University Daily Kansan
48th Year No. 53
Friday, Dec. 1, 1950
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MacArthur Says Loss Now Means War III
World Convright, 1950, by United Press
Frankfurt, Germany—(U.P.)-Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today in a cable to Hugh Baillie, president of the United Press, that his United Nations forces are fighting in Korea against "military odds without precedent in history" and warned that failure to meet the issue there will leave it to "be fought, and possibly lost, on the battlefields of Europe."
General MacArthur declared that from the beginning every effort had been made to "further the universal desire that the (Korean) war be localized." He said that throughout the war against the North Koreans "we meticulously respected and held inviolate the international boundary, and I at no time even recommended that authority be granted to retaliate behind it.
"There appears to be a general failure, intentional or from misinformation, to comprehend the mission prescribed for this command by resolutions of the United Nations of which their governments were joint architects and directors, or fairly to recognize that in success or adversity this command has proceeded unerringly in compliance with controlling policies and directives," he said.
He added he could only attribute such comment to a "somewhat selfish, though most shortsighted view-point."
"To the European," he said, "the welfare and security of Europe is naturally paramount. He has no fear of attack from the west, solely from the east.
"It is not unusual therefore that he sees in every dedication of friendly resource toward the stabilization of Asia, a subtraction from that available for the betterment and security of Europe.
"This, of course, is fallacious reasoning.
"Any breach of freedom in the east carries with it a sinister threat to freedom in the west.
He said he had received no suggestion from any authoritative source that United Nations troops should stop at the 38th parallel, at Pyongyang or any other line short of the Manchurian border.
"It is historically inaccurate" he said, "to attribute any degree of responsibility for the onslaught of the Chinese Communist armies to the straitic course of the campaign itself.
"The decision by the Chinese Communist leaders to wage war against the United Nations could only have been a basic one, long premeditated and carried into exe-
as a "direct" feat, the feast its satellite North Korean armies.
Law Team To Moot Court Semi-Finals
Thursday they defeated the University of Virginia in the second round. The semi-final argument will be held this afternoon, and the final arguments tonight.
The law team representing the University in the moot court competition in New York City goes into the semi-finals today.
As the tournament progresses, each team must take the opposite side of the case.
The team, first K.U. group to enter moot court competition, is composed of Keith Wilson, Richard Harris, and Wallace Foster, all third year law students. It argued before supreme court justice..Robert H. Jackson, district judge Harold Medina, and three other judges.
Argument was on the status of artificial rainmaking, with the team prepared to plead either side. K.U. drew a first-round bye and represented the plaintiff in the second round.
The plan for national collegiate moot court competition was originated by the New York City Bar association three years ago. Since then, every major school in the country has either been interested in it, or has entered.
The winning team will be announced Tuesday, Dec. 5. Winner in 1949 was Yale university.
For winning first place in the regionalists at St. Louis, the K.U. team won a plaque which is on display in the entrance of Green hall.
London, Dec. 1—(U.P.)—Prime Minister Clement B. Attlee will fly to Washington Sunday for a Korean war conference with President Truman, and French Premier Rene Plevin may join in the meeting if he wins a national assembly vote of confidence tonight.
BULLETIN
Only Students May Transfer Cards For Games
Identification cards will be transferably only between students for basketball games.
Earl Falkenstien, business manager of athletics, said Thursday that a student who has No. 1 punched on his I-D card and wishes to see a No. 2 game may do so if he can find a friend who is not going to the game and has No. 2 punched on his card. However be on guard, the gate, thereby eliminating the possibility of giving the I-D card to a non-student.
The schedule card given to the student when his card is punched is only for the student's benefit. It is not required for admission to the games. Students who have stolen the schedule cards from the athletic office window the past three nights please take note. The number on it serves only to tell the athletic department how many I-D cards of that number have been punched.
Students who have not yet had their I-D cards punched by the athletic department should do so before noon Saturday. At that time the remaining seats will be offered first to the faculty and then to the general public.
Of course faculty members and the public will have to choose either Set 1 or Set 2. Each set includes three Big Seven conference games and two non-conference games. A ticket good for five games will cost a faculty member $6, the public $7.50.
Set No. 1 includes games with Creighton, Springfield, Missouri, Kansas State and Iowa State. Set No. 2 includes games with Utah State, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma A & M and Oklahoma.
At 5 p.m. Thursday approximately 2,200 students had asked for the second set of games, while only 1,200 wanted No. 1.
Last year cards of perforated tickets, one with odd numbers on it and the other with even numbers, were issued to students. Both the ticket and I-D card had to be presented at the gate. Under the present plan only the I-D card will be necessary for admission unless a friend's I-D card is being used, in which case both I-D cards will be necessary.
Kansas — Increasing cloudiness with rain beginning in northeast and snow in northwest late tonight.
Turning to snow in northeast Saturday and rain in south Saturday afternoon. Warmer south tonight.
THE WEATHER
UN Forces Continue Retreat To New Line
Tokyo—(U.P.)—Air-supported, tank-led U.S. marines and army troops battled southward to escape a Communist trap around the Chosin reservoir in northeast Korea today, joining the general retreat of United Nations forces before 300,000 invading Chinese.
AWS Groups To Give Dinner At Next Meeting
Associated Women students house and senate will hold a joint dinner-meeting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Kansas room of the Union, senate members decided Thursday
New projects for the house to undertake will be discussed and each senate member will explain the functions of her office and the various projects over which she has jurisdiction.
Committee chairmen were named to plan the Leadership workshop which will be held Tuesday, Feb. 6, Thursday, Feb. 8, and Tuesday, Feb. 13. They are Marcia Horn, personnel; Darlene Greer, programs; Anne Snyder, publicity; and Ann Wagner, contact.
