Show Behind the News Perfect t Soldier S Qualities I i iH H HUrt HOrt rt MacArthur 1 By Ra Ray Bay Tucker sri 1 W WASHINGTON Why WASHINGTON Why Is it asks aska MM Mra l I A. A B. B of Flint Mich that mention of ot S' S I eral MacArthur in any connection fat but ut especially as a 8 presidential candidate II a. a i ways seems to arouse fierce criticism antS tad ani opposition to him I think he is one on one Of of Americas America's great men and cannot understand under under stand why so many people seem eem to dislIke him What is your explanation j Answer I have known General MacAr thur fairly well wen for more than 20 years z ti covered the martial court-martial of ot the late denoral Gen den n. n j jeral eral oral Mitchell when our Japanese cj com mander sat on the board oard and voted for co con eon of his old poker-playing poker and hunU hunting companion i iI I suffered a n. slight gassing when the th J bonus army anny was driven out of ot Washington J by troops under his command The w war r d de 4 was one of my chief assignment when he was chief of 01 staff w with General Eisenhower then a major a as his hia aide Based on that background I would 1 that General MacArthur suffers b CA s he is the technically perfect soldier In In that field he is almost too good to be 1 and therefore suspect It Is a ha which besets successful men In many i of life Ufe He Is decisive dogmatic and blunt In expressing his views In fact sometimes he hoi i is too sharp and snappy in ln his human huma re rela rea J i He craves admiration publicity a and ad III mission of his military prominence He ft ln 1 during World War Val n II that all new j paper dispatches from his area bur bear the dateline of MacArthur Headquarter Headquarters not Australia etc ThU idiosyncrasy frequently provoked G Gil GHO H Q at Washington A Attitude on Peron Puzzles I cannot understand writes R. R RAS c of ot Brooklyn why the Truman administration treats dictator Peron so generously and tenderly He is still trying as I und understand It to make Argentina a center of anti anti- American influence and refuses to coop erate with us for world restoration or heal heal- I solidarity I IAnswer Answer Many other people including high officials and members of ot congress at tt Washington are puzzled by this this- diplomatic phenomenon Peron Is la sUn still aJL a hostile toward us a as ever He refused t to i join the wheat pool under which the grain grain- growing nations will ship b ah a els ell annually at a maximum of a bushel and anda a minimum of j J j He is paying about a dollar for Arre Arjen 1 f Una tina wheat and selling it t to a needy world world- v when he can for a bushel Yet Tet he de v mands special favors and prices on ments of ot machinery and industrial J ment from this countr country 1 S The only explanation for so softening cf S our policy In view of these i is that Washington feels the need of ot Sa Seth Scathe American friendship and cooperation vb ds la these trouble troublesome orne days day and m uy maki-uy y sacrifice to attain it t p r British View on Marshall l Plan 1 Arent there there- quite a number of ot h t propagandists inquires J. J L. L of Roust Houston Texas In Washington endeavoring to to mold opinion among our congressmen and M senators in favor of the Marshall p plant Answer No more than usual There are a score of personable secretaries ad sd attaches at the embassy who n never ver mi c ca ca a chance to advance the empires empire's interests at social gatherings There are about the same number of men attached to special f missions and war hangover agencies As AI expected they always present the British case in an argument Lecturers and writers visit the capital intermittently to plug io lor O American assistance The fact is that the British no no- nol l I longer ng ngu t feel that they need to to turn on pressure and k pr propaganda in behalf of at the Martha Marshall p plan The administration has done that ever since eJ 5 j Secretary M Marshall broached the Idea Ide at Harvard last June S SAs As England stood out alone against Hiller Bit Hil- ler in the I last t conflict providing a fi nent outpost for eventual vict victory ry over G t fer r- r many so she now offers the principal bul 3 wark against Russia according to the Brit ish version f i |