Show I 1 N- N I I Ij j Associated Pr P Press M Photo Tiger Chief Chats With Chinese Wife Claire L. L Chennault wartime commander of Flying Tigers and his young oung Chinese wife wile chat together as they go to session of the house foreign affairs committee at which Chennault urged help for Chinese Chennault Says Aiding China Will Hurt Russ V WASHINGTON March 10 UP JP- JP Maj Gen Claire Chennault told the he house foreign affairs committee commit- commit tee ee Wednesday that military aid to China would help stop atop Russian aggression in Europe The former ormer commander of the tho Flying Tigers said failure to provide provide provide pro pro- vide aid to China will inevitably set the stage stag for World War III Under questioning Chennault estimated estimated es- es that It would cost from to over a year three-year period to provide the he aid id China needs need The Flying Tigers' Tigers were a volunteer vol vol- force of ot fliers mostly American who fought with fought with China against Japan before Pearl Harbor At 57 Chennault Is retired from the army and heads a commercial aviation c in C China ri x I He flew fleu her ler er t to t testify athe committees committee's hearings n the ad administrations administration's administrations administration's id- id ministrations ministration's reque request t that congress congress con con- con I gress vote for aid to Chennault's year old Chinese wife accompanied him to the hear- hear ing ng- ng Chennault argued Chinas enormous population could furnish almost unlimited manpower for military op operations If lt properly trained equipped and supplied At least the fact that they could not be dominated and trained as slave labor by Russian Rusian masters would be of ot utmost value to us as an asset df When these facts ar are considered considered consid consid- ered erect and given proper weight as factors in any future war it is not difficult to understand understand under under- stand why Russia would not voluntarily voluntarily voluntarily vol vol- vol- vol launch an offensive in Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope so long as China remains un- un Nor should it be hard to understand why a third world war is improbable if China remains China remains our friend and ally Chennault lt read read a p 13 13 page ge state statement ment which con cn concluded d with Avith with this i a summary j w World rl pea pac a c e is Is' t definitely threat threatened n d by th the world wide expansion expansion expansion ex ex- ex- ex plans of at the communist leaders A uA strong independent anticommunist anticommunist anti- anti communist Chinese national government government government gov gov- constitutes our only only- hope hone of halting the spread of c communism mm in Asia and of preserving the j peace of the world |