Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-31

GEN. PATRICK HURLEY
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were trying to sabotage"
American policy in China.
At a stormy session before
the committee on December 6,
he accused two Foreign Service
officers George Atcheson, jr.,
and John Service-of recon-
mending policies designed to
overthrow Chang Kai-shek.
The then Secretary of State,
James j. Byrnes, strongly de-
Tended the two men, telling the
committee there was no sub
sanitation whatever of the
charge that they were guilty
Of "the slightest disloyalty."
AchesOn Accused
1t was in connection with
another alteration brought to
the committees attention that
the phrase "meSSianic glob-
alony" was used in connection
with Gen. Hurley.
The tall and handsome SOL
dier-diplomat declared that
Dean Acheson, then Undersec-
rotary Of State, had wrecked"
American lend-lease policy in
Iran with an "imperialiStic"
approach. Gen. Hurley OBJ
jected vigorously to a memoir
andum prepared by an Acheson
assistant in which the general
was accused of dealing in
"mesSianic globalony."
The phrase originated with
Representative Clare Boothe
Luce, Republican of Connecti-
cut, who used it in a House
speech criticizing New Deal
policy.
Born in ChOctaw Nation
He was born in 1888 in the
Choctaw Nation, Indian Terri
tory, the son of poor parents Of
Irish descent. He was forced to
go to work at II in an Indian
Territory coal mine. Later, he
was a cowpuncher in Texas,
returned to coal mining and
worked his way through Baptist
Indian University, now Bacone
College, at Muskogee, gradu-
ating in 1905.
Earlier, his military service
had begun in 1902, when he
enlisted in the Indian Terrific
rial Volunteer Militia. He be-
came a captain in the Okla
homa National Guard in 1914.
During World War I, he was
promoted to lieutenant colonel
during combat operations in
France.
Before the first World War,
Gen. Hurley studied law in
Washington, attending the old
National University of Law. He
received his degree in 1908.
Attorney for ChOctaws
He was admitted to the Ok
lahoma State bar in 1908 and
by 1911 was the national attor-
ney for the Choctaw Nation.
In 118 cases for the Indians,
he lost only three.
After World War I, he re-
turned to Tulsa and was ex-
tremely successful in a variety
of oil, banking and real estate
ventures.
He was an early supporter of
President Hoover, and was
made Assistant Secretary of
War when Hoover became
President. Less than a year
later, he was appointed Secre-
tary of War when Secretary
James Good died.
During his cabinet service,
Gen. Hurley passed over sew
eral senior officers to make
Douglas Macarthur chief of
staff. 1t was he who issued
the order to Gen. Macarthur
for the eviction of the Bonus
Army from Washington. His
cabinet service ended in 1898,
when the Roosevelt admin
istration took over.
Opposed New Deal
In private life, Gen. Hurley
represented numerous large
corporations in Washington.
Although he condemned the
New Deal, he later supported
President Roosevelt's foreign
policy.
BY 1899 the former coal
miner and cowboy was reported
to be one Of the 10 richest law
yers in the Nation.
His Government service In
the World War II period began
with a mission to Australia.
Then he was made the first
United States Minister to New
Zealand. In 1912 he was sent
to Moscow for personal talks
with Premier Stain.
After q number Of presiden-