Evening star., 1950-10-12
Talk With Macarthur
May Further World
Peace, Truman Says
BY the Assoeiaied Press


way to counter the explosiv,
threat of communism in the Fa
East.
He contended that the free ma
tions are making progress
toward peace "in spite of condi
tions which are prevailing in th'
Far East"
Out of his weekend conferenc,
in the Pacific, the President pre-.
dicted. may come some contribu.
tion to the peace of the world.
Mr.. Truman's talk last night
to a meeting of the Missouri Or.
der of the Eastern Star, high.
lighted his stopover here en- route
to the spectacular rendezvous
with Gen. Macarthur, $500 miles
away.
Although about $4,000 persons
heard the Presidents speech tc
a closed meeting of the Masonic
affiliate, newspaper men were
barred.
Manuscripts Given to Press.
G Typewriter transcripts of his
remarks were made available to
the press later by Presidential
Secretary Charles G.. Ross.
That Wake Island will be the
scene of the week end conference
the first face-to-face meeting OF
the President and the United Ma
tionS' commander-was the opin-
ion of most members of the Presi-
dents party. There also was
speculation that they might meet
aboard the battleship Missouri.
Mr.. Ross refused to comment.
Speaking after seeing his sister
Miss Mary Jane Truman, installed
as Missouri Worthy Grand Matron
OF the Order of the Eastern Star
Mr.. Truman declared in his neigh
borly, -the-cuff fashion:
"Now am on my way to have
a conference with Gen. Mac
Arthur, and I hope that out OF
that conference will come some
contribution to the peace of the
world.
For five long, hard years as
President of the United States ]
have labored diligently to attain
a peaceful world. I think, in spite
:. of conditions which are prevailing
in the Far East, that we are
. making progress toward that
point"
The President scheduled a 4
pm. (EST) takeoff from Lambert
st. Louis Airport in the Inde-
pendence on the second lap of
his flight.
He is due at Fairfield -Suisan
airport in California at Ills pm.
g. PST) and at Hickam Field, Hon.
olulu, at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, Hawaiian time. A four-hour
stop is planned in California, a
16-hour layover at Hickam Field
The meeting with Gen. Mac
Arthur after his spectacular VIC
tory in Korea may figure heavily
in the congressional election
campaign. &@@s
Mr.. Truman will make it the
basis for foreign policy speeches
at San Francisco October II and
to the United NationssG General As
sembly III New York October "a.
The White House has labeled both
Of these talks 'non-political."
Plays Role of big Brother"
. Dispatches out of Tokyo quote
. Informed officials as saying Gen.
Macarthur is expected to warn
the President that future Red at
tacks can be headed off only by a
powerful U. N. force.
1t was big brother" to Mary
! Jane Truman that the President
. flew into St. Louis last night to
F. help honor her. Smiling and
friendly, she walked to the ros-
trum in Kiel Auditorium in a new
/. white lace gown, escorted by the
!. President and her older brother,
: j. Vivian Truman of Grandview
/. Mo.
: The President, a 33d degree
Mason, called it a very high hon
or to the family" and said "we
all appreciate it,"
Then, becoming serious, he de-
elared:
"It is not customary in coun-
tries other than the free countries
of the world, such as the United
States, Canada and Great Britain,
to have organizations of this kind
which can operate as they please
for the welfare of all the mem
bers. The first thing that a to-
talitarian government does is to
abolish all such organizations as
this, and persecute the members. y
Follows Up Crack at Russia.
He followed up this obvious
crack at Soviet Russia by saying
Il hope that the time will come
in the not-far- distant future when
it will be the privilege of every
great nation to have freedom OF
the individual"
Mr.. Truman compared the diff
flculties of uniting the world fol
peace with those that led to the
Civil War in this country.
II hope eventually that ther,
will come a time in the worle
when it will not be necessary fol
us to settle our differences by
killing each other" he said. "W'
have to be patient, though. be-
cause it took us-ourselves-mor'
than 80 years to come to tina
conclusion, and we were four o
those years whipping ourselve
before we decided to live peace
fully together"
Mr.. Truman will attend a closet
luncheon meeting with his siste
and her fellow officers before leav
ing here.
He will be assisted at the Mac
Arthur conference by a top-figh
staff, including w. Averell Harri
man, his foreign affairs expert
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman o
tho Ioiot Chiefs of Gtoff an,