Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1951 Page: 8 of 12
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'S—Stephenville Empire-Tribun#
Friday. .Tan. 19i 1951
THE PRICE OF PEACE
. (IMItor'i Mtfe: In the belief th.t nil
tmeU concerning the IntematfMal crisis
•ImnM to laU Men the American
•t the reqaeat of aeveral
enera wka heard Bari
titcvilva filter of The ]
the Oal'ae Rotary Ch»h Wi
n. The N»wi herewith raere
the teat ef Nr. Withers’ remarks.)
Harry C.
News.
(Reprinted from The Da Ha* Morn-
big News, Thursday, Dee. 7, 1950)
It was suggested that I discuss
today the responsibility of the
United States as the acknowledged
leader of the free nations of the
world.
Such discussions inevitably In-
volve events which run so swifty
and become so confusing that no
man I know can analyze them sat-
isfactorily. Only an arrant f<fc>l
' 1 pretend to have the answers,
jnt years ago I said trout
this forum that when World War
II was over we would live in a
different world. Some of my
friends asked me then what I
meant. Well, we are living in that
different world now. I ask them
what they think it means.
The Four Horsemen
The most frightening fact of
Hie times is this: The infamous
four horsemen of the apocalypse—
War, famine, pestilence! death—
have been joined by a fifth horse-
man—Communism. Its declared
Objective is to destroy the United
- 'Wafas.
1 Our diplomats at Lake Success
or our generals in Korea may win
b temporary respite, but nothing
Sxcept a united America, armed to
the teeth, can (tefeat that objec-
tive.
: Are the men who now hold our
national destiny in their hands
Capable of uniting America? Win
they Jet France or Britain, or even
the United Nations, say whether
100,000 American boys shall he
Olaughtered by the heathen hordes
of Red China?
I believe Truman would prefer
to tell the diplomats to step aside
so our soldiers can fight this .war.
But Hodjas listened to the wrong
people so long that he now finds
it extremely dangerous to do what
he would lift to do.
It is the custom of Americans in |
auch eritical times to .rally behind I
our chosen leaders. I think it is
Pot disloyal even in these days to
ask if our leaders can be trusted
to preserve America’s security
without destroying its freedom.
Some Strange Things
5 And if they can be trusted, are
they competent? They have done
some strange things to us since
they came into power; things that
strained our faith in their integ-
rity; things that wrought not to
hide now when our hearts beat
with, the strongest impulses of
Americanism.
Although every normal Ameri-
can Schoolboy knew six months
were our enemies in Korea, we
ago that tKe Chinese Communists
have been shipping critical war
materials to them; Some Of them"
as late as last week.
While Communism is enslaving
helpless nations in 4he Eastern
Hemisphere, our leaders resist ef-
forts to find out what Communists
are doing to us in Washington.
It has been charged by some
critics that even while our troops
have been fighting IP Korea there
has been a feud between our State
Department and our supreme mili-
tary commander.
I do not believe Dean Aeheson
is a Communist. I think that prior
to the invasion of Korea he was
unduly influenced by the1 friends
of Communist China. His course
since that invasion has been op-
posed to Communism.
_ Essentially Aeheson is a theorist
Who at long last has come to the
stage of action and is baffled. He
lacks the forthrightness the pres-
ent situation demands. The world
waited with hated breath for his
speech last week. He told us noth-
ing we didn’t know. We needed
from his then words of iron and
steel, words that wopld bring com-
fort to Our men flip the bloody
battlefield, words that, would unite
the people of America in a firm
purpose to face our dangers and
overcome them.
It has been clear to most other
observers that Russia’s strategy
is to involve the United States in
war with othe nations until we
arc so weak that she can step in
safely and deliver the mortal blow.
Because of our blunders in
China, Russian sthrtegy is succed-
ing and we are losing the fight.
We whipped the North Koreans
only to be faeed by hordes of
Chinese Communists who, we were
onee toM, were simply agrarian
reformer-s.
