Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-26
Says Policy Of U. 5.
Under Control Of
Soviet Propaganda
By the Associated Press

BOSTON, July 26.-F0lloDing
is the tert of Gen. MacArthur's
speech last night before Joint
session OF the Massachusetts,
Legislature:
In this historic forum I recall
wildly and reverently the mem.
ory Of those great architects anc
defenders of liberty who immortal
lied the Commonwealth of Mas.
sachusetts. To this section of the
country men point as the cradle
OF our freedom. For here was
established more than three cen
turtles ago a declaration If rights
from which ultimately came the
constitutional mandate guarantee
ing our civil liberties.
Here men arose militantly in
protest against the tyranny OF
rule of burdensome
taxation. Here men engaged in
formal combat to sever the dis
tasteful bonds of colonial rule
Here men etched the patriots
pattern which all races who har-
bored in their hearts a love for
freedom have since. sought to
Here men, by their
courage, vision and faith, forged
a new concept of modern civiliza-
ton.
Before the descendants of these
early American patriots / am
honored. indeed, to address this
Legislative Assembly in response
to its thoughtful and kind invita-
ton. I do so with neither partisan
affiliation nor political purpose
But I have been warned by many
that an outspoken course, even II
it be solely of truth, will bring
down upon my head ruthless re-
taliation-that efforts will be
made to destroy public faith in
the integrity of my views-not by
force of just argument but by the
of the false methods
of propaganda.
I am told in effect I must fol-
low blindly the leader-keep silent
OR take the bitter consequences,
I had though Abraham Lincoln
had pinned down for all time this
ugly code when he declared: ITO
sin by silence when they should
protest makes towards of men"
I shall raise my voice as loud
and as often as I believe it to be
in the interest of the American
people. I shall dedicate all of
my energies to restoring to Amer
lean life those immutable princi-
pies and ideals which your FORE
bears and mine handed down to
US in sacred trust.
Seeks to Restore Faith.
I shall assist in the regaining
If that moral base for both pub
lie and private life which will re-
store the peoples faith in the
Of public institutions
and the private faith of every
man in the integrity of his neigh
DOR. I shall set my course to the
end that no man need fear to
speak the truth. I could not do
eSs, for the opportunities for
service my country has given me
and the honors it has conferred
Upon me have imposed an obliga-
ion which is not discharged by
The termination of public service.
Much that / have seen since
ny return to my native land after
an absence of many years has
filled me with unreasonable sat-
sfaction and pride. Our mate
'ial progress has been little short
If phenomenal. 1t has estab-
Iished an eminence in material
strength so far in advance of any
other nation or combination of
that talk of imminent
threat to our national security
through the application of exter-
nal force is pure nonsense.
1t is not of any external threat
hat I concern myself but rather
If insidious forces working from
within which have already so
drastically altered the character
If our free institutions-those in
situations which formerly we
nailed as something beyond ques-
ion or challenge-those institu-
ions we proudly called the
way of life.
Communist Infiltration.
Foremost of these forces is that
or even more frequently
indirectly, allied with the scourage,
If imperialistic Communism. It
mas infiltrated into positions of
public trust and responsibility
into journalism, the press, the
radio and the schools. It seeks
through covert manipulation of
the civil power and the media of
public information and education
to pervert the truth, impair re-
spect for moral values, suppress
freedom and representa-
tive government and, in the end,
destroy our faith in our religious
teachings.
This evil force, with neither
spiritual base nor moral standard,
rallies the abnoral and subnonnal
elements among our citizenry and
applies internal pressure against
all things we hold decent and all
things that we hold right-the
type of pressure which has caused
many Christian nations abroad tn
fall and their own cherished free
doms to languish in the shackles
of complete suppression.
AS it has happened there it can
happen here. Our need for patri-
otto fervor and religious devotion
was never more impelling. There
can be no compromise with
atheistic Communism-no half
way in the preservation of free
dom and religion. 1t must be al
or nothing. We must unite in the