im¬ mediate decision.   He told Mcfiee's   .„  ..„„ „^^„„^„  .„           rv
lawyers he would let them know byl ciple. On the contrary, he said, he
TO OEIAY UMT
Says War Industries Need Manpower, Army Specialists
WASHINGTON —Gen. Douglas MacArthtir yesterday advised Con¬ gress to wait until the present emergency is over before deciding whether to adopt a universal mili¬ tary   training   program.
He emphasized in testimony be¬ fore Senate investigators that he is  not opposed  to  UMT  on  pij^'
telegrram. World-Wide Attention
The controversy over McOe, which has had world-wide reper'.-us- slons, raged on aa the condemned man sweated out the last hours of bis life.
Just before yesterday's apeclal hearing, Mo(3ee's attorneys visited the wizened 88-year-old Negro and told him that the governor was his last hope.
Barring an executive stay of ex¬ ecution, McCSee will be taken today or Monday from his death cell at the Hinds County jail cell to Laurel, the scene of his crime. He i.s scheduled to die a few minutes past Monday midnight in the state's portable electric chair.
While Mc<3ee's last arguments were being presented, Mississinpi troopers broke up a demonstration in downtown Jaskson and seized 11 Negroes, They had been distribu¬ ting leaflets urging citizens to "Save McGee's Life." All Beleased
Thirty nine other persons -vere detained during the tumulous day but all. Including the 11 Negro dem¬ onstrators were freed without charges after the hearing ended. Police said that all were held tem¬ porarily for their own good.
Attorney John Coe argued that McGee's conviction was influenced by passion and anger, and both he and Mrs. Bella Abzug. another of the Negro's lawyers, claimed that McGee waa convicted solely on the basis of a "supposed" confession which McGee later repudiated.
Wright and Attorney-General  J. P. Coleman both disputed the attor- (C!ontinued  on Page A-S)
has advocated It in the paat and believes the whole world situation '\vould have been different" If this country had adopted universal training 25 years ago. Cites Industry Needs
But he said tliat industry's maa- power needs have become so im¬ portant to the nation's war po¬ tential, and the armed forces themselves now rv^uire such high¬ ly-specialized troops, that it is open to question whetheh UMT Is the best way to achieve "maximum utilization" of manpower In a crisis.
The Defense Department, with the full backing of President TrU' man, has been urging Congress to approve UMT now on a standby basis to go into effect after the present emergency passes. The Senate has passed a bill to that effect, but the Hou.se has voted to hold off a final congressional go- ahead for UMT until th* time comes to put it into operation.
The issue Is now deadlocked in a   Senate-House   conference   com mittee. MacArthur's stand seemed sure  to provide  new  ammunition for the House conferees
LITTLE 'CENSORSHIP' OF MacARTHUR HEARINGS
WASiHINGTON--Sen. William F. Knowland (R., Cal.) said today tbe official censorship on the Mac- Arthur hearings has removed "very little" from the record being made public.
The statement was Knowland's report on a deletion to which he objected. The objection has been referred to the Defense Depart¬ ment and may be taken up later by the committees investigating the ouster of CJen. Douglas MacArthur.
Referring to Vice Adm. Arthur C. Davis, designated to do the cen¬ soring job on the transcript as fast as it is typed, Knowland told the committees: '
"I believe that he is doing a very conocientlous job and baa eut vary Uttia out ot this racord."
Valley Scene
An uncle, undergoing firgt ex¬ perience OS hahy sitter, run¬ ning into nearby lunch room in Plymouth to ask advice of tvait- rena on feeding tfie brat.
Chap taking false teeth out of his mouth, using pencil to point out fine points to friend, restor¬ ing them to proper plaee, walk¬ ing away, then running baek fast, taking them out again to point out stUl another feature.
Young girl driving sleek tan cotivertihle with red top on 'South Washington street yester¬ day about 11:30 a. m. search¬ ing for parking spaee big enough to drive into head first, finding one but still unable to get lined up properly with curb and hav¬ ing to roar away to escape amused stares.