Korea has cost us 10 billion dol-
lars and .’10,000 casualties snd the
end is not yet. Russia has not lost
a man or fired a shot. She is con-
serving her manpower and build-
ing her war machine.
These Three Factors
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Can Happen Elsewhere
What has happened in Korea
may happen in Iran, in Turkey, in
India, in Western Germany or in
any spot upon the globe where
Russia can persuade one of her
satellites to provoke America to
resist aggression against free na-
tions.
If we are committed by our pol-
icy to give what aid we can to the
victims of aggression we may have
to fight a series of isolated wars
that will whittle us down to Rus-
sia’s size economically.
When we are' at war we are
prepared to say with Stephen De-
catur:'“My country! May she al-
ways be right, but right or wrong,
my country!”
To say that is not to forgo our
freedom to criticize the things she
is doing wrong. It is that freedom
your are permitting me to exercise
today. ,
America’s defense of freedom
throughout the world hag juade me
proud to he an American. If jWe
had not protected G^ece and
poured billions of our treasure into
Western Europe, Communism now
would rule the Eastprii Hemis-
phere. v ' , -•*-
I More Money Due
In the last three years we have
spent 30 billion dollars to help put
other nations on their feet, plus
10 billion to save Korea. And we
are about to appropriate billions
more for our own protection and
theirs.
Let us not pat ourselves on the
back for that. How could we sur-
vive if the rest of the free world
should fall before Communism's
aggressions ? We would have to
live ut the point of a Russian gun
the rCst of our lives.
I am proud of the speed and
resolution with which our govern-
ment acted in the Korean show-
down. It came upon us like another
Pearl Harbor. Our defenses were
dovtn, our strength was dissipated,
our warning* were shrugged off
as a red herring.
We had turned a deaf ear to
MacArthur to listen to Owen Lat-
timore. MacArthur had repeatedly
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J needed to maintain our position
in the Far East.
On July 17, 1949, Lattimore
said: “The thing to do is to let
Korea fall but not let it look as
though we pushed her.”
In January, 1950, the House de-
feated the Korean aid act after
the State Department insisted that
military aid not be provided as
such in the bill.
Foster Quoted
On June 13, 1950, William C.
Foster told the Senate: “The trend
of events in South Koreans more
favorable than it has been any
time since liberation of the country
in 1945.”
That is the kind of advice we
were getting two weeks before
the Reds caught us flatfooted. It
was Pearl Harbor over again and
we are looking for a scapegoat.
Truman’s quick response to the
situation warmed our hearts, end-
ed the cold war, cleared the atmos-
phere and inspired our patriotism.
Our cause is armed with justice
and dedicated_to freedom, not for
ourselves alone, but for peoples
ourselves alone, but for peoples
everywhere who look to us for
salvation. We are acting by au-
thority of the United Nations.
Fifty-two of the fifty-nine mem-
bers steed with us against the
Russian aggression. We should
| give Aeheson credit for that. ‘
At the risk of being tiresome,
let nie review briefly the events
that have involved us in this sit-
uation.
Russia agreed at Potsdam in
July,"1945, to declare war on Japan
and agreed that Korea induo
course would become a free and j
imlepemlen nation.
Terms Revealed
It also was agreed there that j,
Russia would accept surrender of |
Japanese forces north of the 38tti
parallel and the United States
j would accept the surrender south
j of_that line.
| vOn Sept. 8, 1945, General Hodges
| accepted the surrender south of
I the thirty-eighth. By that time
j Russia had occupied all of North
! Korea and immediately banned all
j travel between the two zones.
At -Moscow in December, 1946,
the United States, Great Britain
and Russia agreed that a free gov-
ernment should be set up in Korea.
Then Russia-set about to sabo-
tage the agreement. Every pro-
posal for free election through-
out all Korea was spurned. Russia
held an election in North Korea,
permitting only Communists to
vote. It barred (he United Nations
Commission from entering North
Korea.
