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Evening star., 1951-03-27
Armistice in Korea

were beyond the responsible
ties" Of Gen. Macarthur.
The last war offered a number
Of cases In which field COM
manders ordered their defeated
adversary to ask for an armis-
tice and to discuss surrender
terms. There were precedents in
other wars In which field COM
manders threatened the enemy
with retaliation without previous
consultation with their govern
ments.
According to reports from
Tokyo. Gen. Macarthur decided
to take the bull by the horns
and accept the chance of being
disavowed by his own Govern
ment and the United Nations
when he realized that nothing
much in the way of action could
be expected from the United
Nations.
Nearly three months have
passed since that organization,
In whose name we have suffered
some $1,000 casualties, branded
China the aggressor. In military
terms an aggresscr is an avowed
enemy, who must be dealt with
adequately. The United Nations
has not been able, yet, to impose
even mild diplomatic and eco
nomic sanctions, as provided in
the u. N. Charter.
Allied troops nominally are
still fighting the North Koreans.
The diplomats seem to have ac-
cepted the explanation Of the
Chinese Communists that only
volunteers" are active in Korea.
This. in the face of definite
proof that the North Korean
army Is only q very small COM
ponent Of the Chinese armies,
whose number at one time ex-
ceeded 100000.
Evening star., 1951-03-27
Constantine Brown:

The State Department. the
British Foreign Once and, to q
much lesser degree, the French
Quai d'orsay are greatly per-
turbed" over the bombshell ex-
ploded in Tokyo last weekend
by Gen. Macarthur.
The Allied Supreme Com
mander urged the Chinese Com
munist commander-in-chief to
meet him to arrange for an
armistice, as Is customary when
an army Is defeated. He added,
however, on his own initiative
and without consulting the dip
lomats, the threat that unless
his demand is met. the war
may extend to China through
land operations against the
coast and air bombardment Of
the Chinese lines Of communi-
cation and military installations
In the homeland.
The White House and State
Department Immediately raped
his knuckles. After q hurried
consultation between President
Truman and Secretary Ache
son, in which the latter is re-
ported to have emphasized the
"lamentable effect" Of the gen.
erals statement on the British
government. the State Depart
ment stated oficially that "the
political issues which Gen. Mac
Arthur has stated are beyond
his responsibility as field COM
mander."
The declaration was not quite
clear. It did not say whether
the request that the enemy send
emissaries to discuss an armis-
tice or the threat Of retaliation
against the Chinese mainland
Evening star., 1951-03-27

ment to utilize television in the
schools Is steadily growing.
I'm not against it. Obviously
1t is an educational force that
cannot be discounted. It may
produce more precocious chill
dren than any country ever
knew.
But the mail has brought a
report Of the Citizens Federal
Committee on Education, an
advisory group to the Office Of
Education. The members rep
resent the principal organiza-
tions Of women, business and
industry, agriculture. labor, vet
Grams and the churches. The
report is illustrated with pic
lures Of school houses and
school rooms, typical Of condi-
tions In many parts Of the coun-
try. The buildings appear
wholly inadequate to their
purpose. Some were built be-
fore the Civil War. Some are
f1retraps. Some are surround
ed by mud. Some are offset by
foul-looking privies. The class
rooms are overcrowded. Out
side some are groups Of little
folks waiting to be admitted as
soon as those inside are turned
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Department officials were said
to be miffed.
Such an impression, if correct,
reflects unfavorably on the
State Department. 1t is hardly
to be believed that any such
reprimand really went from, one
executive department to another.
For every military commander
has the right to try to bring
about a truce without asking
the diplomatic branch of the
Government for permission.
All these innuendoes seem al
ways to be based on the theory
that Macarthur and his own
Government are working at cross
purposes-something that has
been repeatedly denied by the
highest authority.
Thus, last week saw the cul-
mination of many secret con-
ferences between the govern
ments whose forces are engaged
in Korea under Gen. Macarthur.
These conferences, held in
Washington-in which all ex-
ecutive departments of our Gov
ernment participated-resulted
in an attempt to formulate a new
declaration of policy. London
dispatches hint that such a
policy revolves around the crea-
ton of buffer zone" north of
the 38th parallel into which
neither side would 60 pending
the outcome of diplomatic ef-
forts to arrange a truce.
The Chinese Communists,
however. probably haven't the
slightest intention of resolving
the U. N. dilemma by ending the
fighting now. They have every
advantage in not doing so. They
know the U. N. is confused
and divided and will not allow
penetration for any substantial
distance into North Korea. They
know that the United States
is disinclined to send additional
forces to push the war far into
North Korea. They know the
Evening star., 1951-03-27

