| Show senator watkins deplores hopeless warfare in korea senator arthur V watkins it utah conducted a legislative clinic clinic at the county court house 0 on n tur tue day evening the M rrnrtlng e aing iing was a 1 .1 informal question tio a and nd answer period with about b t 35 vernal residents pros pres en nt in his opening remarks the senator commented on his previous vi ou 5 experiences in the vernal c courtroom ourt room including e eighth i g h t h grade graduation exercises early law practice and having presided there as a judge ho ile also served as editor of the vernal eprcss eprcqs for a six months period in 1012 1912 substituting for C B cook in reference to the korean situa situation t ion senator watkins stated that he had not opposed the U united states sending troops but bu t th that t the president did not ha have v c t the he authority to declare w war ar since the constitution gave the right to congress 1 I would have sent a message to congress giving them the situation had I 1 been in the presidents place and let them do the deciding he stated although the joint jolt chiefs of staff said ko korea r ea was indefensible defensible defens IbI e in 1949 they were forced to agree to its defense after the presidential proclamation he added our present situation in korea is called operation killer the continued on page 8 SENATOR WATKINS drplores deplores HOPELESS WARFARE IM IN KOREA continued irom from pace pare 11 senator said troops arc are not permitted to cross into manchuria and provoke russian attack but arc are killing chinese and koreans as fast as they can kill them without making any advances w the entire korean situation should have been foreseen he added in response to a question a about bout the united nations senator watkins r replied that when we signed the north atlantic treaty we said in effect that the united nations was ineffective we are tangled up in that treaty and now we cannot withdraw with honor from our commitments hl ITH concluding statement on this aspect of the discussion was that the united s states tates needs to get a realistic policy notify the world ol 01 of how far we cart can go with our commitments and tell our allies to stand on their own two feet and prepare to defend themselves when asked tor for his reaction tothecurrent tothe to the current publicity given to making general eisenhower Elsen hower a presidential candidate the senator said that many people hope eisenhower Elsen hower will unite the country without knowing what he stands for and that he Is being amigh hlgh migh pressured to the eastern republicans by the same men who nominated wendell wilkie wllkle wilkle we do not want to buy a pig in a poke he said but elsen eisen hower might even be supported by senator taft UE if he would come out and gay say what he stood for the last two administrations might be called diplomacy by hunches and war by impulse the senator stated he added that some people think the salvation of this country depends on getting rid of the present administration in answer to a question about political corruption he said that mink coats are bad enough but not as bad as a m man an violating his oath of office and sending our people into a bloody war in answer to a question on the opposition statement on echo park dam made in los angeles monday by assistant interior secretary dale W doty senator watkins replied that he hoped mr doty was not speaking for secretary chapman this would mean a complete reversal of the previously announced policy of the department and will give great encouragement cc coura wra gement to enemies of the project he added the senator was hopeful of getting the dam operation cineration authorized in the senile but arizona continues to block its passage in the house senator watkins was accompanied on his visit by members of of his staff ray E james legislative assistant and foreign affairs specialist D devere e v e r e whitland field secretary and richard T cardall administrative assistant |
