South Koreans
Demonstrate
Against Truce
SEOUL, Iff)— As staff officers
worked Tuesday on final details
of a Korean armistic, hundreds of
thousands of South Koreans dem
onstrated violently against the im
pending truce that will leave their
nation divided.
In Seoul crcfwds estimated by
some authorities as large as 500,
000 stormed through the streets of
the war-devestated South Korean
capital.
While the demonstrations raged,
defiant South Korean President
Syngman Rhee assembled with
his generals behind closed doors.
The meeting followed one with
Gen. Maxwell Taylor, U.S. Eighth
Army commander and the South
Korean cabinet.
A spokesman said the cabinet
and national assemblymen who
attended the session reaffirmed
their decision to ignore an armis
tice based on the May 25th U.N.
proposal, continue the war, and
fight Indian troops if they land
in Korea.
In a direct warning to India, the
National Assembly resolved that
South Korea “will execute its free
rights” if any foreign troops touch
Korean soil to guard war prison
ers after an armistice.
Under the prisoner exchange
agreement signed Monday, India
alone would supply troops to han
dle the prisoners.
South Korea considers India
pro-Communist.
Two Top Jet Aces
TOKYO, JAPAN—Capt. Manuel Fernandez (left), Miami, Fla., and
Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley, Calif., were decorated by
the Air Force with the Distinguished Service Crosses and Silver Stars
for their unparalleled feat in knocking a total of 30 Russian-built
MIGs out of the North Korean skies. At a Tokyo news conference, the
two top jet aces laughingly explained that they had no seerets for
success to pass on to their fellow sabre jet pilots, except to explain
that “our best secrets are our eyes.”
Wilson Explains Air Force Cuts
To Senators, Says More Money
Could Not Be Spent Prudently
WASHINGTON, UP)— Secretary <
of Defense Wilson told Senators
Tuesday the new Pentagon com
mand intends to continue the
buildup of the U.S. air power but
is against asking for new funds
that can’t be spent prudently and
properly.
He said that the expectation of
120 wings for the Air Force by the
end of 1955 doesn’t mean the new
administration has “set aside the
143-wing basis.”
The Truman administration’s
Air Force goal was 143 wings,
ranging in size from 30 bombers
to 75 fighters each.
Wilson was before a Senate ap
propriations subcommittee for the
second day defending his $5 bil
lion slash in the Air Force budget
drawn up by the Truman admin
istration for the fiscal year begin
ning July 1.
Insisting his figures were in line
with prospective actual produc
tion accomplishments, Wilson told
the Senators:
“You can’t get planes in half
the time by appropriating twice
the money.”
The white-haired former presi
dent of General Motors insisted
that adequate air power and na
tional defense had been put ahead
of desires to slash funds and bal
ance the budget.
“I’m sure you can vote for this
budget with a clear conscience,”
Wilson told Sen. McClellan dur
ing one long exchange.
McClellan has urged Wilson to
“forget about balancing the bud
get” and tell Congress just how
many billions were needed to
build toward a 143 - wing Air
Force.
Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich), chair
man of the appropriations sub
committee, told reporters a cease
fire in Korea would likely take
some of the force out of their ar
guments. But he cautioned that
the nation “must not be lulled into
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a sense of false security” by a
cease-fire.
Under questioning from Fergu
son, Wilson testified that the new
“top echelon” in the Pentagon
carefully reviewed Army, Navy
and Air Force programs to study
unspent funds and programs, in
order to hold requests for new
funds to those that could be spent.
W. J. McNeil, Assistant Secre
tary of Defense in charge of fiscal
affairs, told the senators the Air
Force now has about $8 billion
worth of spare engines and parts
on order.
CHURCH FIRE PROBLEM
WILSONVILLE, Neb., UP) —
Members of the Wilsonville Meth
odist Church are hoping that the
third time will prove a charm
and that their new church will
last for a while.
Three times in the past-50 years
the congregation has built a new
church. The first two burned
down; the third is now in use.
The new one has asbestos sid
ing and fireproof roofing plus “a
lot of fire insurance,” according to
Clarence Treat, who headed the
building committee.
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