Show Marquis s Childs s MacArthur Wont Won't Fade v WASHINGTON The The ASHINGTON-The The silence that has surrounded General Douglas MacArthur l in the fastness of the F f J Presidential 1 e SId c n t I I i rF It I J Suite i in the t towers lovers of c the t Waldorf WaldOlf AsA Astoria As As- A i. i toria in New NewYork t York has been J li misinterpreted t 4 by some as p r s f signifying that 11 1 r the general t does intend to toI Mr Childs fade out of the I scene That was the promise he m made de in his memorable speech to Congress shortly after aller his return from Japan Such a conclusion is hardly warranted at this sta stage e. e A man manof manof of oC indomitable will and great reat self esteem the general is not the type to accept fatalistically the contradiction of his views that came during the lengthy Senate hearings from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and others Efforts of newspaper men mento mento mento to see sec him since the beginning of oC the Korean truce negotiations negotiations negotiations have met with a polite but firm refusal General MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur Mac- Mac Arthur does docs not believe the word comes back hack through Major l General Courtney Whitney Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- ney that he should speak publicly publicly publicly pub pub- at least in the critical phase of the armistice Not Fading A Away war But since the hearings ended others have seen him including including including ing some prominent Republicans cans who are vitally concerned with his viewpoint and his intentions intentions intentions in in- as the critical decisions decisions deci deci- of 1952 draw nearer The impression that they have carried carried carried car car- ried away from these talks has little relation to the fading away of oC an old soldier which MacArthur so movingly proclaimed proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- claimed at the end of oC his speech The impressions gained by several se visitors can be summed up as follows The general stresses in his private talks that he has no intention of seeking any political political political cal office and certainly not the presidency His resentment of much of oC the testimony given by the Joint Chiefs of oC Staff is so deep that it amounts almost to a sense of having been betrayed This goes with the conviction that his counsel has been flouted or ignored Will ill Back Taft TaCt Consequently he will do all that he can toward electing a president next year who will be bein bein bein in accord with the MacArthur l views Obviously that man is Senator Robert A. A Taft raft of Ohio Taft TaCt has not only championed championed championed cham cham- MacArthur l warmly and openly but several everal months before the generals general's return he declared that he had no confidence confidence confidence con con- in the generals shaping shaping shaping shap shap- ing Americas America's military policy policy- the Joint Chiefs of Staff He could be expected to replace these men with others of the MacArthur l school Among Tafts Taft's closest advisers long before before before be be- fore the MacArthur l controversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy broke publicly have been those who served on MacArthurs MacArthur's staff in the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- and share the cult of hero worship the general inspires Does this mean MacArthur l himself would come back to active duty The impression gained by his visitors is that he would not Nevertheless he would in all probability be one of the most influential persons persons persons per per- sons in a new administration with Taft as president Talk in Boston Next week MacArthur l will make his first public appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance since his visit to Texas He will go to Boston to address the Massachusetts legislature He lie is said to feel deeply about the circumstances surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the fire cease-fire talks since the propaganda use made of the meetings by the Communists Communists Communists Com Com- cuts directly across MacArthurs MacArthur's conviction of the need of maintaining the prestige prestige prestige pres pres- tige of the westerner in Asia While a great deal will depend on the state of the negotiations negotiations negotiations at the time it would be surprising if he did not dwell dwellI on this in his Boston address Much depends on circumstances circum circum- stances stances stances-on on whether there is isan isan isan an armistice or whether the talks break down and the war waris is resumed on a larger scale Ever since his return the fortunes fortunes fortunes for for- tunes of war and diplomacy have run counter counter to MaCArthurs MaCArthur's MacArthur's MacArthurs MacArthurs MacArthur's MacAr MacAr- thurs thur's basic thesis that expansion expansion expansion sion of the Korean war with bombing in Manchuria and a blockade of China was essential essential essential essen essen- to a quick victory and an end of oC the conflict But the tide can shift quickly and with it the perspective on the stand which MacArthur outlined in inthe inthe inthe the hearings I |