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Evening star., 1960-01-17
PORTRAIT OF GENERAL
Macarthur at 80, Still Has Strono Views

has his own apartment uptown
near Columbia University, where
he is a senior majoring in English.
A dark, reserved young man of 81,
he has indicated a great interest
in writing and little in a military
career. However, after graduation
next June he will be subject to
compulsory military training.
His father and grandfather hold
a unique position in military glory
inaSmuch as both won the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor, one
for Bataan in World War II and
the other for the Civil War.
Over the years, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur also collected three
Distinguished Service Crosses and
seven silver stars-a singular rec
ord for valor. But all of these,
along with host Of other deco
rations, foreign and domestic, are
kept in storage by the general.
In fact, there is little in the
Macarthur apartment to suggest
his half century Of military serv-
ice. There are in the massive liv-
ing room a gold cigaret case from
the staff of the World War I
Rainbow Division inscribed to
THE Bravest of the Brave" a
silver cigaret box from Lord Louis
Mountbatten in World War II and
a gold baton to commemorate
Gen. MacArthur's days as field
marshal in the Philippines.
Beyond that, nothing. No med
ais. No trophies Of war. No photo
graphs-although he has plenty
in storage-from grateful COM
manders and Presidents.
The Surrender Pen
OF the six pens used by Gen.
Macarthur to accept the Japanese
surrender in 1945, he gave five
away, kept the sixth but that is
in storage. So are his uniforms,
including the famous gold braided
cap.
Today the only part of the gen.
erals current wardrobe even re-
motely military is his gray, black
and gold lounging robe, with the
big "a" over the heart, a copy
of the kind worn in his cadet
days at West Point.
The only photographs the gen.
eral keeps out are on the walls
Of his bedroom. These are fam
lily pictures plus a photograph of
the Army football team of 1902
twhose manager was MacArthur)
and framed copy of the Army
Navy score Of that year (Army
won % to g..
The general is a great sports
fan and will watch all forms
available on TV. including wrest-
ling. But his special passion is
football-West Point football. In
any given year of war or peace,
We are told. he could give you the
vital statistics of every man on
the Army varsity that season. He
can tell you the score of every
Army-Navy game in the past half
century.
On football Saturdays, when
Army is not being telecast, he will
watch another game on TV while
listening to Army on radio. This
year he watched Navy's massacre
of Army (43-12) in long suffering
silence. But within two days, Gen
eral of the Army Douglas Mac
Arthur shook off the shock and
rose out of the still smoldering
foxholes of disaster to inquire
about West Points prospects for
next year.
Evening star., 1960-01-17

man since he replied in a pub
lished statement to the Truman
memoirs.
According to a man privy to
Gen. MacArthur'S feelings, the
general still feels deeply hurt by
the Truman firing-feels it cast
stigma over his military record,
which will never be erased. He
will go to his grave with a deep
sense of bitterness"
But Gen. Macarthur remains
convinced that Chinese Commun-
ist bases in Manchuria should
have been destroyed. that it would
have won the war in Korea and
then and there aborted the ris-
ing power of China.
He is said to be concerned that
the time may be dangerously
close when American soldiers may
not have the heart to fight for
their country" He attributes this,
too, to the fact that we failed
to fight Red China through to
victory after she caused huge
American casualties"
This is paraphrase of Mac
Arthur opinion as reported by
man who sees him almost every
day but asks that his name be
withheld.
Never TroveIs Abroad
Since his return from Tokyo in
1851. Gen. Macarthur has never
Travelled abroad although every
year he receives invitations from
the governments of Japan, Aus
tralia. Korea and the Philippines.
The General feels" said the
same source, that the circum-
stances of his dismissal preclude
his going back to the Far East
even for a visit unless he went
back as some sort of special am
baSsador with the dignity of the
United States Government behind
him."
Evening star., 1960-01-17
School Legislation
Chances Are Good