Clock on Publir, Square ob¬ serving Daylight Time hy being turned not just one but two hours akeadi—to greiU eotifusitM of moNy.
Ttvo Peas Out Of Same Pod
WASHINGTON—Gen. Douglaa MacArthur was told yesterday that his successor as supreme commander In Japan, Lt. CJen. Matthew B. Ridgway, had Issued a new call for Communist troops In Korea to surrender. ' Sen. William F. Knowland, R., Cal.. read MacArthur a news¬ paper account of RIdgway's ac¬ tion and compared it with the one MacArthur had made shortly before his recall by President Truman.
Knowland and Sen. Bourke B. Hiekenlooper, R., Ia., noted that the surrender statement was one of the reasons given In some quarters for MacArthur's dis¬ missal. Knowland Invitad Mac- Arthur to comment.
"The two statements, in genera] purport, seem to be just like two peas out of the same pod," Mac- Arthur  said.
CALL FOR ENO OF BEEF ROLLBACK
Threaten Reprisals Before Congress; Di Salle Firm
Yanks Push Out To Challenge Drive on Seoul
By PHIL NEW80M jof   big   scale   forays   above   Seoul
TOKYO,  Sunday,  May  (5.—Allied] indicated it was not of a screening troops drove forward .several thou-1 type, allowing the Reds to hold aa sand yards from the Seoul defen.se i long a.s possible and then pull back arc yesterday  in  a  bold  challenge! without suffering heavy losses. i° Lw'^'^^nlTn/"*"^ "T'"^ !u\    That maneuver tn the past hak
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The fighting advance into the correspondent Gene Symonds ra- C:iiinese buildup area above Seoul ported that in additiin to the strong followed   similar   gains   across   the I opposition     northwest     of     Seoul,
whole Korean line.  Again tank and infantry patrols stabbed deep into enemy  territor.v. U. S. Aggressive
The Sth Arm.v swung sggressive- ly into an "offeTi.sive-defensive" campaign. It was aimed at fer¬ reting out and shooting up Com¬ munists, assessing their intentions. and advancing the Allied lines where that could be done advan¬ tageously at  low cost.
Front and headquarters dis¬ patches   reported   mounting
"many" Red troops had been re¬ ported in the rough country south¬ west of Uujangbu and large con¬ centrations just to the north,
A   tank-infantry   patrol   hunting Reds  due  north  of Seoul entered
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Uijongbu   for   the  fourth   atralght
day   with   little   opposition.     But
northeast of the highway junction
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that the Reds might resume theiri Allied patrol off a hill.
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offensive Steadily
WASHINGTON — Angry oatUe men yesterday called on price con' troller Michael V. DiSalle to cancel his beef price rollback or face a meat strike that might upset the whole stabilization program.
Spokesmen for every major farm livestock and meat packing organ¬ ization In the country denounced the order aa unworkable aa^ sure-fire way to bring back the black marketeers of World War II:
They threatened to make meat a major issue In the forthcoming fight over extension of the defense mobilization law, which ia ached¬ uled to expire June 30.
Hearings on tho new bill begin tomorrow with defense mobllizer Charles E. Wilson opening the ad¬ ministration's battle for stronger controls, particularly over farm foods. DiSalle and economic sta¬ bilizer Eiio Johnston will testify later.
Congresa Itaelf was splitting along farm-city lines on tho beef issue. Uvestock apokesmen claimed they already had powerful support In the House and Senate for repeal of the order, which would make three graduated cuta In beef prices, wind¬ ing up with a rollback of 9 to 10 cents a pound for the consumer by Oct. 1.
DiSalle himself said he ia stand¬ ing by the order with President Tnmian's solid support. He scoffed at warnings of a meat strike or widespread bleack marketeering. He predicted that hia enforcement agenta, who already have arrested two accused meat violators, would ba abla to handle any illegal deal¬ ings in the meat trade and that the livestock growers themselves would keep right on raising and selling beef.