Leaders for the three sessions are Emalene Gooch, "Campus Leadership and Its Application to Later Life," Donna McCosh, "How to Make a Meeting a Success;" and Mary Lou Miller will have charge of the off-campus speaker.
A senate vacancy was filled by the election of Barbara Hagan, business junior. She will have charge of the revision of the constitution. Patricia Cameron, College senior, was named new Greek representative from the senate to the All Student Council.
The next student-faculty coffee will be held 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the dean of women's office.
Engineering Group Elects New Regent
David Webber, engineering senior was elected regent of the University chapter of Theta Tau, national honorary professional engineering fraternity, recently, George McNeish, former regent announced today.
Other officers who were elected are: Harold Wolf, engineering senior, vice regent; and Glen Beauchamp, engineering junior, scribe.
Only American 7th division units at the Yalu river border with Manchuria around Hyesanjin, and the South Korean capital division above the port of Chongjin on the northeast coast, thus far have escaped the ferocious onslaught of Chinese Reds swarming locust-like throughout North Korea.
The fighting retreat by nearly 20-000 men of the 1st marine division and two regiments of the 7th division down the east and west sides of the reservoir exposed the flank of the Capital and Yalu river units, and it was possible they, too, would have to withdraw soon.
On the northwest Korea front, the last battle-weary United Nations troops were pulling into the new defense perimeter only 25 to 35 miles from Pyongyang, former North Korean capital.
The Pyongyang area was alerted against possible Chinese parachutists last (Friday) night by intelligence officers who believed the enemy might attempt to drop small groups of agents into the city either for sabotage or to link up with Communist sympathizers.
The front northeast of Pyongyang was extremely fluid and was likely to become more so.
Observation pilots reported thousands of enemy troops changing to white peasant costume in the Kaeehon area, 35 miles north of Pyongyang—a favorite trick of enemy infiltrators.
The U. S. 2nd division and the 27th British brigade took up positions in the new defense line after a nightmarish retreat in which the Chinese, firing from steep cliffs, raked them with machineguns, 76-millimeter mortars, burp guns and grenades.
Front reports said Communist troops moving south were routing civilians out of villages they occupied, and forcing them, in bitter cold, along roads and trails before them as a cushion against American fire power.
BULLETIN
Eighth army spokesmen refused to disclose the exact location of the new United Nations line for security reasons.
Washington, Dec. 1—(U.R.)—President Truman today put before congressional leaders a $18,200,000,000 (B) program to expand the armed services and boost atomic weapons production.
Present Use Of Atomic Bomb Divides Student Opinion,7 To 7
The question of using the atomic bomb as a means of ending the war brought forth evenly divided opinions from students chosen at random in a poll taken on the University campus.
William Lytle, education senior: "No, definitely not. It would be provoking the free peoples of the world into another world conflict, where a peaceful settlement is still a possibility, however faint.
Seven students indicated that they believe the bomb should be used, while seven others think that dropping a bomb would not solve the problem.
America's greatest strength is psychological. Rather than taking the initial step to conflict, its strength is in its non-aggressive attitude. It will take another Pearl Harbor to steel Americans for their light for freedom."
Frank Sandelius, College sophmore: "I don't think the atom bomb should be used now because it is quite possible that such an act would
precipitate the worst instance of man's inhumanity to man yet seen.
Rudi Hofmann, special student in journalism: "I don't think it's necessary. If the Chinese withdraw their troops everything is okay; if not we will have war with China and Russia and the bomb will be used anyway."
And even if we cannot avoid this, which is not yet certain the time is not now propitious for our engagement in total war. We are not ready in Europe."
Warren A. Knarr, College junior:
"No, because it would just give Russia the opportunity to bomb us. More could be accomplished by their bombing of the United States than our bombing of Manchuria."
Bob Shine, College senior: "Yes, to avoid another Dunkirk."
Ekkehard Wicher, German ex-change student: "No, for if they drop it on China, they'll have to drop it on Russia, too, and what follows then is obvious."
Clyde Lovelette, education junior: "It looks like the Russians will use the atomic bomb sooner or later. I think we should use it in Korea and Russia, before they have a chance to drop some on us."
J. Steve Mills, College senior:
"The bomb should be used to back up a formal threat to the Russians.
If they don't fall into line, drop the bombs on strategic targets in Russia."
John B. Keller, business junior: "Yes, I think we should drop the bomb in Manchuria because at the present a show of power would benefit us greatly. I think it would frighten the Chinese Reds into submission. But in no event should the bomb be dropped on actual Russian soil."
Wayne Livingston, College sophomore and ex-G.I.: "No, we shouldn't drop the atomic bomb. I think the mere fact that we possess such a powerful weapon would be, at the present time, enough to influence their thought into peaceful channels. We could possibly threaten them with the bomb but I am definitely against its use."
William Aul, business senior. "Because the odds against the United Nations forces are so great, the dropping of the bomb would probably shorten the present conflict, if
not stop it completely, and force Russia to show her hand as to whether or not she is ready for a full scale war. I suppose the most logical place to drop the bomb would be in northern Korea where a large number of red troops are massed."
Ruth Vahl, College senior: "I think that peace negotiations should be tried to the fullest extent, but if these fail the atomic bomb should be used as a weapon by the United Nations. It should be used on military targets."
Louise Sanborn education senior:
"I think we should use the atomic bomb in now in Manchuria and Russia, before they drop one on us. I believe that we would merely be beating them to the punch, and, in a case of Communists or us, I choose us."
Robert Stewart, education senior:
"No, I don't think that would solve anything."