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Evening star., 1951-04-19

From my very low rookery I
pleaded with her not to.
These are some Of the argu-
ments used.
Mr.. Kefauver had a man on me
when I was stealing water
melons in Georgia. A guy tall
ing me, and tapping the crank
telephone, to find out if I asked
Cog, Babe, Chester. Ben and
Dick to come over and share the
heart of the watermelons had
filched.
Mr.. Tobey had on a blouse and
skirt. posing as a teacher, when
I dipped Marion Curry's pig
tails in my inkwell, and tried to
give her a fifth grade kiss, which
Is the most dangerous sort of
kiss, and leads to putting in
racing wires.
The Kefauver Committee un-
doubtedly had a man watch
ing me in. Sorrento last winter
when, with the recklessness of a
crooked cop, I jumped in the
air and stole an orange from a
tree belonging to the Hotel Wit
torio.
Don't open that letter from
Kefauver," I cried, my voice
slightly smothered by inner
springs. Let me have a few
more minutes of peace"
Jean disobeyed me. One of
the few million times she ever
has.
Il just opened it," she yelled.
Come on out from under the
bed. You're safe:"
Then she read me the letter
The gentleman from Tennessee
who, whether he realizes it or
not, has made decent people
conscious Of their power, had
been gracious enough to write
and tell me that the column I
had written about the Kefauver
Committee had siyen him a
chuckle. -
Thanks, Senator. / am glad to
get out from under that bed.
distributed BY McNaught Syndicate, Inc. J.
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Lowell MeHett::
Lowell MeTett
Cliches Pinch Hit for ThouQht
Political Orators Substitute Threodbore Phrases
For Serious Consideration of the World Crisis

Any political campaign is
bound to be filled with cliches
and catch phrases. We are
hearing them now. endlessly
repeated. For,s unfortunately,
the campaign of so is already
under way. 1t is unfortunate,
since 1t makes almost impossible
the serious, non-partisan con-
sideration OF foreign policy so
desperately needed in the pres
ent world crisis. Instead of such
consideration we are getting
threadbare cliches from polite
cal spokesmen who will have Al
hand in determining what our
course in this crisis is to be.
You hear them on the radio
or see and hear them solemnly
delivered by some Of the states
men on your television screen.
I'VE want no more Munichs,"
they say. mo appeasement!"
they cry. The inference is that
the Government, striving per-
sistently to prevent the war in
Korea from developing into a
world war. is making the same
disastrous mistake that was
made by Chamberlain and Da-
ladier at Munich in their effort
to appease Hitler. This because
the Government has thus far
refused to carry the war to the
enemy in Manchuria and to the
Chinese mainland, has insisted
instead in containing it within
Korea.
That is termed appeasement
Dy the political orators. But
the North Koreans and the Red
Chinese probably have a differ
ent name for the manner in
which their aggression has been
met. Seldom in history have
any armies been subjected to
such remorseless destruction as
nave these misguided adven-
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instrument in Japan Of the
greatest bloodless revolution in
Asia. But he has been a bridge
builder, not a dynamiter, up
holding tradition in the midst OF
change. It was Gen. Macarthur
who kept the japanese emperor
on his throne. And do his
friends. falsely calling them
selves conservatives, believe he
will conspire with them to drag
the presidency into the dust?
I do not think so. The General
will defend the republic. But the
President cannot demean hi-o.,
because ,Ais nature is such that
he can only demean hi NJ !.
WiHynilly, he will share the
destiny Of this country with the
President, because, even more
than the President, he can re-
mind both his opponents and
supporters that more important
than persons or policies, than
the President or the General,
is the cohesion of the American
Republic.
tReleased. BY the Bell Syndicate. Incl
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Dorothy Thompson:
Dorothy Thompson: <s@~
Krennlin Weighs u. S. Reactions
Cry to imPeoch the President Has Become Voco
But It Long Has Been Plotted Underqround