share of the burden and places it
on the States and local commune
ties who are least able to afford
it. In addition, they point out
that additional debt service
charges might we'll cause States
and local communities to reduce
teachers salaries.
The Democratic view is that
more classrooms will be built
sooner and at lower total cost
even If another years wait is re-
quired to enact a big Federal
grant program.
Present indications are that
Congress is not likely to approve
Federal funds for teachers SAL
aries. The chief proposal for this
purpose is the Murray-Metc
bill which, in amended form, was
reported by the House Education
Committee last year. 1t provides
$1.l billion Of Federal grants a
year for four years to be used at
the discretion of the States either
for school construction or teach
ers' salaries.
The Senate Democratic leader
ship is convinced that opposition
to Federal money for teachers
salaries is so great, particularly in
the House, that it would impair
the chances of any school bill
this session. Most Republicans
and many Southern Democrats
who would accept Federal funds
for classrooms rebel at their use
for teachers salaries.
Amendments Seen
Although amendments will be
introduced in the Senate to in
clude teachers salaries, Demo-
cratic leaders will attempt to beat
them down in order to avoid
endangering school construction
through bitter debate on the
highly controversial teacher SAL
ary issue.
There are two other amend
ments which Senate Democrats
fear will stir the religious and
racial issues, which in past years
have beaten school construction
bills. One is the amendment to
provide $75 million of Federal
loans for private school construc-
ton involving parochial schools.
The other is the Powell-type
amendment to deny Federal funds
to segregated schools. However,
it is believed that the Senate
liberals will be able to block this
more serious threat because they
realize that such an amendment
would, if passed, end all chances
for a school construction measure.
One reason why Senate Demo-
Gratis think that a classroom
building might not be vetoed is
that, if enacted this session. its
financial impact probably would
not occur until 1861 when there
may be a budget surplus. Also,
it is argued that Vice President
Nixon might we'll consider the ad-
ministration veto to be a handi-
cap to him in the coming cam
paign.
On the House side, Democratic
supporters for education will wait
to see what action is taken by the
Senate. If the Senate should re-
ject teachers salaries, then House
Democrats will probably concen-
trate on school construction. The
chief hurdle will probably be to
get the bill approved for floor
debate. If the Rules Committee
should fail to report it, then at
tempts will probably be made to
obtain a discharge petition, which
one leading Democratic Congress-
man says has now become fash
ionable."
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Continued from Page C-1

was the man who issued the cnal-
lenge. Can he who hesitates win?
Evening star., 1960-01-17

In 1858, after the mills seizure
and eight-week strike of 1852,
Steel Union President David J.
Mcdonald and Benjamin F. Fair
less. then chairman of the board
of United States Steel, toured
big steels mills and met with
workers in search of better under
standing between the management
and the employees.
Mr.. Fairless tried to impress
the union members that their best
interests were tied to the interests
Of the company. Mr. Mcdonald
spoke time and again of working
together in mutual trusteeShip"
of the industry.
Five Steel Strikes
Despite good intentions on both
sides, the country has suffered
through five long steel strikes since
the end of World War lin 1946,
l949, 1852, 1856 and 1959-with
the last one topping them all as
the most damaging strike in
United States history. Further
more. every one of the strikes has
required White House intervention
of some kind.
The coal industry, once the
worst from a strike standpoint,
offers a better example of labor
management cooperation. There
has not been an important coal
strike in 10 years.
Informal talks between John L.
Lewis. Just retired president of the
United Mine Workers, and Edward
G. Fox, head Of the Bituminous
Coal Operators Association, have
preceded the reaching of peaceful
labor agreements. 1t was for this
sole purpose that the association
was created.
In Other Industries
In the construction industry
there have been some meetings
between unionizd CONT actors and
building trades unions aimee at
reducing featherbeddlng and cut
ting costs in other ways 20 meet
competition from nonunion con-
tractors.
The prospect of fruitful meet
ings in other industries where
there is potential labor trouble
ahead is dim.
The next crisis looms ON the
railroads, where a strike threatens
in May. Railroad brotherhoods
have rejected management pro-
posal for study of work rules to
reduce costly featherbedding.
Eighty per cent of the aircraft
industry faces possible strikes this
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Informed Discussions

The unusual gathering to be the
first move toward the type of in
formal, off-the-record discussions
between labor and management In
Evening star., 1960-01-17
Likelihood Of Compromise

