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Newspaper Page Textml fir ha V Capital AJournal An Independent Newspaper Established 1 888 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher ROBERT LETTS JONES, Assistant Publisher Published every afternoon except Sunday at 444 Che meketa St., Salem. Phones: Business, Newsroom, Want Ads, 2-2406; Society Editor, 2-2409. Full Leased Wire Service- of the Associated Press and The United Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this paper and also news published therein. BY BECK Wives Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 21, 1951 Ss $ FLASHING REDS THE GREEN LIGHT re In engineering the dismissal of General Douglas Mac "Arthur, Secretary of State Dean Acheson probably insured his own speedy ouster. His influence in congress always rj small will be nonexistent. Acheson's plans involving BImoney will be ridiculed. Anything with his tag on cannot hlget support and he will probably soon be on the way out. y( Acheson ,favored a firm policy towards Red China early h(ln the Korean war, but he reversed himself in his directive into MacArthur of March 21, 1951, which told MacArthur to shut-up, call off his vetoed proposals, and hole-up while diplomats search for a peace settlement. Presidential "pressure probably induced the chiefs of staff to reverse A themselves and they went along with the order firing alMacArthur. The general balked and made his own peace offer and got first a reprimand and then ouster in the showdown. n British pressure was behind the Acheson plan to try and pfind a basis for peace by appeasement. Instead of fight aiing for victory, we are to fight along without a decision aior second front to harrass the enemy, meanwhile safe guarding his bases. SSSST HERS WE'RE ORIVINO tt'Z&'HO. FRfD, THAT'S WHERE SMMffiP OVER THE ROCKIES. I YOU RAN OUT OF GAS, AND WMMi STOPPED THE CAR SO jSL I'M VATCHING YOU WALK WgmMb, MARY COULD GET BACK TO THE SERVICE PPSwH OUT AND LOOK DOVN I j STATION WE'D PASSED AN showInoT fellow ho?IlHEctP lilP WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND MacArthur' s Return Upsets GOP; Truman Phones Morse By DREW PEARSON Washington Up until this week, most of the top strategists In the republican party were reasonably sure that the GOP national convention battle 15 months hence would be between two men Taft and Eisenhower. Now they aren't so sure. The man who has upset them Is the general who came back from Tokyo this , BY CARL ANDERSON week. Even de spite the gen- J,t eral's disclaim' er of political 5-,. nmhitinns. t h e 'VtV- JUL1V11.UB Bit set. It would be a mistake to say that those who mold policy in side the GOP are too enthus iastic about MacArthur candidate. In the first i m Mi Drew Feano fair to the rest of us." Answer It is true that draft eligible men have been able to get into coast guard port secur ity units. It is also true that all they are required to do is attend 48 drills and serve two weeks' active duty per year. This auto matically exempts them from the draft, however, the coast guard claims It has sent letters to 160,000 ex-coast guard men in an attempt to recruit 289 of ficers and 2,420 enlisted men port security units. Only THE FIRESIDE PULPIT Cool Heads, Prayer Urged For Guidance of Leaders as a place, for thev couldn't control him. Sec- after all other methods failed, ondly, patronage would be his, the coast guard claims, did it not theirs and patronage Is open these units to draft-eligible something without which no men. These units are still short political boss can long survive. 67 officers and 826 men. This, Incidentally, is one rea- MRS. OTTO TISSOF, St. son the party bosses never have Louis, Mo. "My son has been been enthusiastic about General in Korea all winter, and in each Eisenhower. For he likewise letter, he asks for food. The probably would not understand mail rates to Korea are very how the party system works, high. Isn't there any way these That is why Taft always has packages can be sent cheaper?" been the favorite of the chief Answer Congressman Cecil architects of the grand old King, California democrat, has party. introduced a bill to provide free Nevertheless, the glamorous parcel post ior wives ana par- Henry " II f 1 I Irh I I I I IS I mention this as an indication Britain meanwhile has been repeating the Munich ap peasement