The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-23
A Job For Eisenhower

The Star-News has made mention of General
genius, for diplomacy His administration of
the fighting forces in western Europe was no
less successful in dealing with diverse national
problems than for it's military success.
He had to solve many problems on what
we familiarly call snap judgment" In no
case did he fail to find the right answer,
with no time for bordering the factors or
working out the equation. Like lightning
calculator the right answer seemed to spring
to his lips on the instant
This newspaper is glad to note that its esti
mate of the General as a diplomatist is sup
ported in article recently published by the
Christian Science Monitor, written by Erwin
D. Canham, in which the author considers
Jobs for generals.
What are they to do when their battle days
have passed? Mr.. Canham has picked job
for General Eisenhower for which he is emf
rently we'll fitted and in which he inevitably
would shine as brilliantly as he did as Supreme
Commander in western Europe Writes Mr.
Canaan:
First, we have the tremendous and his
torically unprecedented talents of Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower. His prestige stands as high
in Europe today as that Of any other human
being 1t is a rare and valuable commodity.
Should this prestige be subjected to the wear
anc tear of occupation and political problems?
Should it be dragged in the dust OF postwar
Europe? Or is that the right way to look at
things at all? Is there any way General Eisen-
hower's qualities Of craftsmanship can be
utilized?
"The alternative, it would seenl is for Cen
eral Eisenhower to take a big job at home.
There aren't very many big jobs. One would
be Supreme Commander in the Pacific. But
is there to be such post? What about the
relationship of General Eisenhower and Cen
eral Macarthur, which is already troubled BY
past frictions? Another big job is that OF, Chief
OF Staff. But is Gen. George c. Marshall going
on to something else, and if SO, what?
1T has been suggested that General Eisen-
hover would be fine choice for the post OF
first Secretary-General Of the United Nations.
In the words of Winston Churchill he has
shown the capacity for making great nations
have ever been before In this job, General
Eisenhower needed endless diplomacy. Indeed,
his task involved fully as much statecraft as it
did strategy. And while it would have seemed
incongruous to suggest man of war as man
of peace, it is now clear to all that the mill
/ tary aspects of the United Nations must re-
main prominent. No better way of emphasiz-
ing the significance of the general staff con-
sui ton and the other military provision Of
the Golden Gate Charter could be found than
to pit the United Nations own General in
charge"
With the San Francisco charter completed
and to be considered by the Big Three at the
forthcoming session at Potsdam, it would ap
pear no wiser step could be taken than tt
turn it's administration over to General Eisen
hover Obviously Prime Minister Winston
Churchill OF Great Britain, who has been ir
close contact with the General throughout the
war, and President Truman would agree upor
his selection for this vital post. Premier Stall
ms attitude would need sounding out, but ever
if he objected the vote could be two to ont
for Eisenhower.