The Democrats are not likely
to accept any compromise which.
to meet the administration A.
nancial views. involves bond issues
by local school districts. Such
proposal, they believe, relieves the
Federal Government, best able to
finance classrooms, of the major
Evening star., 1960-01-02
They Need a Jolt

New York's Governor Rockefeller,
concerned over the rise in juvenile crime
in his State, has given his support to a
sensible, but controversial, proposal of
his task force" on juvenile delinquency.
The advisory group, in addition to sub
mitting a long list of suggestions for
controlling delinquency through reha-
bilitation measures, recommended law
changes to permit adult penalties for
serious crimes committed by teen-agers
with adult criminal tendencies.
Specifically, the Governor included
in his legislative program law to en-
power children's court judges, in their
discretion, to send even 15-year-oldS to
jail or prison if they are found guilty Of
vicious assaults of the type that have
shocked New York City during the past
year. Under existing laws, the court now
must send such youthful criminals to
youth detention center, unless they have
been convicted of a capital offenSe. The
Governors task force recommended that
the Broader commitment power be dis
cretionary with the judges. But, they
added, when a 15-year-old is mature
for his age and has committed what
would be, except for his age, serious
felony, commitment to State training
school is inappropriate, both as to the
youth and the school,"
Governor Rockefeller and his ad-,
visers are right. ANY 15-year-old who
chooses to behave like hardened adult
hoodlum ought to be made to suffer the
same kind of punishment meted out to
an adult. For it will take something
more than a slap on the wrist to jolt
some sense into his distorted mind.
Evening star., 1960-01-02

Of the parent continental United States
any longer, and this gives it an inevi-
table nature which believe will most
strongly act as deterrent to all-out
war"
Nor is Russia obliviouS to the impor-
tance of submarine warfare in the mis-
Sile age, judging by the best available
reports Of Soviet submarine strength.
The possession of such lurking missile
armed sea monsters by both nations
might well be all the deterrent needed
to prevent the triggering of a nuclear
war that would destroy civilization as
we know it.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Happy Hunting Grounds

If a change of scenery is what
the Redskins need, things ought to be
looking up again for the hometown pro
football team by 1861. For that is when
George MarshallS popular gridiron tribe
. will move into the Happy Hunting
Grounds Of Washington'S new stadium
on East Capitol street. We hope, in
deed, that the mere prospect Of per-
forming in the 50,O00-seat arena, soon
to be built, will have a salutary effect
on the team next season. The Red
skins need a boost, after this years
hard-fought but luckless campaign.
Mr. Marshall has agreed to the gen.
~eral terms of 30-year contract which
win transfer the Redskins homesite
from Griflth Stadium in the congested
Northwest to the eastern part Of the
city, where there will be plenty Of room
for parking. Especially attractive from
the fans viewpoint will be the fact that
10000 of the seats will be between the
goal posts. Provision can be made for
10000 additional temporary seats, II
necessary And they could become nee
essary if the Redskins once more de-
velop into formidable contenders for
the league championship.
.4a Meanwhile, Calvin Griffith and his
associates continue to null over the
question of whether to follow the lead
Of the Redskins or remain at their old
stand at Seventh street and Florida
avenue. But Mr.. Marshalls decision to
forsake Griffith Stadium should be
powerful factor in helping the Senators
bosses to make up their minds. The
loss of rental revenues from the Red
skin games will be a serious blow to
Griffith & Company. We hope that,
come 1861, both the Senators and the
Redskins will be doing their stuff be-
fore large crowds in the fine new sta
dunn on the Anacostia River.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
A Sort of Tribute