Why Should the Chinese Quit?
Macarthur Is Handicapped by u. N. Innuendoes;
Forces Could Be Pushed Back by Bod Weather

U. N. will not allow the Ameri-
can general to order his air
forces to bomb bases in Man
churia.
So why should the Chinese
quit? The u. N. "hesitationists"
who want to stick around the
~38th Parallel indefinitely and
then repeatedly ask the Chinese
to come and negotiate are at
it again. Every such invita-
tion. has been rebuffed by the
Chinese. and every future in
vitation will be rebuffed until
Russia-the master of Com
munist China-decides to call
the whole thing off.
What Gen. Macarthur tried
to hint was that maybe some
fine day will come when the
U. N. may change its mind and
let the bases in Manchuria be
bombed so that U. N. forces
could liberate all of North
Korea. But even the mention
of such a conjectural policy now
has been frowned upon by the
anonymous critics in some off,
cial quarters here. So why
should the Communists alter
their policy in the slightest?
They think the U. N. has a
bear by the tail-it can move
its forces to the 38th Parallel
and perhaps a little beyond but
no farther.
In a few weeks bad weather
will develop as 1t does season.
ally in Korea and U. N. forces
will be further handicapped and
perhaps even pushed back.
About all the U. N. and certain
officials here in Washington
seem to be doing is making
MacArthur's task harder.
Sooner or later. the President
should clear the air for all
time and indicate once more
that the sacrifices being made
in Korea are not going to be
frittered away.
Reproduction Rishts Ressrved.)
Evening star., 1951-03-27

subject of a report coming up
from Senator Lyndon Johnson's
preparedness subcommittee.
The johnson figures are so dra-
matte, they may be made the
subject of some kind Of public
hearing instead Of merely be-
ing released in a report.
Some months ago Senator
johnson told the story Of post
Korean inf1ation's first bite out
Of the defense budget. Now the
bite is even bigger, as Deputy
Secretary Lovett so eloquently
expounded.
The Senate is beginning to
realize the seriousness Of the
problem. Senators Taft and
O'Mahoney are said to be ready
to tackle even farm prices and
parity plus ta&es in an effort to
stem the tide. Senator May.
bank has begun a fight against
the lush amortization privileges
demanded by business.
AS yet however no one has
blown q bugle call that will
drown out or even compete with
crime and mink coats. Some
Democrats believe that these
fringe revelations, bad as they
are, can still be overcome in
1852 If imitation is fought to
a standstill. They are perfectly
certain that not just their de-
feat but disaster for the country
are ahead unless it's done.
Evening star., 1951-03-27
MocArthur's Knuck|es Raped
State Department. London and Paris 'Pertubed
Over Generals Call for Armstce in Korea

Earlier this month Gen. Mac
Arthur made a clear evaluation
of military conditions In Korea.
He pointed out to the govern
ments concerned that under
present diplomatic conditions,
that Is to say, while the Chinese
Communists are being treated
with kid gloves, the best we can
expect from the Korean war Is
a stalemate.
He is said to have amplifed
this official statement In con-
fldential dispatches in Washing
ton. urging the strategic use Of
the Air Force In Manchuria and
the granting of permission to
the Chinese Nationalists to
make diversionary operations
in Southern China.
Apparently his appeals were
useless. The British govern
ment is determined to continue
its present ostrich policy. It
persists in refusing to recognize
the fact, known to all Tommies
who are fighting on our side In
Korea, that the Chinese Com
munists are the real enemy.
Conditions in Communist
China are chaotic. Hunger and
discomfort together with the
strong arm methods Of the Mao
Tze-tung government have
caused a number Of rebellions
throughout the country. The
guerrillas. conservatively esti-
mated at is million fighters,
have become more daring than
in the past. Desertions from
the Red army are increasing.
Under these circumstances il
appears to the Allied Supreme
Commander that q daring blow
would topple the whole struc.
ture Of Communist China.
Evening star., 1951-03-27

