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A reoty Is q Feeble Answer
Mutual Assistance Pact With Australia, New Zealand
In Lieu of Air Action Imperis Position in Asia

by bombing the Chinese Red
bases ground force not air
force installations), the enemy.
who apparently has at last
launched his long expected
spring offensive, is hurriedly
building his strength so he can
expand it himself, to his own
advantage.
Although the administration
may sincerely be devoted to the
cause Of peace and may sin
cerely believe that expansion of
the war against Red China must
be avoided at almost any cost,
it must begin soon to realize,
as the result Of Gen. Mac
Arthur's tremendous ovation
wherever he has gone since his
return, that a great and vocal
mass OF American opinion is
solidly behind what Gen. Mac
Arthur proposes.
What the administration ig-
nores is the fact that expansion
of the war in the air against
Red China is almost certain to
provoke nothing more than
aerial Intervention by the Rus
sians-if they do that much.
There would be no point in Rus
sia sending ground troops into
Korea to support a Chinese Red
ground offensive against the
U. N. as a defense against Allied
bombardment Of Red bases and
military installations in Man.
churia.
What is most likely to hap
pen, however, is that the Rus
slams will send in their air force
manned by Russian pilots and
ground crews-to protect the
Manchurian bases This would
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Henry McLen1ore:

The New York City fishing
season is only in its second week.
but already some amazing
catches have been recorded.
The record for little mouth
re-tread tires has gone by the
boards. Up until Tuesday of
last week the record for little
mouth re-treads. as well as that
of land-locked picture frames.
was held by j. Toynbee of
Brooklyn.
But no more. Casting from
the back seat of his medium
priced car, and over the heads
of half a dozen in-laws, Mr..
Phipps Elliott of Queens pulled
out of the Harlem River a little
mouth re-tread and a land
locked picture frame that broke
all records for Metropolitan area
fishing.
IF my sister in-law hadn't
gotten in my way" Mr.. Elliott
told admiring friends, II would
have landed the biggest bicycle
tire ever seen in these parts"
To appreciate fully Mr.. Eli
otis feat, one must have fished
in and about New York near the
start of the season. To land
anything is almost impossible.
To return home with the same
number Of eyes, ears, etc., you
started out with in the morn
ing, Is even more difficult.
No exact statistics are at
hand, but those given to rough
guesSes estimate that for every
fish in this area there are 800
fishermen, and that for every
foot of river bank there are TOO
fishermen.
This calls for congestion. No.
congestion isn't a strong enough
word. Multiply congestion by
is. add 100, and you come
closer to a true picture.
Several years ago, when /
wasn't in my right mind, I went
out for the opening Of the New
York angling season 1t was a
unique experience. I 1ished most
of the day in another anglers
pocket. It was that crowded.
Not until made a beautiful
cast, and his wallet rose to my
Royal Coachman fly, was I
aware that I had been fishing a
man, not a river. for a good six
hours.
I am quite sure that he would
have hit me had not the bank
Evening star., 1951-04-23
Doris FIeeson:
Editors PrevieW Trial Run for |52
Senators Taft and kefouver Labor the Hardest,
And Gen. Macarthur Is the ReIuctant Drooon

A politically intense week has
just ended here which saw the
Macarthur affair fortuitously
coincide with the annual con-
vention Of the American Society
Of Newspaper Editors.
The editors normally bring
out a great parade of ambitious
politicos who naturally seize the
opportunity to win friends and
influence newspapermen in the
48 States. Among Republicans
the spotlight fell principally on
Senator Taft and Gen. MacAr-
thur; Democrats who got the
nod were Senators Paul Doug
las, Kefauver and Fulbright.
It seemed to many attentive
observers that the two men in
the collection who wanted the
most to be President and were
working hardest at it were Sen
ators Taft and Kefauver. They
were therefore inclined to rate
their chances as very bright on
the theory that while many can
didates for President are called,
the few chosen are those who
get out and fight for it.
The late Senator Vandenberg
was one who held that men are
never drafted for the presidency.
He was always reluctant to ad-
NIT White House aspirations
and never allowed his friends
really to build a boom for him;
his own history thereafter went
far to prove his point.
With all his matchless pub
1icity, Gen. Macarthur is ap-
preaching the presidency in this
Evening star., 1951-04-23
Dovid Lawrence
Joint Chiefs on q Political Limb
White House Statements on Gen. MocArthurs Dismis
Are in Voronce With Whot AetuoIy Happened