The outcome of the struggle
against Communist world DOM
ination will not, I think, be
decided in either Asia or Europe
but within the United States it.
self. What develops within this
country will determine the
Kremlin's calculations OF risk. :
The rest of the West is still
punch-drunk and exhausted
from the last war, feeble
spirited, defeatist, and seriously
divided internally. The great
overseas empires of Europe are
melting away The passion to
deferd national freedom is
weak. Half a century Of philo-
sophie n1aterialism and class
struggle-preached by Commu-
nists, Socialists, and Fabians
alike-has undermined the sense
of community solidarity. Though
all talk Of collective security all
hedge away from implernenting
firm decisions, for the fear of
war obscures all other fears,
and eounsels retreat when ver-s
bal commitments confront real
ity. .-g7
In this situation only the
United States offers any threat
whatever to the global 'ambi-
tions of the Kremlin.. The
American empire. is intact be-
cause it consists of a union of
free and equal men in free and,
equal States. Ours is a country
not invaded since 1912; fearless,
since the Civil War, of seces-
sions; vigorously democratic;
sensitive to every slight; pro-
foundly patriotics prosperous
through natures bounty and its
peoples ingenuity; enormously
vital; and one which instinc-
lively closes its ranks before
external danger.
Such a country cannot be
conquered. come the world
against it, unless it makes con-
quest of itself.
But now. when its parts should
all be flying together, an ac-
ton has occurred which causes
them to fly apart again. Reper-
cussions abroad pale in signifi-
canoe before the fact that
within a few hours the nation
has split into two furiousiy
hostile factions. ~
That Gen. Macarthur has
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DORIS tIeeson:
Policy His Own, Truman Insists
Chief Executive Sure He Is Both Right and President;
Still Thinks General Ought to Have His Welcome