DiSalle pointed out that beef right now Is selling at 152 per cent of parity—62 per cent more than what the farm law calculates as a fair return—and that when the full cut¬ back is completed in October it still will be somewhere between 20 and 25 per cent above parity.
strength and resistance indicated that the second round of the Com¬ munist spring offensive would be fociused on the capital.
The Allies slugged ahead in a heavy three-hour battle with a C3ommunist regiment which failed to halt the advance short of its limited objective along the Mun- san  road  northwest of Seoul.
Another strong patrol probing north and northwest of Uijongbu, It miles above Seoull on the trunk highway, was forced to withdraw when it ran into a determined enemy force. Like Other Buildings
Front dispatches sidd the well¬ ing  resistance  to   the   fourth   day
Northwest of Seouil, where tha coastal highway runa up toward Munsan, the Allies made lo-:;al at> tacks and advanced without oppo« sition yesterday morning. By after* noon, however, they found the go« ing tougher.
On the eastern- flank of the Seoul defense perimeter, patrols ranged far north oif the Allied linea but failed to find any enemy foroa. They picked up 10 bedragigled <>m- muni.sts and found an enemy squad where three CJommunist comnanies were decimated the day before.
The weather improived and tiM Sth Air Force reported 439 fUgbtik 78 in direct suppott of gtonad troops.
Silent on Abduction, Rosenfeld, Wife Held
Fateful Week For Legislature
The Pennsylvania Legislature faces a week that la expected to prove fateful for all residents of the stats.
For one thing, a final decision on Cknremor Fine's Income tax will   be   neared,  if  not  reached.
A full report on the Legislature, with special columns from Har¬ risburg, will be found on Page A-12 and on the Ejdltorial Page today.
FREY CALLS PARENTS FROM POST IN GERMANY
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Frey of 59 Melrose avenue, city, received a phone call last night from their son, Opl. Dudley Frey, wh-> ia in Degendorf, Germany.
Qpl. Fney has been In the Eu¬ ropean theatre for two years and previously aerved four years in Worid War H.
He waa In the Battle ot the Bulge and before that the Nor¬ mandy invasion.
Rhode Island Racket Boss and Mate Refuse To Give Police Data
MIAMI, Fla. — A former Rhode Island racket boss and his bru¬ nette wife, still visibly shaken from her four days in the hands of her kidnappers, were arrested yester¬ day and ordered held under $50,- 000 bond each.
Louis "Chick" Rosenfeld, who has a 30-year-long record of ar¬ rests on charges ranging from bookmaking   to   picking    p""'"'** '
and Jean Rosenfeld 49, werel^t^ other principal witnesses In charged with compounding a felony the case. Including Mrs. Buddy and conspiracy. Kauffman, sister of Rosenfeld.
Mrs. Kauffman was reported aa ths "go-between" in passing the ransom through a fence to a woman confederate of the abductors on Thursday night. Mrs. Kauffman also was the one told to go from there to another spot on Miami Beach to rescue the unconscious and partly-clothed Mrs. Rosenfeld.
Mrs. Kauffman waa holding $23,- (XX) of Mrs. Rosenfeld's money, ac¬ cording to testimony in a court hearing on a separate maintenance suit filed by the kidnapped victim last January. The Rosenfelds had become reconciled since the suit was filed.
Rosenfeld testified at the hear¬ ing that he had lost $100,000 in the numbers racket in Providence, R. I., and was badly in debt Alsok he testified that the "other wom¬ an" mentioned In the suit waa holding a $35,000 mortgage on stock he owns in a Miami Beach drug store.
Arthur Tubmsm, an associate in the drug store who first put of¬ ficers on the kidnapping, also
Officers said they were aci*used of obstructing justice by withhold¬ ing information on the kidnapping of Mrs. Rosenfeld and the payment of $30,000 ransom in a dark alley between two  ocean-front hotels.
