The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-02-13
T H EsE DAYS
SALESMAN IKE
GEORGE K. SUKCaSKY

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no one more able to sell his wal
program, or who could have done
it more effectively.
Furthermore, it takes considerable
courage to question General Eisen-
howers judgment on a military
question in view of his experiences
and authority in this particular
field While it is possible to wonder
whether the President quite under
stands the problems of war, it is
not possible to have the same
doubts about General Eisenhower
Again, while General George
Marshall has been involved in start
ling errors, proved by time to have
been errors of knowledge as well as
judgment, General Eisenhower has
not become SO involved He has
had no part in the Asiatic confusion
and bears no responsibility for
Teheran or Yalta.
This places him in an extra
ordinary position to influence public
opinion, and his responsibilities are
the greater because his acceptance
is so universal.
Therefore, an analysis of his
speeches, press interviews and the
reports of his meetings with Con-
gressional Committees must take
on this objective approach: that
with keen desire to accept what
General Eisenhower has said as
gospel truth, it is still essential,
under our system of government,
to scrutinize, analyze. and debate
his suggestions with the view to-
ward discovering, as far as possible,
the exact state of our own security.
/. 1t is clear that General Eisen-
hover adds nothing TO nor does
he modify the terms, purposes and
arrangements D. the Brussels con-
ference. Theref2Se, his speeches
could have been ;aade before his
trip to Europe, or without any trip
at all. His was a confirmatory
inspection.
2. He holds that the President
should be in a position to send
ground troops, of whatever quantity,
anywhere without restriction.
3. While this is the equipment
providing stage, no restrictions are
to be placed upon the man-giving
stage.
{ 4. Spain, Yugoslavia, Turkey and
Formosa are not included in his
His remarks concerning
Germany are remote and incon-
elusive.
! He said:
Il am not even going to men
ton my special conversations in
and for a very specific
reason. I personally think that
there has to be a political platform
achieved, an understanding that will
an eventual and earned
equality on the part of that ma
ton, before we should start to
talk about including units of Ge--
mans in any kind of army
In a word, Frances program re-
garding Germany is to be accepted
by the United States, although
that means that more manpoWer
will have to be provided either by
France or the United States.
5. While, in a plea for patience,
he refers to Frances commitments
in French Indo-China and Great
Britain's in Malaga, General Eisen-
hover makes no comment on our
own enormous commitments in
Korea. Why are we more concerned
with other countries commitments
than with our own?
6. General Eisenhower declines
any commitment on ratios of ohliga-
lions, which translated means a
Tree hand and an open heart, with
out a specified quid pro quo. That
cost us $4,000, 100000 in lend-lease
as operated by Harry Hopkins, in
Guiding ,OOO,Ooo,ooO for Soviet
Russia.
Lend-lease did not bring to the
United States security from war
for had it done so, General Essen
hover would not have been calico
upon to make these speeches anc
statements. Nor has it brought Us
friendships, as the recent conduct
of nations at the United Nations
clearly indicated.
If there is to be giving, there
ought to be some fixed obllgatlon'
by the recipients of our bene1ac-
lions. General Eisenhower does mo-
indicate that he has such plar
in mind.
Z. He said:
II do not believe, for example
that the United States can plci
up the world on its economic, flnan
cial and material shoulders ant
carry it. We must have cooperatioi
if we are going to work with othe
nations. The results of the ef1or
would be mutual, the common gooo
the common security of the ma
A:.r of tho froouorIdo