out, in order to get their part
time schooling.
Above none Of the buildings
is there any television an.
tennae.
And there's not likely to be
soon. Before anything as mod
ern as television reaches some
of them they probably will have
fallen down. For these buildings
represent part Of the problem
that has brought about the de-
mand in recent years for Federal
aid to education, a demand that
a majority Of Congress seems
disposed to meet If the terms Of
the aid can be agreed on. Mem
bers Of Congress recognize the
need to equalize education
throughout the country II We
are not to have an even more
badly balanced population than
We now have.
In the year 194S-49, the
Citizens Committee reports, the
average spent per pupil ranged
from $78 in one State to 1856 In
another. There are measures
before Congress now that would
correct this disparity If q way
can be found to bring the bills
to a vote.
Evening star., 1951-03-27
Lowell MeNett::
Lowell Mel|ett:
Disparity in EDUCATION Accented
Talk Of Using TeIevision in Schools Calls
Attention to Conditions in Many Communities

The little girl being laid up
with scarlet fever, I bought her
a book to help her while the
time away. Selecting the book
wasn't easy. The young woman
in the bookshop and looked
at several before we hit on one
we thought would be about
right for q person who was
four, going on five, who had
not yet started school and, Of
course, could not read. Were
we ever mistaken!
The book dealt largely with
lambs and puppies and kittens
and such. The reading matter
was brief and simple, calculated
not to weary any adult called
on to help in its perusal. no
matter how many times he or
she might be required to repeat.
I found the little girl in bed,
wide awake and full Of beans,
listening to tiny record on q
tiny phonograph. She wasn't
allowed in the living room where
other youngsters were watching
the teleyision screen. She opened
my package eagerly, but tipped
through the pages Of the book
with steady lessening interest
and finally gave me q look Of
not too politely concealed scorn.
The look said. kid stuff"
She laid the book aside and
launched into a series Of stories.
She told me all that Hopalong
Cassidy had been up to since I'd
last seen her, refreshed my rec
ollection Of the Vaccinations
Of the wicked stepmother and
the cruel sisters in Cinderella
and Of the part the seven dwarfs
had played in mitigating the
tribulations Of Snow White.
She began then to describe in
gruesome detail the perverse
characteristics Of q witch I'd
never even heard Of, but I
escaped. seeking the company
Of some one my own age. She
was years ahead of me.
How did this come about?
Photograph, radio and, most
Of all, television.
80 I read now that the move
Evening star., 1951-03-27
David LuWrence:

Being a military commander
in behalf of the United Nations
forces certainly has its handi-
caps. Gen. Macarthur issues
a statement saying that it is
time for field officers of both
sides to talk over a truce and
pointing out that in any extern
sion of the war, China would
be beaten, but his very state
ment is criticized here and
abroad as indiscreet and not in
keeping with U. N. instructions.
Actually Gen. Macarthur. as
field commander, has a right to
say what he pleases to his enemy
in the fleld-even to threaten
and to use harsh words-if
thereby he can persuade the
enemy that resistance is futile
and that the consequences of
prolonged war would be diSas-
trous to the enemy.
But the reaction in some
U. N. quarters and in some
circles in Washington now is
that Macarthur is stepping into
the diplomatic AREAS if forces
fighting a murderous engage
ment are to be required to let
their every maneuver be sub
jected to review by a debating
society of diplomats. They can
use bombs but not the words of
a public statement to try to
scare the enemy into quitting.
There have been some pub
lished reports, moreover, that
the State Department has asked
the Pentagon and the White
House Ito curb Gen. MacAr-
thurs activities in the diplo-
matte field" These protests
are alleged to have resulted from
the announcement by MacAr-
thur that he was willing to con-
fer in the field with the enemy
in North Korea and arrange a
cease fire. His statement was
reported to have had diplo-
matte overtones and hence State
Evening star., 1951-03-27

