Show A housewives POINT OF VIEW I 1 was shocked and revolted the other night when viewing a news reel at a theatre to see close up pictures of sprawled spra wIed arid add crumpled bodies of american soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs who had been murdered by chinese communists in the brief moment when the picture of one soldiers body was flashed upon the screen and it could be plainly seen irom from his uniform that he was one of our boys a prayer went up from my heart in thanks that it my brother lying there but at the same time I 1 shared the anguish and sorrow of some unknown mother who will probably never know how her son met death this 1 treatment of prisoners 0 war is nothing new we he heard d ck of it in germany arid and japan and it Is a great contrast to the manner in which we treat prisoners of war for which we are responsible this total lack of hurr human decency on oil tile the part of the chinese communists brings to my mind the time during world war 11 II when a canning factory where I 1 was employed secured the services of german prisoners of war these prisoners were housed in the vicinity of ogden and strict observance ot of all rules roles of warfare were kere adhered to by officers in charge of them the I 1 prisoners were allowed to reworked be worked only so many hours a day seven as I 1 remember it they were paid by the hour given proper housing and food and were treated treat eidl in a friendly manner those were the days when labor was very scarce and those of us who helped during the canning campaign worked long hours in order to take care of the crops molly olly and I 1 stood for hours and made sandwiches to pass out to tile the local workers and we always made enough for the german prisoners of war when the prisoners had worked their required time they were taken back to their camp I 1 ana d our own laborers went on working tor for another five or six hours it is still a political politic kl mystery why word of the korean war atrocities I 1 came to light three or four months lafter after the fact became known to the administration does the administration I 1 feel that by shielding this horrible knowledge from tile the people e at home they ire are doing a favor 0 0 only by having our enemy out in the open and knowing with w what hat we are faced can call we ve meet the problem as it should be met dont spare roe me the knowledge ot of what la is actually happening but spare me the weak unstable processes of the state department it should be the prayer of every citizen of this country that our washy state department will face the issue squarely and zeal leal ize that people who murder soldiers with their hands handa tied behind their backs cannot be bargained with that there here can her be no peace through attempts at blackmail and trades with nations who do not honor their agreements learning of these atrocities can only add to tile the burden of sorrow which parents feel as their sons and daughters leave tor for the armed forces they are now facell with the unholy truth that in addition to the hazards of fighting tile tho boys will bo subjected to torture and nd outright out right murder if they are ca captured p as prisoners ot of war |