Peace Treaty
For Japanese
Not in Prospect
“There has been absolutely no
progress towards a peace treaty
with Japan, not even an attempt,”
Duane (Spike) Hennessy, former
Associated Press correspondent in
Japan, told a group of student
and faculty members in a talk
Thursday.
Hennessy has just returned from
Japan after spending 42 months
there as a correspondent with the
American occupation forces. His
speech, “The Last Time I Saw
Tokyo,” was sponsored by Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journalism
fraternity.
Japan Last Stronghold
“It is silly to even consider a
peace treaty as long as our rela
tions with Russia are like they
are,” he said. “Japan is our last
stronghold in the Pacific and the
Japanese are our friends. We have
to keep it that way.”
About the occupation, Hennessy
told the group that General Mac
Arthur is the ideal man for the
job. He does a good job because
he is entirely aloof from the Jap
anese. He occasionally asks the
Emperor to come to see him or
allows him to come to see him.
Other than that he has nothing to
do with the people.
MacArthur is egotistical, theat
rical, and impressive, Hennessy
said. He puts on a good show for
the Japanese. It is something they
are used to and it makes a big im
pression.
MacArthur Revives Industry
Mac Arthur has forced the few
families that owned all the indus
tries to exchange them for gov
ernment bonds and sold the com
pany stocks on the market to the
general public. He borrowed money
from the United States to get the
industry going. The Japanese paid
back the loan last October, Hen
nessy said.
The Japanese military group is
broken, he added. Former high of
ficers are chauffering or doing
similar jobs. The poor are better
off than ever before and the only
rich are the black marketeers.
“It will be okay if I never see
Tokyo again,” said Hennessy com
menting on the title of his talk.
"I like the Japanese, but I like
Americans better. I am glad to be
home and I hope to stay here.”
He spoke again later in the eve
ning at a “shop talk” session with
the SDX members at the Side, and
later was a member of a discus
sion group of faculty members
and SDXers at the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity house where he is guest,
house guest.
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Oestreich Stars in 'Command' Lead
Playing the leading role in the
University theater production of
“Command Decision’’ is occupying
most of Dave Oestreich’s time
these days.
When the Guild hall theater cur
tain rose last night for the first
performance of the war drama, the
audience saw him transformed
into hard-boiled Brigadier Gen
eral Dennis, in command of a
bombing outfit in England.
“Dennis is primarily interested
in cutting through red tape and
in getting the war done,” Dave ex
plained. “He is forced to send his
men on a suicidal mission in order
to keep from being run out of Eur
ope. And, in spite of the fact that
he is cold and impersonal and
down-to-earth, he doesn’t like to
do it.”
The situation isn’t helped much
when two junketing congressman
arrive on the scene, convinced that
Dennis is sacrificing men’s lives
needlessly to earn personal glory
for himself. Dennis is also both
Dave Oestreich
ered by an officer sent out from
Washington, who disagrees with
his views on how a war should be
won.
William Wister Haines’ “Com
mand Decision” opened on Broad
way in 1947 and had a very suc
cessful year and a half run. It has
also been made into a movie.
Dealing with what goes on in
the minds of the top brass, “Com
mand Decision” is different from
the usual war play. It is a story of
the upper echelons, rather than
the regular fighting men.
“This is my first try at drama
since I portrayed George Washing
ton in a grade school play,” Dave,
a junior in the school of journal
ism remarked. “I think the play
appeals to all of us because of its
realism.”
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( Continued from page one)
Of course, there probably have
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One interviewee completely ex
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disclosing that the phone number
listed after his name was a de
liberate phony. He likes his pri
vacy, he said.
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