folly. The labor government is proposing to placate the communist Chinese by turning over Formosa Vo them. They also propose that Red China be admitted that our people to the United Nations and also make them partners at the throughout the Japanese peace treaty conference to determine the fate of nation, far from f Japan, centers of great J The discharge of MacArthur along with the British ap- jt".0":! peasernent is simply another stimulant for aggression "live to our na- me yieiumg step Dy step to a policy xnac can only cuimin- tional problems ate in World War III as we waste our strength in playing and are ready to into the hands of the Kremlin. rise up for prin- 11 The record shows that in spite of his personal opinion, ciples affecting ..MacArthur fought the war in Truman's way. It would our destiny, 1 . i.a i l . l j ii . i i Whether i BY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT Rector, Bt. Paul's Episcopal Church Just now I received a letter from a farmer in Nor.th Dakota MacArthur. dIus the crowds he ents of servicemen sending pack- expressing his opinion of the MacArthur affair, and asking mine, has drawn, the appeal he seems ages to Korea. It is now up to This man was deeply moved. It touched him, away out on that to have, the manne In which congress. North Dakota farm, almost as keenly as it did the people along he has made President Truman Note Several letters have .u . t ,, , . u . take a back seat, has made GOP been received from veterans of the route of the general's triumphant return. S' ,i,l fin rf the Fourth Marine division, ask- with great regret, because ing wnetner tne war wm inter- POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER cm People are spending their tney had their heart se't on Tafti jere with their annual reunion, lives in penitentiaries today be- Some are waiting to see how The answer is that there will be cailse thev acted under stress of soon if ever MacArthur no interierence. ine pent-up emotions or uncontroll- stubs his toe. will be held in Chicago at the ed tempers. Wars have been Some are wondering also Hotel Sherman, June 28, 29 precipitated by hot-headed bor- what the MacArthur boom will and 30. der patrols getting out of hand, do to Eisenhower. If the GOP Whatever' course is taken as nominates a military man for TKUMAN TELEPHONES an anermatn oi tne recent luror president, men me aemocran President Truman was There's Consolation-It's Tough on the Other Guy, Too By HAL BOYLE New York. ADril 21 W) The firing of General Douglas Mac-' reunion Arthur has had one unusual impact on the American economy, It has made it harder for a man to make a living impersonating Harry S. Truman. This is on the word of Irving Fisher, 66, probably the presi- dent's most sue- so Whether one found himself on cessful stage double. For more than five supreme commander of our Ko- a military man of their own fight on the 1814-year-old draft f .lil. has kept the caused by the dismissal of the are certain to offset him with pressed for votes during the Be?, aeorie h. swui rean forces, it must not be mo- adoption fcisennower. that he called a remibllcan sen- tivated by retaliation, or pres- That is why the return of the ator 0ff the floor and lectured " r: itx It T.r "75 ' .7 ' "l ne side nr nn iho nther in ihe sure irom politically interested general of the army trom loKyo him, cf orea, 'e.1 Bcn , incidents nappen, pm nis stern mill- cent upheaval whein a five- groups. this week has turned the GOP Senator Wayne Morse, the en- rtary discipline kept fliers from chasing enemy planes be- star general was dismissed from Whatever becomes our future candidate-pickers literally top- ergetic Oregonian, was arguing fyond the Korean border or attacking Chinese supply Ships, his command, emotions and Policy in the Orient, or in the sy-turvy. And it will take a against the administration's 18 l Which were at his mercy, but outside Korean waters they tempers rose t o dangerous world, it should be determined couple of weeks for them to get year-old draft when a page told have not been sunk. While MacArthur had a clear idea heights. There were many de- only with regard to the future their political predictions re- him of an urgent telephone tall. 1 Of how the war Should be won, Washington had no idea mands for immediate drastic ac- welfare of our nation and the snumea ana