It's q new experience and
very uncomfortable one for the
United States Joint Chiefs of
Staff to be dragged into the
center of a bitter political
controversy.
There is, moreover, a serious
discrepancy between what the
White House has been saying
ofhcially-as to the unanimous
recommendations" of the Joint
Chiefs in the Macarthur case
and what actually happened.
The first chapter-the initia-
tive-in the controversy was the
administrators sanction of a
speech by Gen. Bradley, chair
man Of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, last We eSday in
Chicago. This was the day be-
fore Gen. Macarthur was due to
present his case to a joint meet
ing Of Congress. The big head
line in the Wednesday after
noon papers was Gen. Bradley
blasts MacArthur's views" The
explanation offered for this
advanced rebuttal was that
Gen. Bradley had for a long
time scheduled the engagement
and had to deliver the speech.
The general could as readily
have talked about universal
military training or something
else unrelated to the Mac
Arthur episode.
But once the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs spoke out it was
natural that Gen. Macarthur
in his Thursday address should
reveal that his own military
recommendations had been ap-
proved In the past by the Joint
Chiefs.
Not content with one blunder,
the administration then went
from the frying pan into the
fire with another statement.
This one. while issued at the
Pentagon, was actually directed
by the White House. 1t came
Immediately after Gen. Mac
Arthur'S speech to Congress on
Thursday and the full text of
it reads as follows:
I'm response to inquiries from
the press concerning Gen. Mac
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Thomas L. Stokes:
Thomas L. Stokes:
Debate That Follows Tradition
lhe United States Stands Alone in This One Freedom
But Now Ii Must Tho Roe~

There's one very simple thing
that should not be overlooked
in the gay and friendly parad-
ing and professionals in which
we are indulging ourselves in
honor of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur.
It's a tribute to us that it
has been overlooked, for it's
something we Americans take
for granted.
What we see is a field COM
mander, removed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, re-
turning home in triumph, go
ing freely wherever he pleases
and saying whatever he pleases.
But, more than that, taking
his issue with his Commander
in Chief over foreign policy
and military strategy before the
national legislative body-our
Congress-in a ceremonial ses-
sion arranged with the blessing
of the President who, for the
occasion, removes himself COM
pletely from the picture and
takes a back seat. as it were.
It does not occur to us that
1t could be any different, for
that is our way. That is the
tradition Of the great free peo-
pie that we are. It's the crown
ing glory of our heritage, and
we should pause for a moment
to think on it, and to be proud
of it.
For in no other country could
it happen.
In totalitarian nations, as we
know so well, such a military
f1gure-even If he dared in the
first place to challenge the chief
Of state-would be summarily
liquidated or. if there were over
whelming mitigating circum-
stances. at least "sent to ST.
IBERIA" or jailed to ponder his
INSTRUMENTATION. In nations
closer to our pattern such a
military figure would expect
prompt cache to private life,
perhaps stripped of honors, and
an automatic gag on his utter
anceS.
There's another thing, too,
that would not be tolerated Ter
Evening star., 1951-04-23

formed service by re-alerting
us to our common danger, by
whatever policy and strategy
that is to be met. That should
reinforce and bolster plans of
the administration to make our
selves strong and keep ourselves
vigilant.
Gen. Macarthur faces an i'm
portant decision of his own.
Whether, that is, to rest on his
laurelS. so to speak, after a
complete statement of his case
and a few more appearances
while he is riding the crest, or
whether to pursue a continual
crusade - which is tempting
and thereby risk the chance of
becoming involved in partisan
politics and Of falling into in
discreet statement and thus
tarnish the prestige and reduce
the influence that he now en-
joys.
That is u6 to him.
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same role Of the reluctant
dragon. 1t is a great relief to
Senator Taft and others who
share the Macarthur views; it
also will tend to discourage the
professionals who like to do
their bargaining well in advance
and no nonsense.
1t so happened that the Ma
tion's editors got a revealing
glimpse Of Douglas Macarthur,
the Septuagenarian who boards
his strength for major appear
ances and lets others adjust
their routines to his. The gen.
eral was to have dropped in on
the editors following his Capt.
tol speech and public reception
on the Mall; President Truman
cancelled his own engagement
with the editors to avoid any
conflict with this arrangement.
But the general found the
long afternoon nap of his Tokyo
schedule an imperative so COM
pelling, the editors had to sit
and wait for him until we'll be-
yond the dinner hour. That he
was weary was not remarkable:
much younger men would have
been. That he took his 20 min
utes OF the editors time at
their inconvenience was inter-
esting.
Senators Taft and Douglas
debated foreign policy for the
concluding editors dinner. The
Senator from Ohio, greatly in
earnest. displayed certain eau
ton about the most contro-
Evening star., 1951-04-23

