Evening star., 1951-04-20
u. 5. Press Is Agreed
On Patriotism and
Sincerity Of Macarthur
BY ths Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The Nations newspapers today
voiced commentator of Gen.
MacArthur's sincerity and patriot
ism in his address to the joint
meeting Of Congress. Some ex-
pressed doubt of the wisdom Of
the military policy he advocated.
Some editorials called the speech
the greatest Of his services to the
Nation.
Others termed it proof that the
President was right In relieving
him Of his command.
Still others welcomed 1t as the
first step of q re-examination and
a Qualification Of American for
eign policy.
Most praised the generals atti-
tude and manner before Congress.
while questioning his arguments.
The New York Times said the
generals speech bore out his claim
that he was not the advocate OF
a partisan cause or a political
aspirant.
But, 1t continued: 'The issue
here is not one of appeasement
but of choosing the ground on
which we wish to fight.
Based on Two Assumptions.
Gen. Macarthur himself agrees
that his proposals are based on
two assumptions-namely that the
actions he advocates will crush
Communist China and that Soviet
Russia will not necessarily join
in the war. But the general him.
self seems to have doubts on the
latter all-important point. And,
If his assumptions should prove
wrong, as they did in the case Of
Communist China, the actions he
advocates would not only lead to
the catastrophe of a new world
war, they would also put the onus
for that war on us, even in the
eyes of our friends"
The New Orleans Times-Pica-
yune observed that sit came as a
surprise to many that Gen.. Mac
Arthur expressed his understand
ing that the Joint Chiefs of Staff
favored the course he outlined
against China. :. His declaration
that we can and must hold both
fronts-Far East and Western Eu-
rope-against the aggressor Soviet
likewise will jolt our high politico-
military command who were won-
dering how we may do even one
of those chores at a time, and
had concluded that we must
choose one of the two"
The Chicago Tribune said Gen.
Macarthur showed Congress its
duty "to abandon the U. N. pro-
gram of drift and delay, the Ache
son program of bestowing a low
ing embrace, of consigning Amer
leans to the meat grinder of a
never-ending war, the British
program of using the United Ma
tions and our own State Depart
ment to hold the arms of the
American fighting man while the
Reds slug him."
No Traitors in Debate.
Gen. Macarthur demonstrated,
the New York Herald Tribune
said, that there are mo traitors
or devils" in the debate over
United States policy. ''but only
sincere men who may have diff
ferent views as to method but
are at one in their loyalty to the
ideal of freedom"
The Rocky Mountain News of
Denver, Colo, declared: Here was
a man fit to stand with Lincoln"
The Minneapolis Tribune COM
mented that the Nation "is in
debted to Macarthur for a vigor-
GUS statement of conviction, but
has yet to be presented with proof
that he is right"
"It was one of the best rea-
soned, most forceful, most cogent
speeches ever delivered in the
United States Capitol" said the
Los Angeles Times.
The New Orleans Item said it
was sure Gen. Macarthur had not
satisfied "all Americans when he
said that if we expand the war
outside Korea Russia will not nec-
essarily' join the conflict.
Great Questions Raised.
The Newark Star-Ledger said
eve should now turn to the
great questions raised by Mac
Arthur and establish the true
facts"
The st. Louis Globe Democrat
asserted that when the aura of
adulation and semi hysteria
abates, we should expect a more
reasoned presentation of the Mac
Arthur policies and a calmer as
sessment of miltary-foreign policy
decisions.
The New York Daily News de-