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Defense Secretary Marshall Testifies For Seventh Day

WASHINGTON, (AP)—Secretary Marshall testified today Russia had made "sizeable increases" in its military garrisons near Korea since last December.

He had mentioned this in testimony last week but his reference to December pin-pointed the time of the build-up as he had not done before.

Under questioning, Marshall also insisted that Gen. MacArthur's plan of stepped up air and sea fighting would not defeat Red China in Korea.

For the seventh day, the Defense Secretary was before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees.

MacArthur has testified that only a few more ground troops would be needed in Korea to win a victory there if American bombers were permitted to raid Red China's bases in Manchuria, a naval blockade was clamped on the China coast and Chinese Nationalist troops were used against the Communists.

In previous testimony, Marshall had argued this program involved too big a risk that Russia might intervene and touch off a global war.

He had questioned, too, whether the MacArthur program would end the war quickly. But Marshall once said that if he had absolute certainty the Russians would not come in he would favor bombing Chinese bases in Manchuria.

At the outset of today's hearings, Senator Russell warned his colleagues against any "leaks" of secret testimony from the closed door hearings.

He said "We are unlocking secrets that have been protected in steel safes" and declared that "neither our God nor our fellow citizens will ever forgive us" if indiscretions add to the danger facing American fighting men.