ment and the method of max
ing the replacement was not
agreed upon, this being left to
the President to decide.
4. Some Of those present at
the meeting had their first news
Of what the President finally
decided when they read the
newspapers on Wednesday morn
ing. April II.
5, Not single recommended
ton OF a formal nature Is in
the record to show that the
Joint Chiefs took cognizance of
any military insubordination or
preferred any such charge
against Gen. Macarthur. Yet
members Of Congress have been
saying so in a chorus for sew
eral days just as If Gen. Mac
Arthur, after So years of mill
tary service, did not know what
was and was not a military Or
UcT OT lIlStruCGlOu.
6. Gen. MacArthur's summary
dismissal was not recommended
by any military man since it
meant he was instantly relieved
and not only could not say
farewell to his troops but had
no opportunity to turn over
the complicated affairs of his
command to successor.
7. Not single piece Of evil
dence exists that Gen. MacAr-
thur failed to carry out the
policies of the President and
the Department Of State in his
post as supreme allied COM
mander in Japan. Though it
wasn't necessary to relieve him
OF his command when Gen.
Ridgway was given command
of U. N. operations in Korea,
the President swept Gen. Mac
Arthur from all three Of his
posts and gave the impression
that this action was based on
the unanimous recommended
ton" Of the Joint Chiefs.
Small wonder that America
is disunited. For, when mill
tary men are compelled to be-
come the scapegoats in petty
political blunders. respect for
institutions of military impor-
tance can hardly be enhanced,
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Evening star., 1951-04-23

Arthur's reference to the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. a Pentagon
spokesman said the White
House had authorized him to
state that the action taken by
the President in relieving Gen.
Macarthur was based upon the
unanimous recommendations of
the Presidents principal civilian
and military advisers including
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
reasons for Gen. MacArthur's
relief have been stated previous
ly by the President"
Now the foregoing gives the
impression that Gen. Mac
Arthur's reference to the Joint
Chiefs of Staff in his address to
Congress had to do with his
removal. Not a word Of his ad-
dress had any reference to that
point. He merely outlined his
own military recommendations
about the prosecution Of the
war in Korea and stated that
the Joint Chiefs had supported
his proposals.
This latter point, therefore.
the White House in its state
ment did not deny at all though
a local paper headlined its
front-page article: Macarthur
says Joint Chiefs shared his
views but Pentagon declares
they favored custer"
This was natural in view of
the. misleading official state
ment. For the White House
declaration that the Joint Chiefs
had unanimously recommended
the Presidents action is a half
truth.
The facts are these:
/. There was no meeting of
the Joint Chiefs and no action
of a formal nature taken by
the Joint Chiefs.
2. There was a meeting in
which civilians and military
men met with the President
who asked their views about
the controversy and they gen.
orally felt that since Mr.. Tru-
man and Gen. Macarthur dif-
fered in foreign policy there
should be a replacement.
3. The timing Of the replace
Evening star., 1951-04-23
Amazing Catches Distinguish
Big City Fishing Seasons

been so crowded that he couldn't
lift his arms.
On that day I didn't catch a
thing until late afternoon. Just
as the sun was setting beyond
the trees, bringing out the true
loveliness of the majestic spires
Of a nearby chemical plant, and
setting fire to the calm, pol
luted waters, dropped my lure
near a delightful eddy, a-swirl
with orange rinds and bread
wrappers.
Something hit my line like a
shot.
"A speckled bedspring," my
companion said. Nothing else
could hit that hard"
Don't lose him!" anothe,
companion cried. you've got
the daddy of all bedspringS.
And If you haven't you've the
f1ghtlngeSt rear bumper ever to
hit this stream"
I fought with might and main.
I pictured the world record bed
spring stuffed and mounted over
my mantelpiece. I dreamed of
the day when I could show the
fellows the biggest rear bumper
ever caught on light tackle.
My monster" surfaced.
1t was a 1915 Harley-David-
son motorcycle.
was disappointed but I
didn't dare show it. Thousands
and thousands of other fisher
men working the same river
didn't have a thing to show for
their day Of pleasure.
So I put my motorcycle in
my creel and wended my way
slowly home.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
DAY CONTROL
 GATE OPENED

