Evening star., 1950-10-13
Truman
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Presidential assistant for foreign
affairs; Secretary of the Army
Pace; Philip C. Jessup, Ambassa-
dor-at-large, and Dean Rusk, As
sistant Secretary of State for
Eastern Affairs.
Mr.. Truman's first action upon
arriving in California last night
was to report his safe arrival to
Mrs. Truman.
/. s'Where's the telephone?" he
asked as he stepped down the
landing ramp.
He looked grim to reporters, but
MIR. Ross told them:
"I don't know why he should
look grim"
Mr.. Ross said Mr.. Truman was
in unusually good humor on the
2,040-mile nonstop flight from st.
Louis. He said the President was
particularly wide awake" over the
Rockies, showing great interest in
the scenery. He took one nap,
read Government reports and Wis
tied frequently in the planes cock
pit.
Mr.. Ross declined to say when
the President and the United Ma
tons commander in the Pacific
would meet or how long the con-
ference would last.
T (The Star yesterday, through
a typographical error. quoted
| Edwin w. Pauley. California oil
man, as saying that the Tru-
man Macarthur meeting would
| be held on the Pauley island
estate in the Pacific. Mr.. Pauley,
who saw the President on the
takeoff, Wednesday. had told
reporters that the meeting would
NOT be held on his place.
i Speaks In San Francisco Tuesday.
The President will be back in
this area by Tuesday to make
major foreign affairs speech in
San Francisco at the Civic Opera
House. 1t will be followed by a
second address before the United
Nations General Assembly in New
York October "a.
Vaughan Aboard Plane.
With the President aboard the
independence were his mill
tary aide. Maj. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan; his personal physician,
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham,
and Mr.. Ross.
Also on the plane when it
landed at Fairfield -Suisun was
Mon c. Wallgren, chairman of
the Federal Power Commission
He was en- route to Seattle and
had hitched a ride with his old
Senate associate.
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Kristof-
ferson, commanding the Military
Air Transport Service on the
West Coast, said nine B-29s from
the Hamilton field air-sea rescue
squadron would cover the Presi-
Dental flight to Hawaii.
| The President started his long
trip from Lambert Field, st. Louis
at 4 pm. after 24-hour stopover
to see his sister, Miss Mary Jane
Truman, installed as grand worthy
matron of the Eastern Star in
Missouri.
Who Will Win, Is Question.
One of the questions about
the Truman-MacArthur meeting
which has set off a debate in the
capital is this:
Will the President win over Gen.
Macarthur to his views on Far
Eastern policy-or will the general
win over the President?
If Gen. Macarthur - a highly
persuasive man - should prevail,
Mr.. Truman would have to shift
gears on some controversial issues
such as Formosa. That would
, greatly embarrass Secretary of
State Acheson, architect of the
present diplomacy.
Among the Presidents advisers
at the meeting, however, are
scheduled to be the two men who
mainly developed the Far Eastern
program for Mr. Acheson. Ever
; though the Secretary will not be
present, his views will be repre-.
sented by Ambassador Jessup anc
Assistant Secretary Rusk.
If Mr.. Truman, known as g
stubborn scrapper once he has
made up his mind, should per.
suade Gen. Macarthur that he i,
on the right track about such
issues as Formosa, the administra-
: ton would be in much stronger
: position.
5 Third Point About Argument.
!, Many of it's Republican critics
3 have made regular practice oi
invoking Gen. MacArthur's pres.
) tige. experts reputation and sol.
dierly Judgment by linking theil
criticisms with visits to his head
quarters, letters or other devices
!, There is third point of view
about this argument. 1t is held by
some of the best informed au-
thorities in Washington! They
think the President and the Gen
eral may simply concede the ex-
istence of their different opinions
in advance and concentrate on
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