In September, 1948, South Korea,
containing two-thirds of the popu-
lation of all Korea, held a free
election, organized the Korean Na-
tional Assembly, elected Syngam
Rhee as president and took over
the reins from the United States
military government.
In September,. 1948, North Ko-
rea set up the Democratic People
Republic of Korea which was
propmtly recognized by Russia.
Russia then began to train Korean
military forces made up largely
,fbf Chinese Communists.
Ruled Lawful
Its December, 1948, the General
Assembly -of the United Nations
declared the government of South
Korea the only lawful government
ih Korea. The vote was 48 to 6.
Russia reported the withdrawal
of all its troops by the end of
1948. It left an army of satellite
troops. The United States with-
drew its troops in June, 1949.
There were frequent exchanges
of fire and armed raids across the
thirty-eighth parallel until June
25, 1950, when the North Koreans
launched an attack all along the
line of the parallel, starting the
aggression which plunged the
United States into another wftr.
Against tremendous odds we
drove the North Korean Reds hack
into Manchuria. A month ago it*
seemed that we had won freedom
for Korea. We knew Russia had
incited the invasion of South Korea
and armed it, hut we nursed the
vain hope that our victory would
deter them for a while from fur-
ther aggression.
Then they unloosed the fifth
horseman and supplied him with a
vastly superior force to snare the
United Nations in a death trap.
More than 90 per cent of those
are American boys. What is the
obligation of our leaders toward
those boys? Is their loyalty in
this crisis owed first to the United
Nations or to the United States?
Our natural impulse is to say: Use
every weapon we have to save
them from death or capture.
Must Bomb Bases
That means, of course, author-
izing MacArthur to bomb the
enemy’s supply bases in Manchuria
and to use the atom bomb if he
thinks it advisable. Maybe it would
be silly to use the bomb in Korea,
but it could hardly be sillier than
to tell MacArthur to stop the Reds
but not to bomb their rear.
Attlee, the he»d of a socialist
government, seconded by Pleven,
the head of a socialist govern-
ment, has come here to persuade
Truman, who has led us along the
road to socialism, not to do any-
thing to the Chinese Reds which
might incite the Russian Reds to
start a war.
They hare already started it.
If we come to Russia’s terms on
Korea, they may stop it, but that
would ijW surrender bn our part
and mej-ely would postpone the day
of final reckoning. I see no chanee
for world peaee until Communist
Russia either wins w«rkl domina-
tion or is so soundly defeated that
her people will renounce Com-
munism snd liquidate its apostles.
Whst do the American people
want to do about It? An over-
whelming majority of them want
to protect those boys with every
resource at our command.
Total War Coming
It may mean total war—but
that’s eoming, anyway. It may
mean terrible retaliation. It may
mean universal military training.
It will mean greatly increased
taxes. It will mean federal control
over most of our human and ma-
terial resources. We are willing!
We are ready! We are not afraid!
That is, most of us are willing
and yeady. Unfortunately there
are some groups enjoying liberty
in this country who still favor ap-
peasement of Russia. A few of
them hope for Russian victory.
Since Chinese Communists en-
tered the battle these gronps have
held more than a hundred rallies
in Washington, in New York, ip
Hollywood, demanding that the
United Nations get out of Korea,
demanding that the United States
reverse its foreign policy, demand-
ing, in effect, that we let Com-
munism have its way.
These violins are, a threat -to the tni»b
our civilization. They are a men-
ace to the general welfare. They
are serving Russia and betraying
this country. -
There is no place for them in
this land. This is no time for trai-
tors or their fellow travelers. We
know who they are. We know their
apologists in our own government.
Must Shut Door
We need to shut the door against
them. We need to ferret out their
aiders and abettors. We need to
open every record in the State
Department to expose the Commu-
nists on our federal payroll. If
Senator McCarthy has done noth-
ing else he has tnade it clear that
someone in Washington is afraid
of what the records might show.
