Evening star., 1951-11-14
Macarthur Charges
Administration Policy
Is Running Country
By the Asseeiaisd Press


SEATTLE, Nov. 14.-Gen. Mac
Arthur last night told Seattle and
the Nation that the Truman ad-
ministration is following a policy
which, if continued, can lead to
the ruination of the country.
The general devoted only three
minutes of a 45-minute address
to the Seattle centennial which
he was invited here to open and
to which labor groups had urged
him to confine his remarks. But
he referred frequently to the pio-
neer spirit and attitude in his
blistering attack on the Federal
Government.
He never mentioned MIR. Tru-
man or the Democratic Party by
name-but he left no doubt that
he felt the "ruinous processes" of
which he spoke could be halted
only by a change of administra-
ton.
In Peoples Hands.
'The people have it in their
hands," he declared in his broad
cast speech, Ito restore morality.
wisdom and vision to the direction
of our foreign and domestic af-
fairs"
And Immediately one of the
men who had asked him to refrain
from discussing politics while
opening the city's Tooth ami
versary program charged him with
being a candidate for President
of the United States.
The charge was made by Repre-
sentative Mitchell, Democrat. of
Washington, in a statement issued
within minutes after the general
concluded his talk on the Uni
versity of Washington campus
where political speakers normally
are banned. .....-.
Il have long suspected that
Macarthur fancied himself in the
role as the Republican nominee.
I am more firmly of that opinion
after listening to him tonight"
Mr.. Mitchell said.
Hits Administration Policies.
Gen. Macarthur told the 5000
persons who squeezed into the
unlversity's athletic pavilion that
what he termed the administra-
tion'S blunders are leading to a.
third world war, its domestic
policies are drifting into socialism
and spending and taxing are i'm
perlllng the whole structure of
the republic.
Expenditure upon expenditure.
extravaganza upon extravaganceI
have so burdened our people with
taxation and fed the forces of in
f1ation, that our traditionally high
standard of life has become large
ly fictitious and illusory," he said.
The democratic leadership. he
charged, is engaging in bombastic
and provocative statements, which
increase world tensions. It also,
he said. is taking steps which in
exorably tend to lead towards
war"
Says Economy Is Imperiled.
Internal pressures, the audience
was told. have already caused us
to depart sharply from the course
so long held toward national
strength and moral greatness.
Our economic stature, built under
the incentives of free enterprise, !
is imperiled by our drift through
the back door of conflscatory taxa
tion toward state socialism"
Gen. Macarthur turned his
verbal barrage on President Tru-
mans recent security order, which
he termed IAN information black
out the like of which was
never before attempted even
during war"
Freedom Of speech and express
sion are no longer untrammeled,"
he charged. "Slanted propaganda
and abusive language are used to
suppress criticism of the public
administration and discourage
dissemination of the truth"
100000 Turn Out.
The speech climaxed a half day
OF participation in centennial
opening ceremonies, which in
cluded travel along 20-mile route
lined by a crowd estimated by
Police Chief George Eastman att
100000. 1t was the largest crowd
in the history of the city.
The university pavilion was
packed for the address but a crowd
which had been expected to fill a
sizable portion of the adjoining
55,000-seat stadium failed to ma
terialize when a drizzing down.
pour set in. Those who braved
the elements were brought inside
to line the walls, bringing the
total attendance to an estimated
nm