in place again. r it was the president. v and still hasn t of how to win. tion of one kind or another. peace of the whole world. In the hysteria over MacArthur. the reason why we are No action affecting the na- Let us pray to God that He FSVS' KENTUCKY in Korea along with the United Nations is overlooked. on 3 destiny, or sacrificing the will grant to our leaders in this . .. ..... "ves of our young men, should hour of controversy and indeci- wolf from his door by por traying Truman in Broa d w a y 8 shows and a t club and con vention ente r - MM "I have Secretary Marshall ta!n"lc!?1:.s' both of us want you to know i"- 7 iong repuDiican manes tm you're not helping him." president is a bigger pain in uation only more ironic to But the MacArthur episode president in a brief walk-on finale in "Call Me Madam," a musical staring Ethel Merman as a lady diplomat. Ordinarily he also averages about eight out side club dates a month in the same role. "But every outside Job I had has disappeared," Fisher lament ed. "Every booking I had clear up to next June has been can celled in the last few days. What's happened to the country's sense of humor, anyway?" The fact he himself is a life- Sharp-tongued Senator Tom you're not helping the sit to him. I ine unnea nations went into K-orca, in tne words of its own be undertaken without cool sion, cool heads, sound wisdom Connally of Texas was riDDing Morse was a little surprised, lne PocKeiuous m luauuuuic. u a republican can no longer declaration to protect a free, democratic republic, set up under heads and a cold, unemotional and profound judgment, and vice resident Alben Barkley, but replied: "This whole Iuss 18 murdering earn a Hving by imitating a c :WJT'SVi?I4i,a k-00!?!80 .P' .f.m an outr(aGeoiis aBgres- calculation of the risks involved further, may God give to them a Kentuckian, about his reputa- .7. respect you and the secre- me," complained Fisher. democrat, how confused can the lTrthaTb& and the ultimate good to be the strength and courage to en- tion as a storyteller. tary, Mr. President, but this is His chief beef: Since the dis- times get? What can a man count .. . -. ........ wi..t nnh AunH ok A nnt n 1 : the United Nations are formally committed. The United States I and 13 other member nations have made a military commitment , to that end. ' . i ' The specific- commitment in Korea is symbolic of the more generalized commitment of the U.N. expressed in its , charter, to oppose aggressions on principle wherever they , occur. The U.N. is also committed to the establishment of 1 a free united Korea, and this is still clearly the moral re sponsibility of the U.N. and each of its member states. 1 In hia speech last June Mr. Truman said the United 1 States would resist this aggression, not only in Korea, but ' would defend Formosa (reversing an Acheson policy) and j give additional aid to anti-communist forces in the Philip 1 pines and Indochina. He said: l "The communists In the Kremlin are engaged In a monstrous 1 conspiracy to stamp out freedom all over the world. If they I were to succeed, the United States would be numbered among their principal victims. . . . The only question is: When is the best time to meet the threat, and how? The best time to meet i the threat is in the beginning. It is easier to put out a fire in , the beginning when it is small than after it has become a roaring blaze." i MacArthur agreed with this, but ho balked on letting : the arsonists make the rules for fire fighting instead of J the fire fighters which is the present Truman policy. ' OFFICER TRAINING FOR WILLAMETTE able them to act accordingly. Names Make News Department Spokane, Wash., April 21 U.R)"Ike" Eisenhauer is an army private now in the women's army, that is. Greta Lee Eisenhauer, 22-year-old ex-fry cook, has en listed here. She explained she acquired the nickname of the famous general five years ago when friends sought a simple way to write her name on a bowling scoreboard. She's ambitious, too.. Her brown eyes twinkled when she predicted: "There's going to be two General Eisenhower's now." Prefers Mac's Birthday to Harry's Los Angeles, April 21 (U.R) Mrs. Beatrice M. C. Wocds, whose birthday falls on the same day as President Truman's, is going to celebrate it henceforth on Jan. 26 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's