The Senate investigation to de-
tect alleged CommunistsTn govern-
ment service was rigged to protect
them rather than to. expose them.
The people repudiated that white-
wash by defeating Senator Ty-
dings.
Now it is up to the people more
forcibly than ever. They should
tell the Congress to outlaw Com-
munism, to throw fellqw travelers
out of government jobs, to punish
as seditionists those who advocate
violent overthrow of our govern-
ment.
They should assure the patriotic
men who occupy the pulpits of the
country that parishioners will no
longer support the pulpiteers who
counsel compliance with Ruaaia in
the name of either pacifism or re-
ligion.
Parents should no longer send
their boys and girls to colleges
and universities where in the name
of academic freedom, intellectual
crackpots seek to destroy faith in
our constitutional government and
in- the integrity and virtue of our
democratic philosophy.
Freedom May (.'ramble
Unless we ae individual Ameri-
cans do these things, our funds-
-mental citadels of freedom will
crumble and fall or become the
Russian dictatorship.
Then we, too, like the people of
the captice nations behind the
Iron Curtain, shall become the
helpless slaves of the Kremlin,
subject to the orders of the Amer-
ican. comn\issars, deprived of our
property, of our suffrage, of our
free speech, of our chance even to
This is a living danger to AmarJ
ica which can be dispelled only if
we act with courage and intelli-
gence and make known to our
leaders that it is the purpose of
America to fight for individual
freedom, not only here but
throughout the world.
You have neglected your rights
as a citizen. Employ them or you
will lose your freedoms eventually.
If you lose your domestic free-
doms you won’t be happy in your
job and you can’t enjoy your ma-
terial profits.
If we lose the struggle with
Russia you won’t be running your
present business, but you will be
doing the things the Politburo of
the American Soviet tells you to
do- ' i.-
Not Too Pleasant - *
The kind of speech I have made
here does not please me any more
than it. does you. 1 have heard
speakers say that criticism of our
government and even' of Russia
should stop; that we have a beau-
tiful world and should be talking
about our blessings instead of our
dangers. _
I can not agree with them.. I do
not think -it is war mongering or
unfair politics to lay the facts
on the table and interpret them
fairly and honestly. Unless the
people are informed they can not
act intelligently and unless they
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By J. Fred Eder
UuitM Prttt Outdoor CenwnUamt
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice is currently taking its annual
inventory^ of wintering ducks and
geese in order to determine how
the birds survived this year’s bar-
rage of hunters’ gunfire during
their recent southern migration.
This inventory, which began
Wednesday and extends through
, Saturday, is similar to an inven-
pliant forums for the apostles of :tory uken of any ,arfe business-
and is just as important as it is to
a business.
Results will give the Fish and
Wildlife Service an indication of
whether the trend is up or down in
rfigratory waterfowl populations.
And it will furnish an appraisal of
the potential breeders that will go
north In the spring to start the
new cycle.
More than 1,000 cooperative ob-
servers will participate, using
planes, automobiles and boats dur-
ing the, count at important winter-
ing grounds from Alaska to
Guatemala.
are interested they will not act
at all until .it is too late.
Your American citizenship is
the finest charter of human free-
dom known to man. Unless you
cherish and exercise it you de-
serve to lose your freedoms.
E\ery one of us, whether em-
ployer or employee, is a soldier in
the line^ defending our form of
government and our homeland.
There i» no territory behind the
lines.
This If a great lam] Tii wfEJilfi
Hve. Let each of us do his part
to keep it free.
Two planes will be employed in
the Mxeican survey of this 17th
annual inventory, one covering the
West Coast and interior highlands,
and the other the east coast of
Mexico. When the survey is com-
pleted jrrijli’xico, the planes will go
on to Smith America to inspect
waterfowl areas in Venezuela and
Colombia. •
This winter inventory is made
annually at the close of Ae last
United States hunting season. Dur-
ing this period birds from all
breeding grounds and migration
flyways tend to concentrate on the
wintering grounds where they are
relatively stationary. Thus an ac-
curate appraisal and inventory is
made possible.
