Show I Readers Reader Choke VIEWS AND THE THE BIGGEST CONTROVERSY since the birth of the United Nations has been ceen waged over how much authority the UN U.N. has hns has to send member forces to the aid of n nations menaced by ag ag- ag gr sion This dispute was aggravated recently by Dwight D. D Eisenhower's demand that South Koreans rather than Americans defend nf their own front lines n n. n EISENHOWER'S VIEW The general declares We dont don't want Asia to feel that the white whiteman whiteman whiteman man of the west is his enemy There is no sense in the United Nations with America bearing the brunt being constantly compelled to man those front lines Unes Col Ben C. C Limb South Koreas Korea's observer at the UN U.N. agrees with the the- general but wants want our withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal with with- to be gradual Limb points out that the US U.S. is carrying out a stepped up trainIng training training train train- ing program of K Korean rean forces and that his government Is well-pleased well with the program Other South Korean Korean Korean Ko Ko- Ko- Ko rean sources estimate that men are already In training In addition ad ad- to the Korean ground troops now deployed Assuming that 10 per cent of the people are physically ally able men of military age the republic of South Korea could put a maximum of two million men into battle batUe Of course these soldiers would be dependent on the United d States for training and nd equipment But furnishing training trainIng training train train- ing and equipment for nations overrun overrun overrun over over- run by the aggressor is well within 1 the domain of member nations of ot the U UN U.N. N. N those who protest strongly strong strong- ly the death of our men agree COUNTER VIEWS Converse opinion was voiced mostly by UN U.N. aides They argue that no one knows how soon an armistice can be achieved Negotiations Negotiations Negotiations underway more than a year have collapsed So far in actual full full fighting UN U.N. forces forces forces for for- ces PLUS the South Koreans have been Just barely able to turn back Communist offensives These defense defense defense de de- forces deprived of ot Americans and troops of of t the other 15 IS nations would face t disaster baster under a sud sud- den out all-out R Red d attack Withdrawal al to of the UN U.N. forces and their rep replacement with South Koreans would mean depriving the vacating UN U.N. troops of support and supply line maintenance by the South Koreans busy moving up and imperil hour Il ur retreating forces forces for for- ces and thel held well held positions At the saute same time Russia and China would interpret American withdrawal as an omen that under an Eisenhower administration US U.S. support of South Korea would diminish diminish di dl- di- di minish and chances h for a favorable favor tavor- able peace would lessen Removal of oe UN U.N. forces would confirm Stalin's Stalin declaration that the trouble in Korea is a civil war that should be fought by Koreans |