WASHINGTON, May 10 = R - The Wage Stabilization Board yes terday opened a broad gate in the pay-control corral. and said:
 Sometimes it is harder to be just than to be firm"
 The board voted 8 to 1, with in- dustry members dissenting, to al- low a 9-cent hourly pay boost for 220,o00 packing workers.
 The broad principles involved in thus approving a wage increase faI in excess of the governments 1C per cent raise ceiling seemed likelJ to apply to other major cases facing the board. These include a proposed IS per cent boost for 50,00O ship yard workers, 10 per cent for 100,00l Northern Woolen Worsted and Cot ton -Rayon Textile Workers, and two or more cost-of- living increases and a proposed Accent hourly ''productiy- ity" pay boost shaping up for 500,- GOO automobile workers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
FISH RAP CASE
 CONCLUDED, NOW
 EN COURTS HANDS

Arguments and hearings were concluded yesterday afternoon in District Court before U. s. Judge George Folta on the case of the U. S. Government vs Libby. McNeill and Libby on an injunction asked by the government to prohibit a Libby, McNeill and Libby fish trap from fishing at Sukkwan.
 The Government charged opera ton of the trap was illegal on the Hydaburg Indian Reservation, of which Sukkwan is a part.
 The court has taken the case under advisement. R. E. Robertson and W. c. Arnold were attorneys for the canning company and As- sistant U. s. Attorney Stanley Bas- kin represented the government and Interior Department. ~'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
UN Forces Withdrawing Under Red Attack
SECOND ANNUAL
 ARMED FORCES
 DAY PARADE HELD

A drizzling rain marked the sec ond annual Armed Forces Day parade held here this forenoon.
 The 10 units in the line of march CTS passed the reviewing stand in front os the Baranof hotel while the Juneau High school band played directly across the street in front of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Go. On the reviewing stand were Lew Williams, secretary of Alaska, representing the governors office; Col. Joseph Alexander, WlO L. L. Busby and Capt. F. c. Wilson, Alas ka National Guard, and Admiral Joseph Greenspun. Coast Guard Seventeenth Coast Guard Head quarters.
 Units in the parade were; Color Guard of the Alaska National Guard and U. s. Coast Guard: National Guard drill team as color escort; U. s. Army, National Guard in- structor detachment; Coast Guard Cutter Storis platoon led by Ensign Carr; headquarters, Alaska National Guard led by Maj George Mstson; Headquarters, Headquarters Seiv- ice Co.,, 20Sth Infantry Battalion (Sep). Alaska National Guard led by It. Col. D. N. Dean, battalion commander, and Capt. Lauris Parker commanding officer the organized reserves; the Veterans of Foreign Wars led by Jim Brunette, post commander: American Legion posts of Juneau and Aux Bay led by Vern Harris and Herb Cantillion, respec- lively.
 The Boy Scouts assisted the Pc lice Department in traffic control. The Alaska Communication Sys- tenn manned public address sys- tenn announcing the units in the parade.
 Open houses will be held this af- ternoon as follows: Alaska National Guard headquarters in the support from l to B. Alaska Communication System in the Federal Building and mile seven and mile Il stations from 2 to 4 and aboard the U. s. Coast Guard Gutter Storis from 2 to 1.
 A fair but small crowd, predom- inately children, lined the street on both sides of the reviewing stand to watch the parade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
Gen. Coxey
 Dies al g

