The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1953, Page 10

SENTIMENT GROWS FOR A MORE AGGRESSIVE KOREAN STRATEGY Gy EDWIN B. HAAKINSON WASHINGTON «—Some senti- ment for a more aggressive stra- tegy in the deadlocked Korean | War was evident here among sen- ators who heard Gen. James A. Van Fleet detail his complaints that American forces there don’t | ave enough ammunition. Van Fleet, recently retired after gearly two years as Allied field commander in Korea, called for harder-hitting attacks on the Reds. But he said he doubts United Na- tions forces have cencugh ammuni- tion to repel any major offensive the Communists might mount. “Sure, if there is 2 sitdown and oo fighting,” Van Feet said, “there is no ammunition requirement; therefore, no shortage.” But, he added, “should the en- emy start something, which is un- predictable, then do we enough to meet his offensive, and I say ‘No’” Van Fleet said stucks were so low at times that he issued or- have | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ders to cut down un artillery fire, in trouble in order to shoot’ the heavier mortar and howitzers. The general spoke out in testi- ae heard by the Senate Armed |Services Committee behind closed ;doors earlier this month. A trans-| cript, with security information de- leted, was made public by committee Sunday night. Sen. Symington (D-Mo), former secretary of the Air Force, asked | Van Fleet if he thought “our pilots should have the right of ‘hot pur- suit’ across the Yalu?” “I certainly do,” the general re- plied. “So do I,“ said Symington. Sen. Flanders (R-Vt) suggested at one point that the ammunition supplies may have been used as “a leash” to keep Van Fleet from | ; attacking. Saying the “bloody stalemate” 2 an outrageous position, Flan- Tuesday, March 24, 1953 NAVARRO, INC. 36th Anniversary USED CAR SALE Another Week To Go A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Car for 30 Days and that the troops “have to be | now.” ‘hope a peaceful understanding. 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Van Fleet feels he did not have enough ammunition to do what he would like to haye-done,” Collins said. “It is the point of view of the! people in Washington, who have the responsibility, that they gave |him all of the ammunition that | could be given him to ee |the job then under way.” Van Fleet stuck to his position | that there had heen serious and | even critical shortages of ammuni- ' tion in the 22 months he com-; manded the Eignth Army in Ko-| rea. : At one time in May, 1951, he said, | “our dumps in Korea went to zero, | and the only ammunition we had | was in forward areas near the | guns.” Sen. Byrd (D-Va) asked: “Would | if you had the ammunition?” Van Fleet replied: “I would not say that sir, no. To | get the victory, you have to have| a mission, a directive, that turns | eee PERFORMANCE HANG ON, SON, I GOTCHA! —Fully clothed Joseph Corso, an Ottawa, Ill, motorist, flounders in the raging Kankakee river at Kankakee, Ill, to keep John Erickson, 11-year-old schoolboy, from drowning as he holds on to a rescue line from a bridge above. Corso, after tossing a life preserver to the schoolboy whose two companions perished in the river, climbed down the light line into the icy waters after the boy had gone over a water falls. The three boys, on a day off from school, had gone boating in the river. The rapidly moving water carried them too near a falls and they abandoned their boat only to be carried over the falls anyway. Shortly after this dramatic picture was made by Jim Marek of the Kankakee Journal, a boat put out from shore and completed the rescue —(#) Wirephoto. _— you loose with an approved plan, |by order, did not pursue to finish | and then you must have the means | | the enemy. ie execute that mission.” “I was crying to turn me loose,” an he said. “We had enough ammu- In June, 1951, he said, “we had | nition then.” Subscribe to The Citizen | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE: TRUCKER’S ADVICE ~ FOLLOWED BY DRIVER LOUIS ™# — Here’s the an Francis E. Schwentler made a sharp turn in front of a truck back in 1934. The irate truck driver gave him a tongue lashing and asia him to stop driving. He did. His new car was never driven again. The story came out with the fil- ing of an inheritance tax apprais- er’s report on Schwentler’s: estate in probate court. He died in 1951 at the age of 90. The 1934 Ford was found jacked up in a garage behind his home. The speedometer showed a total of 58 miles. Heavy exposure to glare in bright sunlight or other glare may produce effects in the ‘hu- man eye which will reduce their efficiency for as much as 48 hours, says the American Opto- metric Association. hd Want Rights Athens w—Greek women headed by Lena Tsaldaris, widow of the late Panaghis Tsaldaris, former Prime rninister, think it’s time they got equal rights with men. Women want to be allowed te hold judicial posts, serve on juries and have a voice in law-making. The first woman in history to be elected to Parliament, Mrs. Helen Skouras of Salonika, took her seat last month. England has about 756.4 people per square mile of area. 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