Mr. and Mrs. Rosenfeld, who de¬ nied the kidnapping and the ran¬ som apparently in fear of their lives, were arrested by deputies at their exclusive apartment on the Venetian Causeway. They were sought for 24 hours. Deny Dodging Police
Sheriff James Sullivan said the couple denied dodging police and said "we were exhausted from the constant annoyance and went to spend the night out." Mrs. Rosen¬ feld came out of a conference with the sheriff weeping.
They refused to make any state¬ ment to reporters about her ab¬ duction early Monday and the de¬ mands made upon her husband to pay the ransom. Police officials were seeking "first hand" details of her four day disappearance.
State Attorney Glenn Mincer said the Rosenfelds wou^ be called be-j sut>penaed   to   appear   before   tha fore the Grand Jury Tuesday along'grand jury.
Tells How Two U.S. Divisions Bluffed Reds Out of Qui€k Victory at Start of the War
WASHINGTON — Gen.    Douglas which   "struck   like   a   cobra"   oni not to hold off an  all-out MacArthur said  yesterday  that   a! June 25,  1950, included many for- by a crack Communist army, bold bluff, and the heroic fighting eign   "mercenaries"   and   was   "as | Lost AU Equipment of  two  U.   S.   infantry  battalions. I smart, as efficient  and  as able  ai    MacArthur     said     the     South saved   South   Korea   from   being!force as I have ever seen  in  the;Koreans forces made a tragic ml^ overrun   by  Ojmmunlst  troopj«   at | field." itake   in   placing   nearly   all   thair
the very start of the war .ast sum-1    2.—U.  S.  intelligence .sliould  not "OPPI'^S and equipment alone *1» mer. be blamed  for failing to warn of }>°^'^^'^- xt ^u  «¦
He gave Senate Investigators his the Oimmunist invasion. The plans     When  the North Korean attack first detailed account of how the were made so secretly that "I do *""o'*e through that immediato 4^ Korean war  began   and  disclosed ] not  see  how  it  would  have  been f^ns^    '">«•    •>•   »~">-  ^*   "g"" J many    provioualy-iinknown     facta I humanly   possible"  to   predict  the Koreans   fled   southward   wtthMt about   the   historic   decisions   and [attack. supplies while the enemy came toto
actions  in  the eariy days of the     3._He "concurred"  in the  deci- Possession   of   a   ready-made conflict sion to withdraw U. S. occupation
Highlighta of his  stetement  in-'troops  from Korea in  June,  1949, eluded   the   revelation   that  U.   S.ibut "hindsight" shows that it was ground troops were committed to I "a very grave mistake." the war after he made a personal reconnaissance   of   the   front   and reported  it would be  "impossible"
vance  supply  base which
Red forces to press forward ra^
idly in pursuit.
On  June  27, less than 48 hovn after the invasion began, when ba
4.—The withdrawing U  S. forces saw  South   Koreans  were  beaten, left behind-"considerable" amounts! MacArthur  ordered   troops  of  tha
t "u ij     I.     uu «j .* B... ..-f*i.|Of   equipment,   to   arm    a   South 24th U. S. Division to leave Japaa
to hold a beachhead at Pusan with j ^^^^^^   •eontabulary"   force.   But by air  for  Korea. sea and «|r power ^one  backingiy^^^.^ ^.^^^ "definite limitations' on     He told about his bold bluff and snattereo   aouin   *4.orean guppjyjng   ,,eavy   erjiipment,   such the heroic  fighting of a few men as   artillery   and   tanks,    for   the' from   the   24th   Division   tn   theea South   Koreans.   As   a   result,   the.words:
South   Korean   army   was   strong;    "I hoped by an arrogant di^w anny «iough to handle border raids but!       (Q>ntinuad on Pass A-t>
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army.
Many Foc«ign Mereenariee MacArthur alao aaid that: Ir-'ElM    Moftti    Koiaaa