stitutionalist but whose admira-
ton for the Truman judgment
is virtually nil.. says chat the
country is on a emotional
binge" about Gen. Macarthur
The situation here bears him
out.
For example, the bylin e
writer's and radio reporters who
have been dealing with the
story are deluged with Dear
Sir, you cur" mail of a type
much in evidence when Senator
Mccarthy was at fioodtide. The
denunciation is acceptable and
part of the game; the hysterical
and abusive tenor of much of
it is family alarming.
There are. fortunately. signs
that the American sense of hu-
NOR is taking over. The White
House press room is responsible
for a widely circulated MacAr-
thur Schedule whose more print
able items include: General
Macarthur walks ashore from
snorkel submarine at Tidal
Basin. Beheading of General
Vaughan in the Rotunda. 21-
atom bomb salute on the Ana
costa flats to the General.
Burning of the Constitution"
Some friends of the Presi-
dent have gone SO far as to sug-
gest it would be wise of him
to make an excuse not to attend
the opening ball game of the
season here Friday lest he be
booed or worse. It is not con-
sidered worthwhile at the White
House even to mention these
apprehensions to Harry Truman.
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Hong Kong Tanker Seizure
Draws Peipinq Protest
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. April To-
Red China's regime declared Off
cially yesterday that !. British
seizure Of a tanker at Hong Kong
lis an act of open provocation
against the Peoples Republic of
China"
It said a serious protest" is
being lodged with the British
government.
The statement was made by
Chang Han-fu, vice foreign min
lister of the Peiping regime. The
statement was broadcast by the
Peiping radio and monitored by
the Associated Press at San Fran
cisco.
The British took over the tanker
under an ordinance calling for the
lrequisition Of private property in
Jan emergency. The tanker has
been towed away. presumably to
Singapore.
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The Belgians have been very
derelict in meeting their mod
est commitments. Ambassador
Robert D. Murphy reported the
situation some 10 days ago when
he visited Washington. On his
return he presented a strong
verbal admonition to the Bel-
gian government, pointing out
that the whole NATO program
may run into foul weather in
Washington until its members
loyalty fulfill their obligations.
And the lackadaisical attitude
of the Brussels government is
certainly not of a nature to en-
courage increased help to that
country.
Conditions in most other
NATO countries are not much
better. These facts seldom ap-
pear in print, but they are well
known to members of Congress
who are trying to keep a close
tab on what is going on across
the Atlantic. They are con-
vinced-and that applies to
Democratic as well as Republic
can Senators and Representa-
tives-that the State Depart
ment is the least competent
Government agency to have the
major say in distribution Of
whatever funds Congress ap-'
propriates for foreign aid.
Gen. Macarthur is expected
to spark another question which,
heretofore had been. swept un-
der the carpet. That is, wheth-S
er the security of this country
can be safeguarded by holding
Russia off in Europe alone, or
whether we must have a bal
anced diet" in other words
whether we should measure our
military forces against the en-
emy's in Asia as well as Eu-'
rope -.. A&
AS a result of his testimony it
is expected that the people Of
the United States will be able
better to judge the main thing
which affects our lives today,
namely. the question of where
and how we can defend our.
selves best. s ,a- IN
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been insubordinate is unques-
tionable. But his insubordina-
tion reflects the discomfort and
lack of confidence of wide seq
ments of the American people
toward "a schizophrenic foreign
policy which they cannot COM
prehend. So the question can
not be reduced to "who is
master in this house?"
Like many great men Gen.
Macarthur is no less betrayed
by his opponents that by his
friends. In Japan he was sur
rounded by adulators. and adula-
tors are never wise advisers. We
wish that he were more intim-
ately acquainted with some of his
supporters at home. He has
indeed, been away too long. For
months some MacArthurites
have been scheming to ride the
General into power. The cry
to impeach the President has
become vocal and public with
the dismissal of the General
but for months it has been whis-
pered and plotted underground.
Is Gen. Macarthur a party to
this? We are positive he is not.
He has served a lifetime in de-
fense of the United States,
whose crown is the constitution.
He is a man of high and noble
pride. Could such a man be
turned into a Catiline?
His record is one Of superb
magnanimity. His service to
this country rests not only, or
chiefly. on a brilliant military
record. It rests on his govern
ment of Japan, where alone
among the victors he has upheld
American honor, and the Ameri-
can tradition of civilization.
Elsewhere lesser men have trod-
den a PROSTATE enemy under
foot, eyes cleaning for revenge,
fingers itching for loot, thoughts
concentrating to kill forever
formidable industrial rival, for
giving him, allowing him to rise,
only when they feared they
might need him. To those who
sneer Caesar" at Gen. Mac
Arthur there are many japanese
who could reply in the words of
Brittanls, as written by Shaw,
"only as Caesars slave have I
found freedom. "
Gen. Macarthur has been the
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take command in the field when
he wants to? Well, he can.
George Washington did it in the
Whiskey Rebellion in 1894.
why every President has
had the same problem to con-
troll the military. They'd run
the, country every time if you'd
let 'em But they won't do it
while I'm here. Theodore Roose-
velt didn't let 'em. No Presi-
dent can let 'em If he does his
duty" %s1
The Truman callers are ready
to agree that Harry Truman
won't let 'em by the time they
leave the oval study which they
describe as Che quietest spot in
"a Capital feyerishly preparing
for a super-colossal Macarthur
Day. They describe unanimously
-aneearnest President who is sure
he is both right and President.
One put it that you can bank on
one thing, there'll always be an
AeheSOn as long as there's
Truman.
That's another point that
sparks fire from the Truman
flint. The foreign policy, he
makes it clear. is his, not Ache
sons; General Macarthur was
bucking the government, not
the State Department.
Senator Duff, the outspoken
Pennsylvania Republican who
upholds Mr.. Truman as a Con-
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it is known that Gen. Eisen-
hover is worried at the slowness
of our allies to do anything con-
structive toward the ultimate
goal set under the Atlantic
alliance.
France now is on the eve of a
difficult political situation. Re-
ports from Paris indicate that
she will not be able to meet the
quota Of new forces established
at the NATO meetings. It seems
unlikely that by the end Of this
year she will be able to provide
a single additional combat divi-
sion for Western European de-
fense.
The reason is not to be found
in any ill-will Of her govern
ment, but the circumstances
which have developed recently
in that country. Because of
the disturbances in Morocco, the
French government has not been
able. to draw on North African
troops for the war in Indo-
China.
Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tas-
signy. the French commander
in Indo- China, visited Paris last
March and demanded reinforce
ments. Since they were not
available from North Africa, one
division of metropolitan troops
earmarked for the NATO army
had to be embarked and sent to
Indo-C China. To make things
worse at least two metropolitan
divisions had to be sent to
Morocco to maintain order
against the increasing activities
of the Arab nationalists, who
want their empire to become
once more an independent and
sovereign state.
Thus. even if the French gov
ernment proceeds earnestly with
the call to the colors of addi-
tional young men. it has to
replace in Europe the three
divisions which have been
transferred overseas. Thus no
additional strength will be
available this year for the
French slice of NATO.
Evening star., 1951-04-19
e Phrases