birthday. Mrs. Wood announced she would not accept any greetings on her birthday, May 8, because she found she shared it "with one II. Truman." She said she would celebrate instead on Jan. 26 "along with Gen. Douglas MacArthur with whom I am willing to fade away." KRISS-KROSS That's the only way you can a matter of conviction with me." missal of General MacArthur no on? get elected in Kentucky teU- in the end, Senator Morse organization any longer seems M family have been repub Ing those hillbillies down there won. Congress passed the 18 V4- to want to pay money to see him .. . Generations." ha :m happy," year-old draft, not the 18-year- give his funny imitations of Tru- ... wh grandfather stories to keep them said Connally. "If you told more jokes and discarded that sour look, I'll bet you'd get all the votes in Texas," countered the Veep. "I don't want all the votes, just a majority," replied Con nally. "I couldn't stand being obligated to everybody in Texas." G.I. GRIPE BAG In order to help servicemen with their problems of adjusting to military life, this column pe riodically publishes excerpts from G.I. letters and tries to old. (Copjrlght 1951) MacKENZIE'S COLUMN MacArthur Uses Emotional Appeal in His Speech Making sighed. "Why, my grandfather , . ,, .... 41l. Fisher used to live next door to Fisher currently portrays the Abraham Lincoln out in iUln0,s "I guess it just goes to show that there really is no business quite like show business." And another thing. The au dience used to break out in sur prised applause when he strode out on the stage, smiling and ges turing like President Truman. "Now," said Fisher, "the ladies siss me. You know, ladies they siss. Like this By DeWITT MacKENZIE txp ForetEn Affairs Analyst) r. iAini M n -raimfaViTA ariA adverse criticism directed at don't his: General MacArthur's speech before the joint houses of congress sissssssssss. And the men? a lot has much to say about the emotional aspects of his oratory. oi mem doo me. Th address was. of course, hiishly emotional in places, as was . When he walked along Broad' answer their complaints. Names funy demonstrated by the reaction on his hearers. For instance, way many strangers startled at President G. Herbert Smith's initiative has again bene fited Willamette university. The air force yesterday an nounced that the university here had been selected as one of 62 additional institutions for reserve officer training corps units. President Smith had confciTed with air force officials toward seeing that the west's oldest university would be tied in with the officer training program. The selection of the air force program for Willamette appears to be a wise one. It is not known yet whether or riot McNary field southeast of town would be tied in direct ly with the program at the university. But Salem's air port offers a first-class setting in the community for the officer training program and lends atmosphere, so to speak, for it at Willamette. In fact, when the inspecting officer of the air force visited the university and Salem several months ago, he was well pleased with the airport with its proximity to Willamette, with its long runways aeer Huch Lubv and general suitability for almost any kind of air traffic busymaking except jets. McNary field has developed into one of the last-minute finest airports for cities of this size in the west. The addi tion of United Air Lines service in 1941 and the Naval air reserve program several years ago have helped the field's development. The officer training program will permit men students Activity at Ball Park Began Early in Morning are witnncia upon request. there were tears COMPANY G, 15th Infantry, nd even open Third division, Korea "We sobbing n the have just been brought back chamber when from the front for a rest. As we MacArthur con understand it, we are supposed ciujed with his to spend this time to rest, write old soldiers letters and catch up on much- never die1 they needed sleep plus a little rec- ust fade away' reation. Instead we have spent Good Bye." our rest period building a side- there were walk in a Korean village outside tears among lis- ! or seoui. we nave Deen worn- teners on the ra ing long hours, hauling chunks dio as this fare- his strong facial resemblance to and it calls for consummate skill the president used to smile and if it is to be kept from becoming glve him a friendly, "Hi Harryl" theatrical. Not so much today. Churchill is a past master of They shout, "Why did you emotional speaking, as witness fire Mac?" And they demand, such famous utterances as his "What are you guys trying to do call to arms against Hftler in down in Washington, anyway?" May Of 1940. That Was When ..T nnrtersfnn it irl S3 as prime minister he told the rnu-- .tv,- ,ir,a. tv, . house of commons in impassioned why you.d think t. really was DcWItt MacKenitt "I say to this house as I said Harry." By CHRIS KOWITZ, JR. A ( ! . i ... i i , . , , . . . u a U1. k naKla uasl.