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rean fighting. Asked about this
view, Senator George said:
THE trouble in Korea has been
that there has been no military
decision. It is awfully hard to get
a cease-fire when there has been
no decision in the fighting"
Senator Morse's statement fol-
lows:
1T is a matter of deep regret to
me that Republicans on the Joint
Armed Services and Foreign Rela-
tons Committee are releasing their
highly partisan and biased report
on the Macarthur case. I am sat-
isf1ed that time will prove that
even as a bit of political strategy
they are making great mistake.
"The record of the Macarthur
hearings satisfied me completely
that the President was not only
justified in recalling him but in
view of MacArthur's conduct. it
was the Presidents duty to recall
him. In fact, I think he should
have recalled him many months
before he did.
THE record of the hearings
makes perfectly clear that Mac
Arthur, in both his speech before
the Congress and his testimony
before the committee, sought to
leave the false impression that
the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed
with his proposals to carry the
war to the mainland of China
when the contrary was the fact.
Ultimatum Called Inexcusable.
THE record of the hearings
shows that Macarthur was so out
of sympathy with the military and
foreign policy of his Government
in Asia that he and his superiori
came to deal at arms length with
each other at a time when com.
lplete mutual confidence and team.
work cooperation was essentia
in the interest Of national security
"MacArthur's ultimatum to the
Chinese Communist leaders tc
meet with him on the field oi
battle and negotiate a truce OF
be threatened with extension oi
the war to the mainland OF
China. which he knew at the
time was contrary to the military
and foreign policy of his Govern
ment and of the U. NJ, was in
excusable and indefensible. II
alone would have been adequate
grounds for his recall because the
record Of the hearings shows that
beyond doubt his ultimatum
greatly embarrassed the President
who at that time was seeking tt
carry out negotiations within the
u. N. for an agreement among
our Allies on terms and conditions
which should be offered as q
basis of a truce in Korea.
"In his speeches in this countr!
since his recall, Macarthur ha
clearly convicted himself Of havin,
been so out Of sympathy with tn,
military and foreign policy of hi
Government that any President o
the United States, be he Demo
crat or Republican, would hav'
been delelict in his duty had h
not removed such a commando
from the field.
my, Republican colleagues can
not escape the fact that the supre
macy of a basic constitutional doc
trine of vital Importance to tn
freedom and liberty of ever,
American was threatened by Mac
Arthur's conduct; namely. tn
supremacy of civilian government
over military cliques. Wheneve
a military commander wishes t
conduct himself as Macarthur di
and seeks to set himself up as
competing voice with that of tn
President on American militar
and foreign policy, he should frs
, resign his command, put on civil
!, ian clothes, and carry the issue a
a civilian to the people of tn
United States. That Macarthur
did not do. Therefore, his recal
was necessitated by his own mis-
, conduct.
3 THE American people owe
great debt of gratitude for tn
5 courage and devotion to duty @
the Secretary of Defense and tn
!. members of the Joint Chiefs Q
r staff who unanimously testifie
-lthat MacArthur's course Of actio
: justified his recall"