turers from the north. Their
losses in men are now numbered
in the hundreds Of thousands,
some estimates reaching toward
a million. That's not sthe type
OF appeasement that Hitler OBJ
tanned at Munich.
But what about the "sanctu-
ary" we've allowed the enemy
forces in Manchuria by refrain-
ing from sending OUR bombers
to blast their bases Of supply
there? Isn't that fighting with
our ''hands ted? Maybe so, but
the North Koreans and the Red
Chinese could make the same
complaint concerning their un-
declared but very real allies,
the Russians. Our own air ex-
perts continually tell us that
Russia's strength In the air is
equal to or greater than our
own. Yet, not being openly in
the war, Russia has refrained
from bombing our bases of
supply in South Korea or in
stripped-down Japan or our
naval concentrations off the
coast of Korea. We've had sane
tuary in that respect. If bomb
ing Manchuria brought Russia
into the open, as everybody
seems agreed would happen, this
sanctuary would cease.
Well, all know is that
we've had three wars during the
present century and they've all
been under Democratic admins
trations." says the statesman
and waits for the applause.
Which he frequently gets. The
suggestion Is that if we had not
had those Democratic adminis-
trations we would not have had
those wars, although none of
them was initiated by the
United States and none was the
result of any American policy.
II they are serious in the
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Korea, although no adequate
military preparations had been
made for it. It was a wise de-
cision to make IN June, 1850.
and a wrong decision in Janu-
ary, 1850. It was wise in June.
1850. because America has
never been afraid to be bold
when duty called. But II the
United States had stationed
Marines in the Far Pacific In
ample numbers and had not put
the bulk Of it's aircraft carriers
''in moth balls" there might
have been no war at all in
Korea.
Today. however. the question
is whether the forces in Korea
shall be Withdrawn as a conse-,
quence of a virtual surrender
and appeasement or whether
they shall fight to protect them
selves against air attack. "Ap-
peasement" is constantly denied
but it is the administrations
real plan-if the Communists
will only come far enough away
from their naughty pose to help
the administration save face,
: AS to big or little wars, Winston
Churchill said in the House of
Commons after the Munich
appeasement:: tt
Gentlemen, you have chosen
between war and dishonor. You
have chosen dishonor You shall
have war;
The answer. as far as the next
war is concerned, will come
some day when appeasement or
what is now euphemistically
called a political settlement"
has been effected in Asia. Gen.
Macarthur stands as the symbol
of opposition to that appease-
ment, because he honestly be-
lieyes that a firm position will
prevent World War III and that
vacillation and phony peace
talk will only invite World War
III.
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utterance Of this cliche. the Re-
publicans should now disown,
their own party and its founder,
Mr.. Lincoln, for having en-.
gagged us in the Civil War. And
they should disavow their Presi-
dent Mckinley for precipitating
the Spanish American War.
Above all, they should quickly
disavow their Senator Cain and
his resolution for a declaration.
Of war against Communist
China. It may suit Senator
Cain to have his party respons-
ible for the launching the third
world war, the war to end
civilization, but it will make his
fellow orators favorite, last.
ditch cliche even more silly than
1t now is. - y
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Henry McLenore;
Answers Kefouver Letter
From Under His Bed
Henry McLen1ore:
Ever try typewriting under a
hedo

Ever try typewriting under a
bed?
Don't. That's my advice.
Z It is a most exacting business,
calling for posture that Is not
at all manly, and calling for the
use of muscles that have lain
dormant since coal mining days.
Ispeak with authority, because
am writing this little wage
Garner from under a bed. My
bed.
I am hunched up in the most
miserable position you can
imagine. Contortionists get paid
for what I am doing now. My
elbows are in my ears, my ears
are in Siberia. and the rest of
me is so tangled up that only
an authority on crossword
puzzles could possibly figure me
out.
{, : ! am under the bed because. of
o letter I got this morning.
Y 1t is a letter with a Washing
ton postmark, and written across
the top Cor franking part) is
the signature Estes Kefauver."
The second I saw this letter
I knew the man was after me.
Wants to put my hands on
television, and ask me things
that I wouldn't tell my pastor.
yelled to my wife. Jean, to
look and see if Senator Tobey
were in the house. She obeyed,
as a good wife should. She said
he wasn't in the living room.
That he wasn't in the guest
room. That he wasn't in the
kitchen or any other room.
So I ducked under the bed.
No Kefauver. No Tobey. No
Wiley. No O'Conor, no HALEY,
no nobody.
Just that letter with that
frightening signature - Estes
Kefauyer. -. 49,
From under the bed I heard
Jean call. IT am going to open
the letter"
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Doris FIeeson::