-uaii prK yesieraay oegan long peiore should be entitled to a rest. The the two teams took the field for batting practice . . . opening day army has promised a thorough at any ball park is always a hub-bub of activity . . . telephone investigation of the incident started ringing early in a.m. . . . many of the calls were from yu rePr'- out-of-towners, seeking tickets Radan busy all day selling du cats to last n i g h t's opener general man- business manager Mike checks on co tracts, etc. . . concession mcnV J flitting aboutjj?? tot at testing others. to Camp Stoneman by train. .. Wny shouldn't the army let me Cecil Fames of Heider's rec- spend the same amount of ord department reports that 15 money for an airplane ticket, requests for records of MacAr- s0 l"can spend m"ore tlme at' uurs Historic speecn nave ai- i...i..i.' in the miniir whn hnwo inineH The actor has impersonated of stone, weighing up to 100 wen ol the famous veteran came this government, I have nothing thf. President so long he always pounds, from a nearby cliff." over the air. That was the effect to offer but blood, toil, tears and ealls nim by nis flrst name. He Answer Front line troops 0 the spoken word as handled sweat." Ilrst casually imitated iruman by a master orator. That was emotionalism at its 1,1 u circus omw uu Duums However, some who didn't peak. show more than five years ago. hear thes peech, but have had to "Nobody ever even had men base their opinion on the print- Yet as handled by a master tioned before that I look like ' ' ed word, have been wondering like Churchill it had the effect him," he recalled. "But that's all A PRIVATE, Camp Stoneman, whether these very intimate of an electric shock on his peo- I've been doing in the theater Calif. "I was forced to travel phrases were too emotional and pie. They surged to the defense ever since." Answer The Defense depart- somewhat on the "corny" side. Well, it perhaps is true that com ing from a novice such expres sions might have seemed "cor ny," but not when delivered by a MacArthur. Vi A i rt n it nnsl selected for college to be more useful to the country by soft drink stnnds . , after all at Parrish Junior high school getting advanced education along with military training, that, it must have been a cinch few years ago . . . he's part The program for Willamette would offer basic air force to handle the crowd of 4,000- Indian ... has only one-eighth training for the first two years and then advanced train- plus fans who turned out for Indian blood, but that still makes tneir country. Ana wis sen- incidentally, impersonati n g rational appeal also swept Harry s. Truman has grown into through allied nations and spur- a JmaU but gtead 1,. red them to greater efforts. . , . , ... I have seer! Churchill in ac- ' 1 k"0 atJea?t or f,0,ur tion many times, especially in ?el Jen who look more like he hn.i nt rnmmnn. BntnB him," Fisher said modestly. "But Authorities on public speaking, back as far as 1916 when he 1 !aYe the ability to make my- on highway 09E a mile north of 8iving the railroads priority on assaying this adress, have placed was -more or less a "lone wolf kU l0k Iike him- Hubbard is operated by a former mlIltary passenger travel. This MacArthur in the class of great politically In parliament. There This came as the result of a Salem youth, Don Smith ls PartJy due to the fact that in speakers who have employed the never has been a time when op- painstaking study of the Truman Don was student body president wartime the airlines have been oratorical style of the 19th cen- ponents haven't been afraid of facial movements and gestures. ou tiuwueu uiai u is oiuicuii tury. i-nurcniu s uncanny skui witn "I've got all his mannerisms to get space on them. Britain's Winston