Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Korean Unification Big Question In General Assembly Defense Gets Resources Priority Won art la are of Union's nw and no of After three months and two weeks the war in South Korea was virtually with only small pockets of resisting Communists to be The above map shows how United Nations forces broke out of the beachhead and linked up with troops landed at Communists not trapped In the quick advance fled north of the the Next Three months and two weeks after Communist forces from North Korea plunged south of the parallel In an attempt to conquer the republic of South United Nations forces won a victory in the destroyed a large part of the invading and advanced to that Imaginary line dividing north and south And although South Korean troops crossed the U. N. forces sat on their heels awaiting word from the general assembly of what to do The assembly was faced with a question it was reluctant to Should U. N. forces go beyond the Those who favored crossing the parallel argued that failure to do so would mean a hollow victory for the N. The enemy would be saved from the knockout He would be able to regroup his await the time for another invasion At the very the safe behind their would be able to keep the country occupation of North Korea is necessary if the assembly Is ever to fulfill its aim unification of the country under a democratically chosen Those against the crossing argued that a U. N. military campaign to take North Korea might be regarded by Moscow and as a reason for marching That might mean the Even if the dreaded Intervention did not military operations by General MacArthur in North Korea would have a bad effect in the It would be Interpreted by many with deep-rooted suspicions of western as another example of white Added to the confusion was the roar of Red threatening to send troops into North Korea if U. N. forces advanced north of the Many observers pointed that Red invasion of Korea would offer the Nationalists the opportunity to invade south Appointment Wl m Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall Is shown talking with Robert A. appointed by President Truman to serve as undersecretary of Head liners I am certain that with time and and with devotion and sacrifice on the part of the free the United Nations will steadily grow In strength and capacity to fulfill Its central the preservation of International peace and former Secretary of State Cordell Hull said in a statement released on his roots of Communist aggression cannot be left to grow again Into a a voice of America program beamed to North Korea The aggressor's forces should not be permitted to have refuge behind an Imaginary line because that would recreate the threat to the peace of Korea and of the Warren R. U. S. delegate to the United said in a speech before the general Military Gets First Call In the first sweeping priorities regulation issued by the national production the government gave the atomic energy commission and the military first call on the nation's factories and raw materials to assure success of the rearmament The order required producers to put military orders ahead of everything else even If civilian production such as automobiles and refrigerators must be shunted Effective the order covers most of the goods and materials the military will need for It does cover electric farm and In the the defense or the atomic energy will put a priority rating or war contracts with a business This means the company must give first attention to fulfilling the whether or not it wants The firm with the priority contract has the right to extend its priority to other concerns from which it must get parts or materials to fulfill his This puts the war contractor in the position of requisitioning anything he with th-j government back of his The automobile Industry was the first to comment on ne A spokesman for General Motors said a cut of 10 to If per cent in truck and car production may take place within the next 12 Already hampered by a shortage of certain the spokesman said that much scarce will be diverted to the rearmament there's we can do but plan ahead for a drastic cut In production of civilian feel the worst of it in about a he |