The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-24
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BY JACK DELANEY


the return of General Macarthur
to the United States confines,
and he is still being feted and
shoWered with honorS in New
York City, now might be the
time to give a little study to
some of the conditions that have
brought about the present crisis.
Serious doubts have arisen in
the minds of Democrat and Re-
publican representatives. in Wash
ington with regard to the capa.
bility and sincerity of the inten-
ton of State Department officials
and personnel.
Alger Hiss, recently sentenced
to prison for perjury, and friend
of Secretary Of State Dean Ache
son, also enjoyed a responsible
position as an advisor to Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. Subsequent
events have shown he was un-
worthy of the trust of either.
While there is a possibility he
may not have been a Communist
in the accepted sense, everyone
feels his intentions were for any
thing but the best interests of the
United States.
Alger Hiss, today, stands
branded as a liar. This is the
man who assisted in laying the
foundation of the United Nations,
the man who acted as a presi-
dental advisor. and today is
serving a prison sentence for
perjury.
How many more of the same
breed are in responsible positions
with the government is profile
NAUTICAL.
The infiltration of the govern
ment by these forces pledged to
the destruction of every liberty
of a freedom-loving nation was
not accomplished in day, week,
or even a year. Obviously, if AL
| ger Hiss enjoyed his responsible
position, there must be- others
enjoying positions of a lesser ma
ture. Apparently the job has
been thorough.
1t is not the policy of the Com
munists to place men in key po-
sitions in the government, for
one reason. They know they
must work in at the lower levels
and undermine as they work to
the top. Like termites, they
burrow at the foundation until it
is honeycombed and the building
collapses.
1t has been called stroke of
luck that Julius RosenbergS
brother-in-law was stationed
where he could pass on secrets
of the atomic bomb to Rosenberg.
who, in turn, passed it on to Rus
sian agents.
While this nation stood in awed
surprise at the effects of the
atomic bomb dropped on Japan,
the Russians smiled smugly to
themselves, with the secret al
ready in their hands.
Congress has tremendous re-
| sponsibility to the people Of the
country. A major overhaul of
the State Department is in order.
Secretary Acheson should resign
in the best interests of the coun-
try. And there should be re-
turn to the honest, open diplom-
acy of the early days of this ma
ton of ours.
There can be no compromise
/ with appeasement. Red China
should under no conditions be
permitted seat in the assembly
of nations. Formosa's problem
should be disposed of once and
for all. But if the price of peace
must be purchased at the expense
of the free nations of the world,
a price, incidentally, which could
never last, the first DIRECTORS
would be the mothers whose sons
have already paid the supreme
price for the police action" in
Korea.
Our State Department should
have a quick return to the firm
leadership that placed this coun-
try at the head of the World of
Nations. We can never compro-
mise with appeaserS' tactics. We
must act as a nation whose eworn
| duty is to uphold and protect the
rights of the free people of the
world, trade pacts to the contrary
not withstanding.
President Truman has stated
there will be no appeasement on
the problems in the Far East AS
long as Acheson remains as sec
rotary of state, one can but
wonder.