| Show Round Merry MacArthur Stole Truman Editors Editor's note The Theby foll fol loR Drew Pearson by was as wr ritt 1 pre presidential action ousting Dustin r Jen Arthur as er d l commander in cl t th he e p. p Fil B By y Drew Pearson a WASHINGTON V At WASHINGTON At two cab cabI I Ings in the past three wee weeks v ic G eArthur ct Arthurs Arthur's s unauthorized polio polie Y Ita h have ave come in m for f. f or important ereo enn d discussion Most l heated debate noth t was not n but immediately after bloc rth Sr Easter Faster statement of March J 24 in which he proposed a peace meeting meeting meeting meet meet- meet ing with Chinese military mili mih- l tary tart commanders 1 At this cabinet meet meet- meeting meeting ing the president remarked remarked remarked re re- re- re marked that he was sorry he hadn't f fired red MacArthur last summer following his Ius out out out-of- of- of line linc statement to the Veterans of Foreign Dreg 1 Wars Vars What aroused the preside preside- just before Easter was that peace statement was one which T 1 himself was vas planning to make made What happened was 15 that tb chiefs of staff had cabled his perusal and personal rea readier of an Easter appeal for peace State department had already with the British and French JH Truman planned to issue pub publicly But without a avord word vord to 1 W MacArthur l made the statement eel Part of his text text was almost almoster tier er that sent him by the joint point chic chichis chiefs his threat to bomb Chinese t has as his own MacArthurs MacArthur's Political Naturally Washington boil boiled d Next day Secretary of Defy shall sent MacArthur a ape pe ordering hi hirA hirtl to clear all futon futo statements with him That dated March i 25 and tOo tin Speaker ex-Speaker ex Joe Martin r Marcia March 20 so technically at let lei thur is in the clear In the eyes of the Defend Defeat ment however he is not nol For oi 1950 confidential orders were ere sq military commanders to clear i d Ii statements with the Defense in Washington Furthermore li lihas r has had a history of jumping t fu some of which are well knows known a abut but all of oC which has made r rete tween him and his commander more strained than at any my tine time American history Here is tte therea Jump No 1 In I-In In December r Arthur let off steam to a group of lican senators visiting him ia m about sending U. U S S. S arms and and t Formosa This teed off the bate hate between the administration China bloc in congress over Clus which continued for na Jump No In In 2 2 In the spring of 13 Arthur took an unauthorized try mosa got a lot of publicity dame Chiang Kai shek's hand d discussed the idea of t mos mosa ji as a base This was h is contradiction of the go fJ fJand and he obviously knew it Jump No After 3 After 3 After we got I Korean war MacArthur i sent hi to letter to the Veterans of Fo Fa regarding the use of Formosa t z zHe He was reprimanded by T Tr Wake ake Island Island It It was around that Averell Harriman special of the president went vent to ti soothe the generals general's fur At this his riman got MacArthurs MacArthur's solemn 1 make no more policy J clearing them with with- Washington Washing Washington Following this Truman n i cial pilgrimage to confer with on Wake rake island When he i hid fint he was a little nonplused by t tU general strolled nonchalantly d runway runway-a a little late late to to mee meet by the fact that MacArthur f fry lute his commander in m dueL chief also disappointed that tha hat lac ti companying party consisted chE personal doctor his valet alet andi and i dor l whereas Tr Truman man f the chairman of the point joint c chi p i and a group of experts pr cuss important far eastern pro It was because MacArthur tb t anything experts to discuss ference was so abbreviated their brie brief r However during i gether MacArthur l charmed and the president cami t a aing ing hug his praises Jump No ho 4 4 Came ame e dU dur j r D mt into thurs thur's s November drive e This was only a partial J jump p traces because Truman bad p gI to t the e green light to dash up border However on more mor i ent occasions the State dePa depart 11 warnings that the Chinese Fren Frew A one attack-one from the Bri BriOn Bri the theOn India and several from wh Wb en On another occasion std J department urgently pi pro est Chine the statement assuring big dams supplying 1 Y th g winter wate mew be bethur bo Manchuria l would not t curt thur thus sent back a gram Do not concur concur this bac It was against betten tween most weekly f friction rIC t. t IOn IJ e et and Tokyo that the cabIn cabinet M y oter er week and this week o more recent trace jumpIng IlfRa T TrooP Troop Trooper roo Ps fh Ra Rayburn's Raburn's burns burn's Ghost nd had u i er Sam Rayburn y Chia Ai non nol u told that that n cong congress not s was were in Manchuria l of dl divisions i ons troops but four pur r trained Japanese troops I 1 |
