Word: counterattacks
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...Counterattack. The reaction came quickly. Though Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin, who was speaking on the same bill with Matthews, solemnly assured reporters that "Secretary Matthews speaks as the official representative of President Truman," it was soon clear that he did not. Next morning, there were hurried consultations at the White House between Harry Truman, Dean Acheson and Louis Johnson. State was worried; Matthews' ill-considered remarks would be picked up by Moscow to prove to the world what the Communists had said all along: Americans were warmongers itching to start World War III. With Harry Truman's approval...
...postponed the fall premiere of the TV version of The Aldrich Family, because it had received a lot of protests against one member of the cast, Actress Jean Muir. She was identified as a leftie in a directory published by Counterattack. Rejoined Actress Muir: "It's strange . . . especially since I consider Communism one of the most vicious things in the country today." The sponsor, General Foods, said it was making no judgment on the charges, but fired her as "a controversial personality...
...east coast the Communists mounted a heavy counterattack and drove the South Koreans back four to seven miles. This week the Reds had fought to within 2^ miles of Pohang, and although the enemy pressure there was stronger than anywhere else on the front, no great alarm was registered. Said General Walker: "It is my belief that the over-extended enemy is making his last gasp...
...week's end, they had put three regiments-a full division-across at Changnyong, roadblocked a secondary supply route and threatened the rail-and-road line from Taegu to Pusan. This week the brave, battered 24th Division, which had been fighting steadily for six weeks, moved to the counterattack behind hard-hitting Pershing tanks. The division commander, Major General John H. Church,* said he intended to "drive the enemy back across the river or destroy him on this side." But it was not certain that John Church and his men had enough tomatoes for that...
...Mansei!" Almost on the heels of the first wave of Reds came a U.S. counterattack. Spearheaded by five tanks and two M-8 reconnaissance cars, truckloads of G.I.s from the 19th Infantry Regiment roared through the pass and down into the valley below. Heavy Communist fire damaged the two recon cars and three tanks. The G.I.s, supported by covering fire from the pass, spilled out of their trucks, began fighting a day-long melee in the valley and on the crests of the surrounding hills...