Three years ago President
Truman urged General MacAr-
thur to return home for a hero's
welcome. The President said he
had a medal waiting for hint
was the Distinguished Service
Medal which Mr.. Truman fiAal-
" pinned on him last October
at Wake Island-and the whole
country was eager to see him.
He reminded him all the other
World War II victors had had
their. day and it was his turn.
Gen. Macarthur made the
familiar excuses about his work
being unfinished. The President
did not feel he should make it
an order and there the matter
rested-untA last week.
Reminiscing now, the Presi-
dent feels maybe he should have
made it an order bat he still
thinks the General ought to
have his welcome and he says
he's doing all he can to see that
he gets it. Il, .4
:, But then the old stubborn
CLINT appears in the pale blue
Truman eyes and he says: But
I'm gonna uphold the Constitu-
ton" Next comes the history
lesson about as follows:
"The founding fathers made
the President of United States
the Commander in Chief be-
cause they intended to put
civilians over the military. Did
you know the President can
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Bosic' koreos Issue BefuddIed
Administration Beginning to Smear Macarthur
: As Way to Answer Fundamental Arguments
Dovid Lawrence

Gen. MacArthur's renuncia-
ton of any political aspira-
tions" and his pointed request
that his name should not be
used sin a political way" GER
tainly was a timely demolition
Of. attempts to befuddle the
basic issue-whether American
boys In Korea are going 10 be
killed day after day without a
real chance to fight back at the
air forces bombarding them.
The introduction of the politi-
cal innuendo against Gen. Mac
Arthur was an administration
tactic. Smarting under the
evident disapproval by the
country OF the crude method of
relieving a distinguished general
of his command. the Truman
supporters, in Congress have hit
a new low in politics. They have
already begun to smear the
general as If that's the way to
answer his fundamental argu-
ments,
But the conversation often
turned at, the Capitol Wednes-
day to the misuse of the Office
of the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to make political
speeches for the President and
the Truman administration.
Gen. Bradley, as chairman,
does not have a vote in the Joint
Chiefs and it never was intended
that he should be the spokesman
of the administration when it
got into hot watersin a political
combat on Capitol Hill. Gen
Bradley implied that Gen. Mac
Arthur wants to fight a war on
the mainland of China and
favors a deliberate expansion of
the area of the war. : This
charge isn't so and causes dis
appointment among thoses who
had come to look on Gen.
Bradley as above. the political
game.
What the administration fails
to see and what Gen. Bradley
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failed in his speech to meet is
the complaint of the mothers
and fathers of the boys who are
in Korea. These boys don't want
to become the victims of giant
air raids from Manchurian
bases without an effective
chance to strike back at those
bases.
It is significant that Chair
man Vinson, Democrat chair
man of the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee, has switched
from the firm position which he
took in the case of the removal
of Admiral Denfeld as Chief
of Naval Operations. The Ad-
miral testified before Mr.. Vim
sons committee and was pun
ished as a reprisal for his testi-
mony. Gen. Macarthur was fired
because he answered a question
from a member of !. Congress.
Mr.. VinSon now says, however,
in a letter to a constituent that
the whole Macarthur situation
"is just this simple" !" He pointed
out that it had been decided by
the President that the war in
Korea should be localized" and
that Gen. Macarthur has been
advocating that we should win
the war ''by expanding it in
Korea and the mainland of
China" Mr.. Vinson noted that
the question was whether we
were going to have a little war
or a big one and that he wanted
to be on the "side of a little
war"
But that has never been the
issue and there isn't "a bit of
proof that it has ever been. The
real issue is this: A, decision by
the President and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff that Korea was
not to be defended was pro-
claimed officially in January, >
1850. by Secretary of State
Acheson. Then in June, 1850,
the civilian authority-the Pres
ident-decided, to intervene in
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Voting Bill Advances

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. April 10
P.-A proposal to lower voting
age to 18 years passed, the Florida
House. n to 13, yesterday. The
measure. which would amend the
State Constitution, now goes to
the Senate and if passed there
must be approved in a general
election.