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...truce should now be negotiated...
Contradictions. He testified one day that a truce in Korea at the 38th parallel would be "tantamount to ... defeat" for the U.S., yet said next day that if such a truce were offered, he would jump at it. He was emphatic in saying that the U.S. should be careful to work "under the aegis of the United Nations," yet he also said, "if they don't go along with us, I say we go alone." He took issue with the judgment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the whole broad strategy of the Korean war, yet advised...
...truce at the 38th parallel would be a "defeat for us psychologically." It would mean that "our first team was unable to defeat successfully the third team of the Soviet...
...tung underlining the fact that a revolutionary leader must be able to switch policies at a moment's notice according to changing circumstances. Mao's lieutenant, the resilient Chou, had long since proved his ability to about-face. But if he and his comrades wanted a truce in Korea, they gave not the slightest indication of it. Peking last week sounded as warlike as ever. Cried the Red radio: "Those of us who are fighting for the preservation of our country from those insane and evil men . . . are by no means disheartened...
When World War II broke out, the Government announced a truce to prevent U.S. wartime petroleum production from becoming tied up in legal red tape. At war's end, the trustbusters took Mother Hubbard out of the cupboard again. They found that the case was moth-eaten: facts & figures of the indictment, which had taken twelve years to collect, were all out of date. Instead of patching up the case, the Justice Department went out hunting individual oil companies, such as Standard Oil Co. of California, Sun Oil Co., and Richfield Oil Corp. Last week Attorney General J. Howard...