Churchill is words, and his ability to arouse down nat his ehnnnv movement That colorful Indian museum ment has an unofficial policy of A DRAFTEE, Ft. Lewis, Wash. cited as being in this classifica- emotions. tion, which is reminiscent of the of the left hand, his grin, his jaunty walk," said Fisher. "He's a big chunk of him Indian . . . "The coast guard is a haven days of famous speakers like MacArthur has the knack of got something of a bigger stom unless Don has done a lot of re- for draft-dodgers. Those who are William Jennings Bryan and his emotional appeal. He used it in ach than I have So j just gUclt Ing for the remaining two years. Those chosen for pilot the opening game, t At - .. . , , . , . iii niiuuitrt iicwautiin;!. 111 aiuu uucinK since we lasi saw mm . .w ww. mean inai tne university men wouia gei ineir aviation about flnals of pelllng conte8t whne ln jr. high school, he security units are exempt from This style of oratory depends There are some who maintain "., Teed That". H.rrv traininir while being educated for civilian leadershm after ... j. ' the draft until lw.dnv tm. i.n't v..;iv iu ,r.n.i ht ninn.t:.m u.. sun ieggea. mats narry. - . j, . 'r' '"' ij Liim KuH"i M" WClgHU ..l' UUUIlUa, J - - . ..j w. " ' " ....w.w..u " r- - xtao uv lucky enough to get into port "Cross of Gold" speech. h"lrCl 1 cngre?s; , out my stomach and walk semi they serve in the air Corps. word mlssoell Is missnelled President Smith has not only cautioned the community seems they oughtn know how to Some .about the financial needs of the university during this spell after several months of pounds ; defense period. He has gone ahead and persuaded one or the branches of the armed forces to establish an officer ; training unit here and thus assure a student body of men .students during these times. Ho continues to build the ' university to meet the challenge of the times and to keep .' the institution moving forward to the benefit of the uni i versity, the students, and the city, state and nation. women weigh 200 . . in round figures. Lucky Woman Driver Girls' Choice for Degree Memphis, Tenn., April 21 U.Rl When the Treadwell high ' school Eagle qulssed students about their ambitions, several t (iris laid they wanted an "MBS degree." Santa Paula, Calif., April 21 (1P An unidentified woman driver parked her new automobile a half block from the city's busiest intersection and got out to pay a bill. She forgot to set the brakes. No, that's not what happened! She waa lucky. The car rolled 150 feet across the street and parked Itself In the only available space, 20 feet from the Intersection. It didn't touch the cars parked on either side. The woman emerged from a store, spotted her car, evidently figured she had parked across the street, and drove away nonchalantly. Stowawdy's Trip Was Fruitless Trlpeh, Formosa, April 21 W! Wu Chnng-Ho was full of bananas yes, sir! He stowed away in a hold of a banana boat and slept, breakfasted, dined and sapped on bsnsnss from Keelung, Formosa, to Yokohama. But his trip was fruitless; the Japanese shipped htm back. Trouble Putting Baby to Sleep? Denver, April Hs 'ng trouble patting the baby to sleep? Here's a suggestion from Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gibbons: Put the vacuum cleaner alongside the crib and turn It on. They say the monotonous humming lolls their offspring to sleep. place in public life. They in- "He' su, of himself. Right sist that we should be guided by " aunseu. by cold logic. Fisher sighed again and said At first blush, that sounds like wistfully: , an irrefutable argument. Still, "That 8od way to be. But while broadly speaking it is true, r'8ht " Harry has knocked I think emotionalism has Its tne PrPs out lron under me." place. Many of the finest acts He ,eeIs everything will ba of mankind are due to the emo- u right again when the Mao tional appeal. Arthur controversy dies down. , And so, unless we are to be But he wishes his fellow repub ruled solely by our heads and licans would quit talking about never by our hearts, I think we impeaching Harry Truman, must concede MacArthur the "What are they try to do right to resort to some emotional ruin my business entirely?" ho appeal ln making his historic de- said. "You can't make a career fense of his stewardship in the out of impersonating an unem FarEaat. ployed president"