Tn addition to this winter's InveTT-
tory, the Ftsh and Wildlife Service
wfl! survey the breeding grounds
of North 'America’s migratory
waterfowl in the spring and sum-
mer to determine the success of
failure of breeding populations.
Learns Hard Way
Hamilton, O., ( HP — Miss Alice
Lazaron, 32, went literary under
court orders. Because she refused
to answer a subpoena to appear
as a witness, Judge Fred B.
Cramer held her in contempt. Ih
lieu of a $100 fine, she was order-
ed to write a 500-word essay on
why a person should obey a court,
subpoena.
The chimney To carry ihitikV
Train' houses was not developed
Untii. about the 12th Century in
Northern ’ Europe.
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STEPHENVILLE
For Safety, Economy and to Secure the Maximum
Benefits From Your Butane or Propane System
We Of feY The Following Recommendations:
1. See that your system is installed properly by a
licensed butane dealer ONLY. All outside piping
should be buried at least two feet deep, all piping
underneath the house should slope back toward
the line coming out of the ground, and all piping
underneath the house should be well supported,
so that there will be no traps in the line. Re sure
that your home is well ventilated underneath on
' all sides, at ground level.
2. If additional openings are run after the original
installation is made, it can be done legally ONLY
V a licensed butane dealer.
,T. He sure that all of your appliances are approved
for the use of butane and are properly adjusted.
If there is a question in your mind about the ad-
justment or the operation of your appliances, call
your fuel supplier. .,
1. A cut-off valve must be installed behind your
cook stove on the house piping, not at the stove,
so that you can cut off the gas from the range if
necessary. Also, have your rangf connected to the
house piping valve by means of an approved con-
nector.
5. See that your room heaters are connected secure-
ly with approved connectors. When cutting off the
heater, first turn It off at the wall cock, and then
at the heater. In lighting It, first turn the gas on
at the floor. Next, light your match,
fl. See that your water heater is properly vented to
the open air. Have a gas cock installed on the pip-
ing to the hAatpr in a convenient place so thak the
gas can be cut off in cage the heater gives troub-
le. Also, do not have the water heater installed in
a bathroom or bedroom and be sure that the burn-
er has an ample supply of fresh air.Jf your water
is furnished by a pump, or is connected Into a
water pressure system, it must have a water pres-
sure relief valve installed.
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7. If you think you have any gas leaks call us im-
mediately and let us check them and correct them.
If you check for leaks do so with soap suds and
DO NOT UBE A FLAME OF ANY KIND.
8. Let our gas delivery man fill your tank on his
regular trips. By doing this you will he assured
of always having an ample supply of gas and in
the long run you will save money. Special trips
are expensive and eventually the users will have
to pay for this extra coat tn higher fuel prices.
In case you do think you are needing gas. check
your gauge before you notify us so that we will
know how much gas you have. Remember we want
to keep you with plenty of gas, and are glhd to
make special trips when necessary, but we can
fill your tank nthst economically for all concern-
ed on our regular trips.
9. Consult us anytime that you have any problems
concerning your butane. We are willing and
anxious to help you.
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10. If a gas sdor la detected in the house, put out all
fires immediately, and open doors And windows.
Chaak all pilots to see If lighted, and for other
sources ef leakage. Call service man for necessary
leakage repair. Learn to know the odor present in
L.P. (Jaa so the presence of gas can be quickly
detested;
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11. You can help hold the price of gas down by hav-
ing your system serviced on a route basis. Elim-
inate as many special trips as possible. Send letter
or post card instead of long distance calls and pay
all gas bills promptly so we wilt not have collect-
ion costs. All unnecessary costs will eventually
he added to the consumers price. \ $
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Additional copies of these recommendations are available, so that you
may post them for reference, free of charge, by calling or writing our
Stephen villa or Meridian offices.
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