MASSILLON, O. May 19 -iR- General" Jacob s. Coxey died last night. 57 years after his ragged army of unemployed marched into Washington and into the nations history.
 He was 97, and he spent more than two-thirds of that long life fight ing for a losing cause printing press money the government could use without paying interest to banks.
 "Coxey's Army" set out from here in the spring of 1894 on 35-day march to Washington. The objective was to get Congress to use the easy money method for giant road build ing program to ease the hardship brought on by the panic of 1893. The march failed.
 But Coxey's belief in the ideas in spring that march never wavered. Only five weeks ago on his birthday he voiced once more his enthusiasm for money reform as the answer to the counry's economic troubles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
PEACE OFFER
 LOOMS
Proposal May Come from UN-Armisiile Talk Also
 Appears Moscow Papers

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 19 --lP
 A United Nations peace offer to Communist China may come very soon. a. director of the American Association for LIN predicted last night.
 Clark M. Eichelberger did not dis close the basis for his pseaiction He said he believed a "gcusrcus peace offerp to end the fiohnng in Korea is imminent
 Eichelberger spoke at reetina of the Vanderbilt University Inter- national Relations club.
 He said the war must not be ex- tended in the Far East and declared present LIN tactics in norea are re ducing China to "a weak nation, incapable of aggression in Ihoo- China and India
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF SALMON MAY BE
 SOLVED THIS YEAR

PORTLAND, May 19, -lR--Bi- alogists hope to solve many of the mysteries of the Chinook salmon this year. The answers may help continue salmon runs in these days Of building.
 Don McKernan, Oregon state game commission biologist, said large numbers of the fingerlings marked since 1945 were returning from the sea this year to spawn By the end of the season he ex- poets enough information for the initial report in study Of salmon 10 be written.
 McKernan said 1,857oo0 salmon nave been marked since 1915. The information collected VIII help determine survival of hatchery fish, the best size and age for ilb- eration, the take of commercial fishermen and the number of years salmon remain at sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
FORMER JUNEAU RESIDENT D.ES
 IN ANCHORAGE

News was received here this week of the death of Edwin Sweum, for mer resident of Juneau, at Anchor age on May Is.
 Sweum was 45 years old and was proprietor of Sweum's Grocery a Spenard at the time of his passing He was i'll only month.
 Before going to the westward |. years ago, he owned and operated the White Spot liquor store here and had many friends who will re- gret hearing of his death.
 He is survived by his wife, Ada and three daughters, June. l9; Jo Anne, IS, and Patty, eight months The body is Icing sent to Everett wash. for burial under auspices oi thp TIltg lodge
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-19
Warren Proves Angler Skill al Moose Creek

Proclaiming yesterdays fishing trip one of the finest he had ever enjoyed, the scenery marvellous and the relaxation Just what needed" Governor Earl Warren of California and the party which en- tertained him at Taku Lodge, re- turned to Juneau this morning.
 Arriving at the hospitable lodge of MT. and Mrs. Royal O'Reilly Friday afternoon about 4. Gov. Warren, and his secretary Max King, Gov Ernest Gruening and Aide, Comdr E. P. Chester, Earl Dinner of Petersburg and Clarence Rhode, regional director and pilot of the U. s. Fish and WIdHfe Service, were met and welcomed by MT. and Mrs. OReilly and a small party of Juneau residents who had been invited on the trip and had preceded the Warren par ty to Taku Lodge
 Those invited were pr. W. H. Whitehead, local physician and surgeon and member large of the Territorial Board of Education; Floyd Guertin, commissioner of Veterans Affairs for the Territory; Charles GoldsteiD, prominent local businessman; Charles Herbert, Fred Dunn, local manager of Pan Amer ican Always; E. L. Keithahn. cur ator of the Territorial Museum; Norman Banfieid. local attorney, and Hunt Gruening, pilot of the Alaska Coastal plane which flew the party up to the river
 \ Gov. Warren gave proof of his .prowess as a follower Of Izaak Wall ton by catching the finest trout in the party FiaaiAg was enjoyed in famed Moose Creek until II pm, when the anglers returned to the lodge for a real Alaskan din- her of baked salmon.
 Good fishing rewarded nearly all of the party
 At l2:30 this noon Gov. Warren was guest of honor at a buffet lun- cheon at the Governors House where approximately 90 guests had the pleasure of meeting and talking to the distinguished Californian.
 He and Governor Gruening, Max King and Comdr Chester were due to fly to Anchorage in a C-54 Ar my plane which will also take them on to Fairbanks Sunday. Gov. War ren is to deliver the address of the day to theN graduating students at the University of Alaska Monday.