1t has been decades since the Soviet
Union and American private enterprise
have worked out an agreement like the
one just signed to equip the Russians
with huge textile plant at. Kalinin,
midway between Leningrad and Moscow.
Described as one of the biggest of its
kind to be built anywhere in the world
since 1945, it will be a 50,000-spindle
spinning and weaving project costing
about $50 million.
Approximately $40 million of this
total will be paid by the Kremlin, on a
cash-on-the e-barrelhead basis, for the
most advanced types of textile machin-
cry, which will be manufactured and
supplied by conSortium of over forty
American companies specializing in the
design and production of such equip
private enterprisers have not entered
upon deal comparable to this since
those long-ago days when United States
engineers helped the Russians build
their first big power dam and when
Ford and international Harvester set up
vitally needed factories in the USSR,
whose industrial capacity was still rela-
lively weak at that time.
The Kalinin plant has been decided
upon in keeping with the Kremlins am
bilious Seven-year economic plan, which
calls, among other things, for a great
expansion of Soviet textile production.
The undertaking is to be welcomed as
evidence that Premier Khrushchev may
really be anxious to give the average
Russian better deal in the field of con-
sumer goods. Beyond that, it serves in
its own way as Communist tribute of
sorts to the competence of free American
industry. s,..
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Plenty of Authority Now

Attorney General Rogers wisely mas
refused to be stampeded into recon-
mending a drastic extension of Federal
laws to control the scandal -haraSsed
television and radio industries. There
are plenty of controls on the statute
books now to eliminate such abuses Of
broadcasting licenses as have been re-
vealed in the quiz show and disc jockey
fields. What is needed is more effective
use of the Governments present regula-
tory powers than have been exercised in
the past.
AS Mr.. Rogers pointed out in his
report to President Eisenhower on
rigging and payola frauds, an alert Fed
eral Communications Commission long
ago could have exposed and put an end
to the receptions disclosed by congress
Sional committees. Belatedly, both the
FEC and the Federal Trade Commission
are taking steps to use their full powers
to clean up radio-TV programming and
advertising exceSSes and abuses.
The Government, because Of the
peculiar nature of the broadcaSting in
dustry, has right and duty to regu-
late use of the limited number OF
channels available for commercial sta
tiens. In the licensing Of certain
stations to use the air-waves, the law
requires a showing by the applicants
that the public interest, convenience
and necessity would be served thereby"
Former President Hoover succinctly in
terpreted this condition as meaning
that there is something more than
naked commercial self1shness" behind
the application for a license, Mr.. Rogers,
recalling Mr. Hoover's statement, COM
mented that recent disclosures with
respect to certain advertising and other
practices indicate that naked CONNER
cial selflShnesS', rather than factors OF
public service, has too often been the
principal motivation for much OF the
matter that has been broadcast"
Both the ETC and the FEC have
shown, by their crackdownS OF late, that
they have authority that has been too
little employed in the past against de-
ceptive shows and commercials. the
Attorney General believes that II Con-
gress is to adopt any legislation in this
nelQ, IL OuSnL W De LAiACC0 Ao" w
measures: ~ Making it criminal OF
fense for TV or radio employe to &C
cept pay for broadcasting materlal
without announcing the sponsorship
(2) Modifying the licensing law to per-
NIT suspension, as we'll as cancellation
of license. present law requires per-
manent cancellation Of an Offenders
license-a penalty which the FEC has
been reluctant to invoke in minor caseS)
If Congress should decide to go much
further in widening the Governments
supervision of broadcasting, the industry
itself is hardly in position to criticize
Federal Intervention. 1t invited stronger
controls when it failed to clean its own
house of the cheats and other termites
that have undermined it in the recent
past.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
The Inevitable Weapon?

The U.SS. George Washington, first
of a class of fleet balliStic missile sub
marines to be commissioned, may also
be the first of the ultimate weapons OF
the future. For there are some military
experts who believe that eventually our
most potent weapons of defense and
offense will hide beneath the oceans,
ready to hurl nuclear explosives from
the bottom of the sea in the direction
of any enemy city or base anywhere.
The George Washington, being
atom powered, can remain submerged
for weeks, while it prowls the ocean
depths or speeds to some trouble spot.
It's sixteen missile Launching tubes can
propel PolariS ballistic missiles, with
nuclear warheadS, while the submarine
is submerged and more than 1000 miles
from target. 1t is thus a concealed,
highly mobile base that an enemy would
have great difficulty in locating-a base
protected from fallout by the water
which covers it.
It was because of these advantages
that DR.. Howard A. Wilcox, deputy di-
IeCCOI VI .IeSedLCA anu engineering oA
the Department of Defense, recently
described the underwater missile sys-
tenn as "a strategic deterrent" that is
most invulnerable to knocking out by
enemy action" and that can "retaliate
without requiring instant communica-
ton, instant intelligence and instant
early warning" He added: "The re-
taliatory capability, If lodged in the
ocean, does not depend on the integrity
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Curt Reply

