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provoked differences and con-
trary comment.
Chairman Russell of the Senate
Armed Services Committee said
the Presidents statement was
'magnanimous." But Senator
Whelry disdainfully rejected that
idea and said:
After the general was slapped
| in the face. the public reaction
which followed made it impossible
for the President to do anything
else"
Russell Gables Macarthur.
The bitter controversy over the
dismissal of the general, an ac-
ton that brought intense emo
tional reverberations through the
United States and the world, was
marked by these related develop
mentS:
l. Senator Russell cabled Gen.
Macarthur in Tokyo requesting
him to testify before the Senate
Armed Services Committee in
closed hearings on such matters
as whether United Nations forces
in Korea should be permitted to
bomb Chinese bases in Man
churia and whether the Chinese
Nationalist troops on Formosa
should be used to attack the
Chinese mainland. Both courses
have been advocated by Gen.
Macarthur and opposed by Pres
ident Truman and his advisers.
2. Mr.. Truman and John Foster
Dulles. the Presidents special Am
bassador for negotiating Japa-
nese peace treaty, took mutual
steps to keep the treaty settle
Iment from becoming involved in
the Macarthur issue. Mr.. Dulles
left by plane yesterday for a To-
day trip to Japan to speed prep
arations for settlement and also
to allay any Japanese uncer-
tainties resulting from the re-
moval Of Gen. Macarthur.
3. Republican leaders continued
to assail the dismissal of Gen.
Macarthur, with Representative
Martin describing as "bare-faced
deception" the Presidents con-
tention there may be a chance to
negotiate peace in Korea if the
Communists are beaten back in
an expected spring offensive. The
Presidents statement to that
effect was made in a Nation wide
broadcast on the Macarthur issue
Wednesday night.
4. Civic leaders here and others
began planning a welcome for
Gen. Macarthur on his arrival.
Senator Russell made it clear
the Armed Services Committees
hearings, with Secretary of De-
fense Marshall as the first wit
ness. will be closed. He said,
however. an open session would
be held for Gen. MacArthur's
appearance is the general wants to
testify in public.
The concern of the admin
istration to keep the Japanese
treaty negotiations from becoming
snarled up in the Macarthur
issue was reflected by Mr.. Dulles
before his departure for Tokyo.
The Ambassador, top Repub-
lican foreign affairs adviser, made
public an exchange of kilograms
in which he told Gen. Macarthur
he hoped to draw again on his
wise counsel" He said he hoped
to reach Tokyo in time to "see
Macarthur off,"
Under favorable conditions Mr.
Dulles could arrive in Japan Sun
day night while the general is
scheduled to leave Monday Japan
time). Earlier Mr.. Dulles had
said he had tried to arrange a.
meeting with Gen. Macarthur on
the treaty but the general had re-
piled he did not expect to be in
Tokyo when Mr.. Dulles arrived
there.
Dewey Wishes Luck"
Mr.. Truman sent Mr.. Dulles a.
parting message in which he de-
clared the policy of seeking al
prompt settlement in Japan is
strongly supported on a bi-parti-
san basis-a fact which Mr.. Dulles
is eminently qualified to take to
the Japanese people.
Mr.. Dulles also received a mes
sage from Gov. Dewey of New
York wishing him luck in his
critically important mission" and
adding:
There is no more vital task
than to maintain stout opposition
to Communist imperialism in the
Far East and build a firm peace
with Japan upon the fine founda-
tion laid by Gen. Macarthur"
In a statement himself Mr..
Dulles said that nothing that has
transpired" stands in the way of
a treaty agreement by most of the
World War II Pacific allies.
This. apparently, was a refer
ence to British proposal to let
Red China help write the Japan
ese treaty. This was rejected by
the State Department yesterday
along with a British suggestion
for a clause in the treaty saying
that Formosa should be returned
to China. American officials took
the view that such a step would
mean surrendering to the Chinese
Communists.
Mr.. Martin charged in a radio
address last night that "the ad-