Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS korean unification big question in general assembly discussions defense gets resources priority 1 EDITORS when opinions are ress ld in these column they are thou western newspaper unions news anslyn safo an a not necessarily at this newspaper pAper NOW S K 30 U S MAXIMS aari U S H S UH S K ath ion U S K EA cam V U 1 MW US mitt RW rum US 0 10 40 after three months anil and two weeks the war in south korea was virtually over with only small pockets of resisting connnie Conn nii nests to be eliminated the above map shows how united nations forces broke out of the beachhead and linked up with troops landed at ai anchon communists not trapped in the ho quick advance tied led north of 0 the parallel KOREA the next move three months weeks after communist forces from north korea plunged south of the parallel in an attempt to conquer tho the republic of 61 south korea united nations forces won a victory in the south destroyed a large part of the invading army and advanced to that imaginary line dividing north and south korea and although south korean kordan troops crossed the parallel U ni forces sat on their heels awaiting word from the general assembly of whit what todo to do next tho the assembly iwas faced with a question it was ant f to answer should uc U N forces arces go beyond the parallel those who crossing the parallel argued that failure to do so would means meana hollow victory toy toj the U J N the tha enemy would bes be gaved caved from the knockout 1 punch he Ild would be able to 0 o regroup his forces await the time fo for another invasion attempt at the tha very least the communists ts safe alfo behind their theli parallel would be able to keep the country d divided thus occupation oi of north korea la Is necessary if atthe the assem assembly bly esever Is i ever to fulfill unification of the country under ft a democratically i chosen government those against tho the crossing ergues that a a U N military campaign to take north Korea might be ba regarded by moscow and ngai as a provocation a reason for marching south that might mean the war even if tho the dreaded intervention did not materialize teri alize military operations by general macarthur in nor north th korea would have a n bod bad effect in tho the orient it would be interpreted by many asians with deep suspicions of western intentions as another example of white imperialism added to the confusion was tho the roar of red china threatening to send troops into north korea it U N forces advanced north of the parallel many observers pointed out however that red invasion of korea would otter offer the nationalists t the h e opportunity to invade south china appointment 44 6 A IV 0 0 o L secretary of defense george C marshall left is shown talking with robert A lovett jr appointed by president Preside iii truman to servo serve as undersecretary of defense headliners Head liners I 1 1 I am certain that with time and patience and with devotion and sacrifice on the part of the free no nations the united nations will steade ly grow in strength find and capacity to fulfill its central centra function the preservation erval er aon of international peace and security former secretary of state cordell hull said in a statement released on his birthday ta the toots roots of communist aggression cannot be left to grow again into P poisonous tree a voice oi of america program beamed to north korea said tho the aggressors forces should not bo be permitted to have re fugo behind nn an imaginary line because that would recreate the threat to the lie peace of korea ant and of the he world warren R austin U S delegate to the united nations said in a speech before the generl general assembly gem bly DEFENSE NS military gets first call in the first sweeping priorities regu regulation tation issued by the national production adamini administration tra tion the government gave the atomic energy commission and tho the military first call on the nations factories and raw 1 materials to assure success of the rearmament program the tha order required producers to put military orders order ahead of everything alse even it civilian pro production due such as automobiles and refrigerators must be shunted aside elective immediately the order covers most of the goods and materials bals tho the military will need tor for rearmament it does not however cover electric power farm arm equipment fuels gas petroleum and transportation tn in exciting tho the order tho the defense department or the atomic energy comm commission assion will ill put a DO defense order priority rating on war contracts with a business firm this means the company must give first attention to fulfilling the tha contract whether or not it wants mants to t 01 the firm with tho the priority contract has tho the right to extend its priority to other concerns from which it must get parts or materials to fulfill his contract this puts the war contractor in the position of requisitioning anything he needs with the government back of his authority tho the automobile industry was tho the first to comment on the order A spokesman for general motors said a cut of 10 to 15 per cent in truck track and car production may tako take place within tho the next 12 months already hampered by a shortage of certain materials the spokesman lipsman sold said now that much scarce mate bials will be diverted to the rearmament program theres nothing we can do but plan ahead for a drastic cut in prodoc production of civilian goods well feel the worst of it in about a year he ha said |