wear itself out, the controls now
in existence were taking hold, it
was temporarily aggravating but
not for the long run, catastro-
phic.
His draft of a special message
asking for renewal and some
reinforcement of the Defense
Production Act is said still to
reflect that optimism. It asks
for the control of prices at re-
tail, the use of subsidies If nec-
essary. AS yet it ignores the
political dynamite of farm
prices.
1t has been summed up by one
insider as adequate perhaps for
last September, absurd now"
The President will not be al
lowed to forget the imitation
story, however. ~
The Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics will show a further rise in
the cost Of living April next,
perhaps two per cent. Its esti-
mated rise for the three months
following is currently five per
cent, but may go higher.
Corporate profits for the first
quarter will also reach new
highs. For 1850 they were one
third higher than in 1949. Fifty
major companies in 1850 earned
Is billion dollars after taxes.
The looming costs Of defense
which mean that Congress
won't get all the ships. planes.
material, it ordered are the
Evening star., 1951-03-27
7 167Hy 7VlCEe77OS
Studies Crime Probe Report;
Finds Costello Is q Golfer

all, but Mr.. Costello makes him
look like a stay-in-bed sleepy
head.
If Mr.. Costello can remember
(and I will say that reading his
testimony leads me to believe
that If his lawyer were not pres
ent to prompt him MIR. Costello
would not know his name, home
address. or anything else) Mr..
Costello will enter the lists Of
the National Open Golf Cham
pionship this year, and win it
by a handsome margin. II this
happens. 1t Is to be assumed
that he won't remember win
ming it, and he won't remember
the prize money paid him.
II 1t won't bore you too much.
I would like> to picture the
scene Of Mr.. Costello and lawyer
Wolfe on the first tee of the
National Open.
Golf Reporter: What Is your
name and where do you come
from?
Mr.. Costello: I don't recollect.
It is possible that I have a name,
but I don't remember.
Golf Reporter: Mr.. Costello.
what is the name Of the Presi-
dent of the United States?
Mr.. Costello: I don't remem-
ber.
Golf Reporter: Mr.. Costello,
did you enter this tournament
in the hope that you would win
the money you need?
Mr.. Wolfe: Please. reporter.
remember that Mr.. Costello is
now late for his shave, haircut,
oil massage, and the works at
the Waldorf-Astoria. Also, he
is overdue at the Colony where,
because Of thrift measures, he
eats a hamburger every day.
Will you please excuse our not
answering your questions?
Golf Reporter: Yes. I will.
But I am not at all sure that the
country will.
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Evening star., 1951-03-27
Henry McLemore:

I haven't been back from
abroad long enough to read
all the cross-examination and
testimony Of the Senate Crime
Investigation Committee. but
I have been back long enough.
and read enough. to enable me
to arrive at several definite
conclusions.
One Is that Frank Costello
is the worlds greatest golfer.
His name won't be found in
the record books along with the
names Of Bobby Jones. Walter
Hagen, Francis Ouimet. Harry
Vardon, Byron Nelson and Ben
Hogan, to name q few, but he
must be superior to all these
men with the driver, brassie.
No. S iron, sand wedge and put
ter.
He has. according to his own
testimony. spent more time on
a golf course than any man.
living or dead. His Office for
many years has been either on
the tee or green Of some course.
Reading what he told the Com
mittee makes me wonder how
he ever found time to make
enough money to pay golf
club dues. He was always play
ing golf.
All the golfers I have ever
known, both pro and amateur.
had to take a few hours of a
week to make q little money to
enable them to play the game
they loved.
Not Mr.. Costello. He hit the
course each day before the
robins or the groundskeeper.
and stayed there until dusk
shrouded the greens.
Now unless Mr.. Costello is
without any sort Of muscular
coordination. unless he is ab-
solutely unable to match mind
with biceps, triceps, whiceps.
and all the other ceps which
go to make up q human being,
he must be the greatest golfer
in the world.
You can't play as much golf as
he told the Senate Committee
he did, without developing
tremendous proficiency. My off,
hand guess is that he shoots in
the low 40s, and that for 18
holes. I would also guess that
he gets mad as all get-out when
he slips up and only makes a
birdie on a hole. He must be an
eagle and hole-in-one man.
None Of the golfers I men
toned above spend, or spent, as
much time on q golf course as
Mr.. Costello. Ben Hogan has
the reputation Of being the most
indefatigable practicer Of them
Evening star., 1951-03-27
Dorothy Thompson:

Some days ago I picked from
my library shelves a book I had
not opened for 20 years. Re
reading a book is often a
disillusionment. Therefore, I
started Herman Melville's 'Moby
Dick" rather idly-and never
laid it aside again until I had
finished it. I found myself not
only entranced, but deeply
shaken.
"Moby Dick" is a novel about
whalers in the days when Nam
tucket's crafts and crews bagged
more of the leviathans of the
deep than all the doughty Nor
wegians, Dutch, and English.
No one ever wrote. or ever will,
of the whaling trade as Herman
Melville did.
But not the profound and
f1rst-hand knowledge of a saw
agely heroic pursuit; nor Of
the hybrid crews of savages.
Indians, Negroes, white men
and gentlemen drawn to and
associated in this pursuit; nor
of the seven seas which Melville
could chart as others their
home towns; nor the brilliant
sound apd color of Melville's
extraordinarily virile language,
which no archaicisms (for my
ears, st least) diminish; not
these make the haunting Won
ders of 'Moby Dick"
This most naturalistic novel is
also an allegory on the nature
of evil, resistance. and pride.
And, as such, it as as modern as
. is eternal.
Captain Ahab, master Of the
ship Pequod, was a man with an
idee f1xe. He had once encoun-
tered the fabulous leviathan-
known to many other whalers
as the demon of the seas-"the
monstrous albino killer whale:
Moby Dick" In that encounter
Ahab had been crippled, there
after walking upon one whale
bone leg. And the white whale
still roamed the seas.
Other whaling ships and
their masters left well enough
alone, taking their whales where
they found them. But for Ahab,
Lucifer of pride, his ships quest
had reduced itself to a single
objective-the conquest of the
monster demon; in Ahab was
accumulated the hatred and
vengeance of all sailors toward
the ominous beast of the seas
without their caution. For to
Evening star., 1951-03-27
Dorothy thompson:
Lives of Men Mean NOthinQ
Masters Of American Ship Of State Are Thinking
Like Obsessed Captain Ahob of 'Moby Dick

Ahab the white whale was the
very source and symbol Of evil.
the dragon to whom he was a
self-appointed St. George; and
the Pequod's journey was no
trading pursuit but holy cru
SADIE, the world being too small
to hold the noble spirit of Ahab
and the great beast Of the deep.
Now Ahab-a character Of
grandeur-became, in his OBJ
session, himself possessed of the
devil. The hunter of the killer
became the hunted and a killer.
The lives of men under his
command became nothing, nor
the ship which he was appointed
to guard. All reason left him.
Thinking is, or ought to be, a
GOODNESS and calmness; but
Ahab never thinks, he only feels,
feels, feels!" Ahab was bent on
meeting the spirit of eternal
malice, forehead to forehead.
And so he did meet him; and
the steel of his triumphant
harpoon sped home into the
white mountain of grinning
mammal. But Moby Dick in his
last throes pulled Ahab, crew
and ship down with him into
watery hell. The seas washed
over both. But one man sur
vived, on the only thing that
floated-a coffin-to be picked
up by a less heroic. more
reasonable ship and crew.
1t seems to me that the mas
ters of the American ship of state
are reaching, in their preoccupa-
ton with the Soviet Union,
something like that monomania
of Captain Ahab. Their think
ing is not the GOODNESS and
Evening star., 1951-03-27

calmness that thinking ought to
be. To hunt down the malicious
force of evil. they stand in
deadly peril of becoming them
selves a malicious force. They
will not appease the monster:
but they will also not sail more
favorable seas. Like Ahab they
move up into range, forehead to
forehead.
Some less heroic and more
cautious ship may pick up the
survivors, If any coffin floats
when pursuer and pursued both
go down. Perhaps the meek will
inherit the earth, after all. Who
knows?
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-29
Two Men Injured In Gar Wreck
 On Douglas Road

TWO Juneau men were injured in an automobile accident north ol Douglas on the Douglas highway carly Sunday morning when the car they were in ran into the oltcH along the highway and turned over twice.
 Matthew Wannamaker, driver ol the car which belonged to a reia- tive of his, according to Alaska Highway Patrol. was the most ser iously injured. His doctor, at the government hospital, reports that Wannamaker may have 1rac- tured back. A passenger, Leo Ma varro. suffered cuts on the face ana scalp, and possibly a fractured I'D
 Both men are said to be in fair condition.
 Wannamaker and Navarro were both thrown from the overturning vehicle. according to William Post, driver of Glacier Cab. Post told patrol officers that he saw the car in front of him swerve back and forth across the highway, then go into the ditch on the wrong side of the road. He said it then careened back onto the highway and over turned twice. Passengers in the cab verified the account of the ac- cident, according to John Monagle patrol officer.