DR.. Gannon's letter lauding
the drug industry as God
fearing businessmen who
have hearts which are in
fluenced for the less fortu-
nate" reminds me Of q letter
I wrote to one Of them II
years ago. I stated that my
wife was seriously LII. that
she had taken certain tablets
made by them, and purchased
in a distant city, but had diff
ficulty in locating them in
this locality. I asked them II
/ could please buy from them
direct, or would they advise
me a retail source where I
could. I received a curt reply
from them stating "due to
conditions beyond our control
we cannot give you the in
formation requested. Yours
truly"
The firm was one Of the big
four which was singled out
by the. congressional commit
tee recently as refusing to
supply drugs to an organiZa-
ton which sold at discount
prices to people over IS; and
it would appear they are Just
as vicious in the pursuit Of
money, and still as heartless
and callous to the suffering
and dying, as they were IA
years ago.
Edward HaPdman,
Evening star., 1960-01-02
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
The following is from your
column Of recent date:
"a gun, any gun. is q
lethal weapon. It has no
other use in the world except
to kill
"In the past I have owned
and used many different
kinds Of guns, most Of which
were rifles and pistols de-
signed. made and used for
one specific purpose, viz. fir
ing bullets through a paper
target in the smallest pos
Sible group.
"In general, their design
made them unsuitable for
military use. for hunting or
for the purpose for which
most guns are used, protect
ing human life.
ut would be just as sensible
to say that an automobile has
no other use in the world
except to kill. It does a much
better job.
Every truly, w. B. Van W."
Z 4
Americans don't like things
being laid on the line.
They resent the truth.
A gun is a lethal instru-
ment, whether it is used to
protect humanity or to kill
it.
That is the crux of the
question.
The purpose of an auto
mobile is to get over the
ground. With it, killing and
manning are only accidental,
except in a very few cases,
and they are murder.
= 4 =
Our correspondent per-
haps is not muzzle- conscious,
as the hunters say. He had
better be.
The target gun has a muz-
zle. too. and you should not
get in front of it. 1t can put
out an eye neatly, or possibly
even kill, if the bullet hits
in exactly the right place.
Temp Jones will not forget
his experience with the
pigeon.
He borrowed a BIB gun
from a small friend.
The boy not Jonesie -
Evening star., 1960-01-02

AS a D. C. Transit patron
for many years who makes
from four to eight trips daily
on trolleys and buses, I pro-
test that a scent fare
increase is wholly unjustifed,
intolerable. and an unethical
imposition on Washington
residents. I ask that it be
denied for the benefit Of the
tremendous number Of people
who must use Transit facil-
tiles to get to and from their
work each day.
Already Transit is earning
a whopping 6.l5 per cent or
better on its tangible property
evaluations, far more than
the average private corpora
ton in the United States is
earning. A Is per cent fare
boost will net Transit owners
a far greater yield, and it will
be picked from the pockets
Of the Capitals poorest.
Roy Chalk, Transit presi-
dent, says he expects to lose
Is per cent of his 120 million
odd fares If the usurious IS
per cent increase is granted.
That may be true, for per-
haps that many can find
other means, private cars or
taxis. But what about the
IS per cent who must ride.
regardless? Utility commits
sioners. those IS per cent are
the people whose welfare
you're paid to look after!
What are you going to do
about It?
And why should the major
ity pay through the nose? To
enrich the Golfers of Transit,
already taking in more than
$27 million a year against a
salary-wage cost Of about
SIT million.
Mr.. Chalk says his new
wage-benef1t contract with
Transit operators is such that
he must pass it on to the
patrons. Who authorized him
to lay on a IS per cent fare
increase just to pay his oper-
ators more? What moral
right has he to do this to the
poorest Washington workers?