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Show GRASSROOTS Mac Could Have Left UN Command, Kept Japan Job St. Lawrence waterway and the deepening of the Missouri river from Sioux City to Kansas City, just to mention a couple that call for many millions. The tax payers would enthusiastically enthus-iastically appland his efforts. If successful, when applied to the By Wright A. Patterson NOW THAT we have heard both sides I am convinced that General Gen-eral MacArthur has the best of the argument, and it would seem that General Marshall, as spokesman for the administration, largely concedes con-cedes that. What I still do not understand under-stand is why it was necessary to summarily relieve General Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur of all of his duties in the far east, where his opponents admit he had done an outstanding Job. If the United Nations took exception excep-tion to his proposed methods, that organization could have asked President Pres-ident Truman to have made a change in their field commander, for he was employed by the United Nations as supreme commander of its forces in Korea. That would have left Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur In Japan where he had done a remarkable Job, and where he was needed, at least, until a Japanese peace treaty was completed. That would have saved for us man who General Marshall says Is better qualified to advise on military and diplomatic lines than any other man In the world to-day, and whom we need In directing and formulating a ar esterB policy. Through the senate investigation, the President may have molified many members of his party, to an extent that they will accept the verdict, ver-dict, whatever it may be. if any. But nationally, he has lost with the people much of the leadership he had previously enjoyed. If he had to fire general, why did he not exercise his authority on Gen. Harry Vaughn. His passing would not have been considered a serious loss, or regretted by any, other than the recipients of deep freeze units. The whole MacArthur incident has resulted only in a loss to the nation of a valuable, and specially talented administrator and soldier at a time when we are in sad need of such talents. While there are only seven Civil War veterans still living, the governr ment is paying out $6,000,000 a year in Civil War pensions, most of it going to 9,500 widows, and to 1,331 children of veterans. Many of our ills are caused by feeling sorry for ourselves. D e f e r s e mobilization director, Charles E. Wilson, a President Truman Tru-man appointee, has made a new move in the way of socialistic centralization cen-tralization of the government. He has instructed the governors of all. states, the mayors of all large cities, and the governments of all counties that they can not borrow money in excess of one million dollars with which to finance new, or uncompleted uncomplet-ed projects, without first getting a clearance from his office. The first of such notices should have gone to the White House. The one individual most prone to start new, and unneeded projects is Mr. Wilson's big boss. President Truman. Tru-man. The next of such notices should have gone to congress. The states, cities and counties are but small fry In the matter ol unnecessary un-necessary spending. How about the I'resiaem, and to congress, and especially to the congressional "pork" bill. Wilson holds a federal fed-eral job. His direction to the state, city and county governments govern-ments is a violation of the Constitution, Con-stitution, and abridgement of the rights of local governments, Including those of the states. I know of some counties where that edict, if it could be made to stick, would be valuable to the people peo-ple of those counties, but the principle prin-ciple is wrong. The place where it is most needed, and the people with whom it is most needed, are right there in Washington. How can we reconcile the World War HI wolf cry of to-day that is followed tomorrow with the optimistic optimis-tic assurance of approaching global peace? We have had such statements state-ments at intervals since the fighting fight-ing stopped in Germany. So many times has the wolf cry been sounded, sound-ed, that the American people no longer believe in either. We do not get excited about them. To-day Joe Stalin is a deep-dyed villian, tomorrow tomor-row he is a fine old fellow, with only peace in his heart We have lost our fear of the big, bad wolf, We are spending billions on war preparations, but should the conflict come, we will not be ready. |