Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-15
MACARTHUR bEGS
FOR STRONG ARMY
Little Worth Having That
Soldiers Have Not Won,
He Says.

Lashing out at pacifist doctrines
Gen. Douglas Macarthur. Army chief
of staff, pleaded last night for vigil
liant preparedness and constantly
adequate national defense.
In a speech at the annual Rainbow
Division banquet, broadcast over an
N. B. c. network, Gen. Macarthur
warned that to be weak in men and
ornaments was to court the fate of
ancient civilizations which paid more
attention to culture than to protection.
Let us be prepared. lest we, too,
perish" he said.
MacArthurS Characterization OF
pacifsts was mild compared with
that of j. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Bureau of investigation. IL an
unscheduled, externporaneouS ad-
dress, the No. Oman" told the
Rainbow veterans that enemies of
preparedness were racKeteers for peace
propaganda, chiselers and skunks."
Parole Racket Assailed.
"They prey upon the public's fears
and devitalize he armed forces simply
to make a living, Hoover said,
Comparable with tie undermining"
motives of pacifist3, Hoover addad, are
1.-The crooks who work the parole
racket" shyster lawyers and sob
sisters" The Department If jus
tice is conducting a vigorous cam
paign against this class Of yangSter
aids and recentlv has been particu-
larry critical of abuses of the parole
system.
Unless you stamp out these enemies
within" Hoover saio there Will be
nothing left in America worth fighting
for with enemies from without.
Gen. Macarthur said that as rule
"they who preach by word or by deed
peace at any price are not possessed
of anything worth having and are
oblivious to the interests of others, IN
Guiding their own dependents
Public Opinion Held Submerged.
The public opinion of the United
States is being submerged he de-
clared. by deluge of organizations
whose activities to prevent war would
be understandable we're they distrio-
uted in some degree among the armed
nations of Europe and Asia. The effect
of all this unabashed and unsound
propaganda is not so much to convert
America to holy horror of war as
It is to confuse the public mind and
lead to muddled thinking in their ma
tional affairs. few intelligent groups
who are vainly trying to present the
true facts to the world are over
whelmed by the sentimentalist, the
emotionalist, the alarmist, who merely
befog the real issue
Pointing out that less than l in
10 of the past 3.400 years has been
free from war, Macarthur said: Every
nation that would preserve its tram
quillity. it's riches. its indeperi'Nce
and its self-respect must keep alive
its martial ardor and be at all times
prepared 10 defend itself
From Magma Charta to the present
day there is little in our institutions
worth having Or worth perpetdatlng
that has not been achieved tor us
by armed men"
Garrett Elected Head.
At the closing business session of
their seventeenth annual reunion yes
terday morning, the Rainbow veterans
elected Col. Ruby D. Garrett. Kansas
City, Mo. national president t. sue
coed M. Manning Marcus, Washing
ton. Kansas City was chosen as the
1886 convention city.
Other officers selected were Jim
Barney. Miami, Fla. first vice presi-
dent; Leland L. Whitney, Cleveland,
second vice president; DR.. Frederick
w McAfee. Detroit third vice presi-
dent, and Ralph E Bryan, Roanoke,
Va. fourth vice LreS!Cent.
The Rainbow Women's Auxiliary.
also meeting n The morning, elected
the following; Mrs. Forbes Lamp
man. Columbus. OHIO, national presi-
dent; Mrs. Camille Nesele, Washing
ton, second vice president re-elect-
ed. and Mrs. b. Mckee. second vice
president.
Wreaths Laid on Tomb.
Veterans and their womenfolk
cruised down the Potomac yester-
day afternoon ard laio wrea.hs on
the graves of George and Martha
Washington at Mount Vernon.
After the banquet last night. the
reunionists observed champagne
hour" in commemoret on of the most
famous Rainbow Division victory, at
Champagne, France, July IA, 1918.
The serious theme was drawn by Col.
j. Monroe johnson, assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce, aid sketch de-
picting an episode in the divisions
experience was presented by the Wash
ington Community Players. Cham
payne hour" concluded the reunion.