Evening star., 1952-10-29
What Should Be Done
About Communist Issue

Nagei. I see. Thank you. One
OF the ladies has handed me a |
question here. She seems a little
to shy to ask it herself. So | will
ask it for her. General, Amer leans
are concerned about Communists
IN Government. What do YOU
think should be done about this
problem?
A. l have expressed myself on
1t, OF course, number of times
But personally I don't think we
can be too careful in uprootine
communism from Government.
One OF the points I have made
is this: When we get the outstand-
ing men of the United States, men
and women. from every section
and from every walk of life, men
and women who are incorruptible
themselves, they are not going to
appoint to important positions
people who are corruptible. That
is the first thing.
But if they do find one of these
people who has erred and has
gone the wrong way and is dis
loyal to America, they will be very.
very tlrelesS in searching them
out, digging them out. It is my
contention there is plenty of DOW
er in the American Government
to do this.
We have got the FBI and ALI
sorts of investigative facilities,
and if there is the will we can do
this and never violate one single
lota OF the American doctrine that
every man is innocent until he is
proved guilty. We don't need to
besmirch the good name of any
man to get rid of this thing if the
Executive Department from TOP
to bottom is determined to do its |
part.
Nagel: Another good answer.
General, we have about a moment
left. Mrs. Berlin has a question
here. She wants to 60 back to |
Korea for minute. Your state
ment that you are going to Korea
has been described by the opposi-
toin as grandstand play.
A. Well, as you know, I have
been in few military campaigns,
and found this. In order to know
what I should do, it is quite nee
essary to go to the spot where
action is taking place. to find out
what the people feel, what are
the conditions there, what is their
state of morale.
IT anybody occupying a position
Iof responsibility with respect to
that war can't learn something
by going out there, then in my
opinion he is rather blind and
doesn't know what he is looking
for, because I tell you fatty. Mr..
Nagel, if thought that going out
there could save one American
life, if it could keep from one
American home the grief that
comes from the loss Of a dear
one, then such a trip would be
worthwhile.
In any event, if I am charged
with the responsibility of the post
that I am now standing for, am
going.
NAGEL: Thank you general, we
have about three seconds left. 4
am afraid that isn't enough time
to ask another one of these ques-
tions. But I do feel that we should |
all express our great appreciation |
for your being here. Coming from
the Middle West plains you will
remember, as do, as a kid, that
many of these great political prob
lens were usually solved around |
the old red pot-bellied stove in !
the corner grocery store. think |
that we have perhaps achieved a
little of that feeling here tonight,
general, your warmth, your friend
ship, the clearness with which
you have discussed these ques-
tions
A. You remember there was
always a barrel of dried prunesI
there you could reach over and
get.
| NAGEL: Dried prunes or crack
ers. So feel we have been sitting
around the pot-bellied stove here
tonight.
A. am sorry Mamie couldn'tI
be here but she has been very
busy and has had problems of her
own too. She would like to be
here too.