Evening star., 1951-04-18

ascertain why he does it. It must be
most apparent that our political and
diplomatic leadership is nearly bank
rupt. particularly as regards the Ko-
rean war. We are. as it were, ship
adrift without a captain. Gen. Mac
Arthur undoubtedly was aware of this
situation and was endeavoring at all
cost to act in the best interests of our
country in following the course he
pursued.
David HI. Brown.
Let us suppose that the general had
concluded that there is no reasonable
outlook for victory in Korea, and in
TACT that there is a great probability
OF defeat for the United Nations forces.
Ii ne came to these conclusions, may
ne not have desired the loss Of COM
mano with such dismal future? Is it
possible that he may have conducted
himself in such manner that he would
be relieved, but in an honorable"
manner?
His position is now such that an
eventual U. N. victory. if it occurs,
Will be credited in large part to his
initial efforts. And in the event of U. N.
defeat. it will be apparent that the
reason for defeat lay in failure to accept
his policies. Is it possible that Mac
Arthur Intentionally forced Truman to
release him?
William r. Moses.
AS loyal American citizen, I am
shocked beyond measure to hear of Gen,
MacArthur's dismissal. Harry Truman
should be impeached. A long-suffering
public demands it.
Mrs. J. M. Moore.
Pasadena, Cal.
Go to 1t, Mr.. Truman, and don't worry
about impeachment There are still
enough of us left who remember Hard
ing. and Coolidge and two chicken
Hoover, to let them do anything like
that We gave you green light in '48
and 1t hasn't changed. We can accept
your occasional errors, according to our
Judgment. as long as you can still swing
an ak in time of need like this.
Pacific Veteran.
Hasn't there been some mistake? The
man to be relieved of command should
have been Harry S. Truman!
The President should be commended
by the American people, the Congress Of
the United States, and the United Ma
tions. for his courage. wisdom and fore
sight in removing Gen. Macarthur from
his Far East command. ss
Former Serviceman Of w. w. II,
South Pacific
As long as United State policies are
conceived in foreign capitals and come
to us via slavishly European Acheson,
the Korean Stalemate will remain.
That Korea will become the graveyard
OF our best generals is inevitable. Gen
eral Ridgway must be unhappily, aware
of his ignominious fate Time and the
38th Parallel will surely take care of
any ambition he may have to end the
Korean misadventure.
Mary Thielen.
This incident is not an error of judg-
ment of an ordinary commander. It is
the wilful misconduct of one of the
highest ana most brilliant OF our mill
tary officers. If he disagreed with the
policy Of his Commander in Chief he
knew the honorable alternative-to ask
to be relieved of his command.
ssa Cicero.
think that the Presidents action re-
moving General Macarthur from his
command in Korea shows our country
that he Is more of Communist than
Joe Stain ever was.
]. r. McAbee.
Rock Hill, S. c.
X.
I Some accounts il3 your paper indicate
All the people-in- street or on-the-
phone are with Macarthur and against
Truman. I'm not. Borrowing a phrase
6 from the teen-agers, wish Macarthur
would 'get lost" aw
M. r. G.
Naturally, the relief of Gen. Mac
Arthur by pygmy President causes
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