Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-06-03 | Page 12 | Crackdown on Koje

Crackdown on Koie o e eSome Some of oC the best news we have read in weeks was in the paper yesterday It told of what might be termed Operation and and involved the kind of crackdown crackdown crackdown crack crack- down on rebellious Communist prisoners pr on that island which all Americans have been waiting forA for A picked group of G. G Ls I.'s moved mo into two prisoner of war compounds where the Reds had defied orders to remove Communist flags or insulting banners In short order the infantrymen supported supported sup sup- ported by two tanks battered down a flagpole sprayed gasoline on banners and burned them and also repaired a break in a barbed wire fence Interesting point about this display of authority is that in another compound where recently an British American demolition party parly used tear gas in carrying carrying carrying carry carry- ing out disciplinary action the Reds complied instantly with orders to teardown tear teardown down a Red flag and remove a statue of oC ofa oCa a North Korean Communist soldier Plainly the answer to the problem of Communist rebelliousness is firmness It It is typical of oC Communists to regard kindly and decent treatment as a sign of weakness and to take lake advantage of it in every possible way Weve We've learned our lesson on that at And we trust the Communists there are now learning their lesson that lesson that there is a limit to our patience and to our willingness to lo let Communists use and abuse our ideals of fair play and human decency making fools of us before the world